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 Human Body - Structure and Function

FALL 2012

Instructor: Joan McKearnan                  Office: S108

Phone numbers:  Office: 763-433-1232   

E-mail: joan.mckearnan@anokaramsey.edu

Website: webs.anokaramsey.edu/mckearnan

Office hours: M 10-11am, TTh 11am-12noon and 4-5:00pm or by appointment

Lecture meeting time: TTh 2:00-3:50pm

Required Textbook:  Shier, D., J. Butler, & R. Lewis.  2012.  Hole’s Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology, 11th ed.  McGraw-Hill, Boston.

Official communication: Your e-mail account registered on D2L is considered the official method of communication in this course.  Please check it once a day for any announcements. Some announcements may be duplicated on the D2L news section.

General Course Goal/Major Concepts:

Introduction to how the human body is constructed and how it operates.  Areas of study include: human organization, support and movement, integration, and coordination, maintenance of the body, body defenses, reproduction and development.

Class activities:

Class time will be a mix of group and individual activities geared toward self- and cooperative learning of simple material and lecture on more complex material.   Dissection of 3 organs will be conducted in lecture.  Students are expected to come to class prepared with the reading material for the topic read.  Notes will be made available on D2L before lecture.  Questions and student participation are expected during lecture when you do not understand material.

Grading:

Lecture grade is based on four lecture exams given during the lecture period and a comprehensive final exam given on Thursday, 20 December, 2:00-4:00pm in S145.  Eight quizzes, activities or assignments will be conducted for credit, each worth 10 pts.   

The grading opportunities in lecture are:

          4 lecture exams @ 50 pts. each                         200 pts.

          Final exam (100 pts.)                                       100 pts.

          8 group/individual activities                                  80 pts.

            Total                                                                           380 pts.

Your final grade will be determined by the following percentage criteria:

          90-100% = A           > 342 pts.               60-69%  =  D                    228-265.5 pts.

          80-89%  =  B          304-341.5 pts.          < 60%    =  F                   < 228 pts.

          70-79%  =  C          266-303.5 pts.        

If a grade is borderline, e.g. 89.5%, the grade will be upgraded only if the student shows effort (judged by attendance, promptness and preparedness) and has at least one test in the higher grade range. Grades may be viewed on D2L.

Attendance and Absences:   “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”  Woody Allen

Attendance is expected in lecture and may be taken at the beginning of each class period.  You are responsible for all material presented in lecture and lab, including announcements, if you are tardy.  Make-up exams will be given only if a valid excuse is provided.  Valid excuses include religious holiday, sickness, a court appearance, a death in the family, or direct participation in a school-sponsored activity.  I reserve the right to ask for documentation for the excuse.  You must contact me prior to your absence, if you want to make up the missed exam or assignment.  If you cannot reach me, leave a message with my voice mail or secretary, or send an e-mail.  Make-up exams will be taken no later than one week after the original exam date.  Late lecture and lab assignments will result in 10% decrease in the total points for every day that the assignment is late and will not be accepted more than five school days after the assignment was due.  An unexcused absence from a lecture exam, lab practical, or quiz will result in a zero grade. 

Academic Dishonesty policy

An exam or assignment which was conducted under dishonest behaviors, e.g., cheating or plagiarism, will result in no credit for that exam or assignment.  If you knowingly allow someone to copy an exam or non-group assignment you will receive no credit for the exam or assignment.  Exchange of information is allowed for group assignments, but all written material for credit should be in your own words or properly acknowledged.  If any work turned is discovered to be too close to someone else’s (classmates, book, websites), no credit will be received by the individual or group and individual’s will receive an automatic letter grade reduction from your final grade.  A second incident in cheating or plagiarism will result in no credit for the class!  All incidents of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Student Life.

Accommodations:  Any disability accommodations need to be discussed with the Director of Disability Services at 433-1903.  Any religious accommodations should be discussed with the professor at the beginning of the semester.   Military personnel should notify me as soon as possible after notification of deployment.

Classroom Civility – Students are expected to behave in a respectful manner in lecture and lab, including coming to class on time, not leaving early, turning off cell phones, not talking when professor or other people are addressing the entire class, not coming to class under the influence of alcohol or drugs, dressing respectfully, not gathering up books before professor finishes lecture, etc.

Disruptive students will be warned and if they continue to behave in a way that disrupts the classroom, they will be removed from the classroom.

Helpful hints for Success

·         Read material beforehand so that the material is familiar when I lecture on it and you can ask questions about things you don’t understand.

·         Keep up with lecture material.  Look at notes between classes and ask questions at beginning of class about anything you don’t understand.

·         Use online resources provided by me or publisher.

·         Find a study partner and meet regularly to discuss material.

·         Use the tutors in Academic Support Center (ASC).

·         Take the VARK learning style assessment (www.vark-learn.com) and use the Study Without Tears strategies specific toward your learning style.  Use VARK learning activities found on ARCC’s Anatomy & Physiology website (http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/biology/A&P/default.htm)

·         Get a good night’s sleep the night before tests and don’t forget to breathe slowly.

Human Body Lecture Schedule

Fall 2012

Schedule is tentative and any deviations will be announced in class.  Last day to withdraw is 30 November

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Last revised: Wednesday, 11 April 2007