Syllabus - Biological Sciences E- 65C: Human Anatomy & Physiology

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1 Syllabus - Biological Sciences E- 65C: Human Anatomy & Physiology Fall Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Carr; 416 Science Center; Office Hours: 4:15-5:15 or by appointment Date Lecture # Lecture Topic Readings In Class Assignment Wednesday (5:35 8:00 or 8:05 10:30) Sept 10, 12 1 Introduction, Chapter 1-4 Biochemistry & Metabolism Sept 17, 12 2 Histology Chapter 5 Quiz 1 Lect 1 Sept 24, 12 3 Bone Introduction Chapter 16 Quiz 2 Lect 2 Oct 1, 12 4 Skeleton & Joints Chapter Quiz 3 Lect 3 #1 - Histology Chapter 17 #2 Axial Skeleton Oct 8, 12 Holiday no Class Chapter 18 #3 Appendicular Skeleton Oct 15, 12 Exam #1 (Lect. 1 4) Oct 22, 12 5 Nervous System #1 Chapter 8 Oct 29, 12 6 CNS Chapter 20 Quiz 4 Lect 5 Nov 5, 12 7 PNS Chapter 8 Quiz 5 Lect 6 Nov 12, 12 8 Special Senses Chapter 21 & 22 Quiz 6 Lect 7 Nov 19, 12 Exam #2 (Lect. 5 8) Nov 26, 12 9 Endocrinology Chapter 7 Dec 3, Muscle 1 Chapter 9, 10, & 11 Quiz 7 Lect 9 Dec 10, Muscle 2 Chapter 12 Quiz 8 Lect 10 Dec 17, Final Exam (cumulative) #4 Muscle Dissection I #5 Muscle Dissection II Practical Textbook:

2 Evolutionary Human Anatomy and Physiology Customized for Harvard University; Kenneth S. Saladin, Eric P. Widamaier, Hershel Raff, Kevin T. Strang and Kenneth Kardong; ISBN# You are required to purchase one of the following texts. They are identical except one is a print copy available at the COOP and the other is an E- book available at McGraw- Hill Create ( hill.com/shop/): Custom Manual Human Anatomy and Physiology; Bio E- 65C & Bio E- 65D ; Multiple Authors ISBN# (Print Copy Available at the Harvard COOP) Custom Manual Human Anatomy and Physiology; Bio E- 65C & Bio E- 65D ; Multiple Authors ISBN # (Ebook Available at McGraw Hill Create ( hill.com/shop/) Cost: $20.03 Undergraduate Grading: Your grades will be weighted using the breakdown below. Exam #1: 20% Exam #2: 20% Weekly Quizzes Final Exam: 30% Graduate Grading: Exam #1: Exam #2: Weekly Quizzes Final Exam: Final Paper & Presentation: 25% must be completed to pass this course! Graduate Student Requirements Graduate students are required to do one of two things: 1) Graduate students have to complete a page term paper due in hard copy one week prior to the date of the final exam. Term paper requirements are posted online. 2) Alternatively graduate students can assist teaching fellows with running the four labs. This will require graduate students to come in on dates to be decided prior to the labs and go through the lab with the instructor or the head teaching fellow to make sure that they understand everything be done during lab and can assist other students. is a required part of Anatomy & Physiology and attendance will be taken during the first ten minutes of every lab. If you miss lab you automatically fail the course. Any unexcused absence from lab means you automatically fail the course. can only be missed due to a documented medical or family emergency. If you miss a lab for any reason it is your responsibility to contact the course instructor and your TF within one week to provide your documentation and make arrangements for a makeup lab (it may not be possible to do a makeup for your lab in all cases as some labs require multiple people). Failure to contact your TF and the course instructor within one week of missing the lab will result in the lab absence being considered an unexcused absence.

3 Quizzes There will be weekly quizzes based on lecture material (please see syllabus for exact dates & material). There will be 20 points on each quiz. The lowest quiz score will be dropped. If you have to miss class for any reason that will be considered your dropped quiz. Makeup quizzes will not be given for any reason. Extensions/Makeup Exams: Extensions or makeup exams will only be allowed with extenuating circumstances (ex. death in the family or illness). All requests for extensions or makeups must be received in writing within 48 hours of missing the exam and must include documentation (Dr s note, death certificate etc.). Regrades: Regrades are only allowed if the exam or quiz if the answer sheet has been filled out in pen (no regrades if the work is done in pencil). Regrades must be turned in to the professor in writing within a week of the exam being handed back. Regrade requests must clearly justify why a regrade is necessary. Regrade request will ONLY BE ACCEPTED IN WRITING. Any verbal requests will immediately be denied and any written requests for a regrade after a verbal request has been made will not be considered and will immediately be nullified. Letters of Recommendation In order to request a letter of recommendation from the instructor you must receive an A in the course and the follow- up course E- 65D. Requests for letters must be made at least one month in advance and must be accompanied by all necessary waivers, stamped envelopes, a current copy of your resume/cv and a picture of yourself for reference purposes.

4 Final Grades: The assignment of letter grades to one s overall course average will be determined by the following criteria: A, A- Earned by work whose excellent quality indicates a full mastery of the subject and, in the case of the grade of A, is of extraordinary distinction. B+, B, B- C+, C, C- D+, D, D- E Earned by work that indicates a good comprehension of the course material, a good command of the skills needed to work with the course material, and the student's full engagement with the course requirements and activities. Earned by work that indicates an adequate and satisfactory comprehension of the course material and the skills needed to work with the course material and that indicates the student has met the basic requirements for completing assigned work and participating in class activities. Earned by work that is unsatisfactory but that indicates some minimal command of the course materials and some minimal participation in class activities that is worthy of course credit toward the degree. Earned by work which is unsatisfactory and unworthy of course credit towards the degree.

5 Tips and Tricks for Succeeding in E- 65 from former students Ø Groups, flow charts, rehearsal via writing/reorganizing notes. Ø Reading the textbook, taking notes during lecture, making detailed outlines and expanding my notes, and studying these outlines. The online forum helped me understand certain topics that I was struggling with. Ø Answering the study guide questions about a week before the exam allowed me more time to study on the focused material. Ø Reading the text, making notes, and cross referencing with the lab slides. I personally studied with Wikipedia for quick reference to anything I wanted additional detail on or definition of and found that to be very helpful. Ø 1.) flashcards, 2.) printing out lectures previously to class, 3.) studying past quizzes/exams/etc. Ø Making note cards for the anatomy and bringing them everywhere. Ø Repetition and teach other people what you have learned in the lab. Ø Going through lecture material and reading chapters. For lab I googled cat dissection videos. Ø I suggest listening to recordings of the lecture while reviewing the slides. I always did the night before each quiz and I received 100% on all quizzes. Ø I typed notes while in class so as to keep up with the lecture, and to stay awake (as it is a night class and I have a full time job etc.). At home I would write the notes out by hand with different colored pens for various things. It would be in a question answer format on a sheet of paper separated by a column (like a steno pad). For studying I would cover up the right side that has answers. Also I found it very helpful to draw detailed structures to learn the anatomy. I enjoy drawing and so this works for me. I seldom needed to consult the book, the lecture materials were sufficient. I found that flashcards did not work for me for this type of material. Ø It was really helpful to go through the lecture from the week a few days after the actual lecture with a friend. We would go through slide by slide together and help each other to understand the material. We would re- organize some of them and then write down the most important parts or concepts learned in the lecture. It was helpful to write down to remember the material and then we had study guides from each lecture which we could use on the quiz, the tests, and finally the final exam. The textbook was decent too, but I only used it as a backup if I really didn't understand something. Going through the slides and writing down the most important parts and re- drawing some of the diagrams was the most helpful for me.