APK 2105c Applied Human Physiology w/ Lab Instructor: Dr. Joslyn Ahlgren Office: FLG 150 Email: jahlgren@ufl.edu Phone: 352-392-1728 Office Hours: MTWRF 9:30-10:30am (no office hours on exam days) Lecture Room: CSE A101 Lab Room: see table below Lecture Times: MTWRF 8am-9:15am Lab Times: see table below Section Lab Day/Time Lab Room TA Name TA Email Address 0848 TR 3-4 (11am-1:45pm) FLG 107-D Changki Kim ckkim@ufl.edu 0849 MW E1-E2 (7-9:45pm) FLG 107-D Dr. K ksowalsky@hhp.ufl.edu 0850 MW 5-6 (2-4:45pm) FLG 107-D Joe Avery j.avery@hhp.ufl.edu 0851 MW 3-4 (11am-1:45pm) FLG 107-E Minhyuk Kwon mhkwon@hhp.ufl.edu 0852 TR 3-4 (11am-1:45pm) FLG 107-E Joe Avery j.avery@hhp.ufl.edu 0853 TR 5-6 (2-4:45pm) FLG 107-E Dr. K ksowalsky@hhp.ufl.edu 0854 TR 5-6 (2-4:45pm) FLG 107-D Changki Kim ckkim@ufl.edu 0855 MW 5-6 (2-4:45pm) FLG 107-E Minhyuk Kwon mhkwon@hhp.ufl.edu Course Overview / Objectives / Goals This course is designed introduce students to body functions at the cellular, tissue, organ and organ system levels with emphasis on the mechanisms of operation. At the end of this course students should: 1. Be able to recognize, understand, and be able to apply basic physiological terms. 2. Comprehend the applied physiological interplay between structure and function at various levels of organization (cellular, tissue, organ, system, and organism). 3. Illustrate the interrelationship of the various organ systems of the human body. 4. Be able to apply basic physiological concepts to unfamiliar systems or biological scenarios. Required Textbook 1256635413 AUTH STANFIELD DESC PRINC HUMAN PHYSIO PKG This package comes with a loose-leaf version of the Human Physiology textbook by Cindy L. Stanfield and an access code for MasteringA&P, a website where you ll perform both homework assignments and lab activities. This is a REQUIRED text. You will use the text extensively to help with homework assignments and labs on the MasteringA&P website. General Course Policies Lecture Attendance: Try your best to attend all lectures. Attendance will be taken periodically, but will not impact your grade in any way. If the course instructor feels that attendance is very poor, attendance could be used as a mechanism for assigning extra credit.
Lab Attendance and Participation: Attendance will be taken in lab. Attend the lab section for which you are enrolled, not the one most convenient for you on any given day. If you have to miss your lab for any reason, please make arrangements with your TA to attend another lab section that week. You must also fill out a lab make-up form (see lab syllabus) and have the TA of the lab section you attended instead of your own sign it and return it to your TA with your lab report. Students will receive a whole letter-grade penalty for each un-excused, un-made-up lab. Make-up Exams: Unexcused absences for exams will result in a zero on the exam (this includes sleeping through your alarm or contacting me AFTER the exam is over if you are ill). If you are ill or have an emergency that prevents you from taking the exam at the scheduled time, it is your responsibility to contact the instructor as soon as possible. Documentation of the illness or emergency will be required. Make-up exams will be given at the discretion of the instructor. Scheduling make-up exams is the responsibility of the student and should be done if at all possible before the scheduled exam time. If you have a family emergency or death, please contact the Dean of Students Office (www.dso.ufl.edu) and they will contact your instructor so that you do not have to provide documentation of the emergency/death in order to get a make-up exam. Requirements for class attendance and make-up exams, assignments, and other work are consistent with the university policies that can be found at https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/attendance.aspx. Accommodations: Students requesting classroom or other special accommodations must first register with the Dean of Students Office Disability Resource Center (DRC; www.dso.ufl.edu). The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then present the documentation to the instructor when requesting accommodation. For optimal consideration, you are encouraged to see the professor within the first three days of class. Technology: The use of cell phones (and the like) is strictly prohibited during lectures and exams. Any cell phone or other electronic device used during an exam will be considered a violation of the student honor code (i.e., cheating). Laptop computers are welcome in class as long as you are using them for class-related work. Surfing the web, checking your email, making Facebook posts, or anything of that nature is prohibited. Violation of this policy will result in point deductions at the discretion of the TA and course instructor. Please contact the UF Computing Help Desk and e- Learning Support Services (www.helpdesk.ufl.edu/) if you have any technical issues with SAKAI. Communication: You are responsible for checking announcements and course-related postings on SAKAI. This is how your course instructor will communicate with you throughout the semester. When emailing the course instructor or your TA in SAKAI, please check the box that sends the email to the recipient s UF email address. Academic Honesty: As a UF student, you have committed yourself to uphold the Honor Code, which includes the following pledge: We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity. You are expected to exhibit behavior consistent with this commitment to the UF academic community, and on all work submitted for credit at UF, the following pledge is either required or implied: "On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment." It is assumed that you will complete all work independently in each course unless the instructor provides explicit permission for you to collaborate on course tasks. Furthermore, as part of your obligation to uphold the Honor Code, you should report any condition that facilitates academic misconduct. It is your responsibility to know and comply with all UF policies and procedures regarding academic integrity and the Honor Code. Violations of the Honor Code will not be tolerated. Violations will be reported to the Dean of
Students Office for consideration of disciplinary action. For more information regarding the Student Honor Code, please see: http://www.dso.ufl.edu/sccr/honorcodes/honorcode.php. Course Examinations and Grading Use this table to keep track of important deadlines, exam locations, and points earned on each assignment/exam/lab. It is your responsibility to ensure that the scores posted in SAKAI are an accurate reflection of what you actually earned in the course. Discrepancies should be pointed out prior to the last day of classes. Exams (320) Points Your Score Date/Time Location Exam 1 80 May 20 th 8am CSE A101 Exam 2 80 May 31 st 8am CSE A101 Exam 3 80 June 11 th 8am CSE A101 Exam 4 80 June 21 st 8am CSE A101 Lab (144) Points Your Score Location Quiz 1 6 Week 1 Day 2 FLG 107D/E Quiz 2 6 Week 2 Day 1 FLG 107D/E Quiz 3 6 Week 2 Day 2 FLG 107D/E Quiz 4 6 Week 3 Day 2 FLG 107D/E Quiz 5 6 Week 4 Day 1 FLG 107D/E Quiz 6 6 Week 4 Day 2 FLG 107D/E Quiz 7 6 Week 5 Day 1 FLG 107D/E Quiz 8 6 Week 5 Day 2 FLG 107D/E Quiz 9 6 Week 6 Day 1 FLG 107D/E Quiz 10 6 Week 6 Day 2 FLG 107D/E PhysioEx 1 Transport Mechs 12 May 17 th 11:59pm MasteringAandP.com PhysioEx 4 Endocrine 12 May 24 th 11:59pm MasteringAandP.com PhysioEx 3 Neurophysiology 12 May 31 st 11:59pm MasteringAandP.com PhysioEx 2 Skeletal Muscle 12 June 14 th 11:59pm MasteringAandP.com PhysioEx 5 Cardiac Function 12 June 14 th 11:59pm MasteringAandP.com PhysioEx 9 Renal Physiology 12 June 20 th 11:59pm MasteringAandP.com PhysioEx 10 Acid/Base 12 June 20 th 11:59pm MasteringAandP.com Homework (136) Points Your Score Due Date/Time Location Homework 1 (Chs. 1-3) 34 May 20 th 8am MasteringAandP.com Homework 2 (Chs. 4-8) 34 May 31 st 8am MasteringAandP.com Homework 3 (Chs. 12-14) 34 June 11 th 8am MasteringAandP.com Homework 4 (Chs. 16-19) 34 June 21 st 8am MasteringAandP.com TOTAL 600 Homework: Assignments will be administered on-line through www.masteringaandp.com. You will NOT be permitted to make these assignments up once the due date has passed. The table above outlines the due dates/times. These are OPEN RESOURCE assignments, so feel free to work in groups and use the textbook. The textbook will be most helpful in completing these assignments. Please do NOT post homework questions and answers to the discussion boards. Additionally, I would avoid using web sites like Wikipedia as resources. The following are specific grading guidelines to keep in mind as you complete your homework assignments. You may open and close an assignment as many times as you wish until you submit or the due date arrives.
Once you complete and submit your quiz, you will lose access to it. This means that you are not able to review it for practice. This is because these homework assignments should not be used to STUDY for exams. You are allowed 2 attempts to get the correct answer to multiple choice questions. You are only penalized a small fraction if you miss on the first attempt. You are penalized 100% if you miss on the second attempt. You are penalized 100% if you miss a T/F question on the first attempt. You are also penalized a small fraction for opening a hint to a question (if one is available). Late submissions are not allowed. Lecture Exams: There will be four exams (80 pts each) consisting of multiple choice and true/false questions covering lecture material only. Exams will NOT be cumulative but you are expected to retain basic information from previous chapters. Calculators will not be necessary. You must bring your UF Gator 1 card and a pencil to all exams. Lab Participation and Quizzes: Every student is expected to participate in ALL mandatory 2-hr labs. Points will be removed from your lab grade if you opt to use your cell phone during lab or are just goofing around and not paying attention. A quiz will be administered in the first 15 minutes of every lab meeting (see schedule below for details). Study guides for some of the quizzes are available in SAKAI. During weeks that you only have a quiz, you may choose to stay and discuss any of the study problems on these study guides with your TA. If you do not have any questions about those problems, you do not have to stay longer than the 15 minutes for the quiz. If you are more than 15- minutes late to lab, you may NOT have a make-up quiz and this will be considered an un-excused quiz absence. Students will receive a whole letter-grade penalty for each un-excused, unmade-up lab. 10 Quizzes, 6 pts each (roughly 1% of total grade each) Quiz 1, covers Lab 1: Intro/Graphs/Reports Quiz 2, covers Lab 2: study guide questions about cellular transport mechanisms Quiz 3, covers Lab 3: Enzyme Kinetics Quiz 4, covers Lab 4: study guide questions about endocrine physiology Quiz 5, covers Lab 5: Metabolism Quiz 6, covers Lab 6: study guide questions about neurophysiology Quiz 7, covers Lab 7: study guide questions about skeletal muscle physiology Quiz 8, covers Lab 8 and 9: Cardiovascular Physiology and Function Quiz 9, covers Lab 10: Pulmonary Function Quiz 10, covers Lab 11: study guide questions about renal physiology PhysioEx Labs on MasteringA&P: Labs will open Monday at 6am and will close Friday at 11:59pm the week a MasteringA&P lab is scheduled for. You have 6 hours to complete each lab module and accompanying questions; however, these should not take longer than 2 hours. If you miss the submission deadline, you will not be allowed to complete the lab for credit. Once you open the lab, you can close it and return to complete it, but the timer will not stop...so please plan to complete the lab module and questions in one setting to avoid being timed out. Grades: All course grades will be posted in SAKAI. Any discrepancies should be pointed out to the instructor on or before the last day of class. There is NO curve for this course and GRADES WILL NOT BE ROUNDED UP!!! See the undergraduate catalog web page for information regarding current UF grading policies: www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.
Letter Grade Points for Letter Grades Percent of Total Points GPA Impact A 540.00-600 90.00-100% 4.0 B+ 522.00-539.99 87.00-89.99% 3.33 B 480.00-519.99 80.00-86.99% 3.0 C+ 462.00-479.99 77.00-79.99% 2.33 C 420.00-661.99 70.00-76.99% 2.0 D+ 402.00-419.99 67.00-69.99% 1.33 D 360.00-401.99 60.00-66.99% 1.0 E 0-359.99 0-59.99% 0 Tentative Schedule for Lecture and Lab Use the following table to keep on top of your required readings as well as lab and lecture topics. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Day Lecture (Stanfield Chapter: Pages) Weekly Lab Topics May 13 Intro to Physiology (1:1-12) Lab 1 Intro/Graphs/Reports (utilize this May 14 Cell Structure & Function (2: 18-50) time to prepare for Quiz 1) May 15 Cell Structure & Function Lab 2 PhysioEx 1 Transport May 16 Cell Metabolism (3: 56-90) Mechanisms (utilize this time to prepare May 17 Cell Metabolism for Quiz 2) May 20 Exam 1 Chapters 1, 2, and 3 Lab 3 Enzyme Kinetics (utilize this May 21 Cell Membrane Transport (4: 94-121) time to prepare for Quiz 3) May 22 Chemical Messengers (5: 126-146) Lab 4 PhysioEx 4 Endocrine May 23 Endocrine System (6: 149-163) Physiology (utilize this time to prepare May 24 Endocrine System for Quiz 4) May 27 HOLIDAY NO CLASS or LAB May 28 Neural Signaling (7:166-173) May 29 Neural Signaling May 30 Neural Integration (8:196-212) May 31 Exam 2 Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Jun 3 Muscle Physiology (12: 322-351) Jun 4 Muscle Physiology Jun 5 Cardiac Function (13: 360-391) Jun 6 Cardiac Function Jun 7 Vessels & Blood Pressure (14: 395-421) No Lab on Mon/Tues of this week due to holiday Lab 5 Metabolism (utilize this time to prepare for Quiz 5) Lab 6 PhysioEx 3 Neurophysiology (utilize this time to prepare for Quiz 6) Lab 7 PhysioEx 2 Skeletal Muscle (utilize this time to prepare for Quiz 7) Jun 10 Vessels & Blood Pressure Lab 8 Cardio Function and Lab 9 PhysioEx 5 - Cardiovascular Physiology (utilize this time to prepare for Quiz 8) Jun 11 Exam 3 Chapters 12, 13, and 14 Jun 12 Pulmonary Ventilation (16: 451-472) Jun 13 Pulmonary Ventilation Jun 14 Gas Exchange (17: 475-501) Jun 17 Gas Exchange Jun 18 Renal Function (18: 507-531) Jun 19 Renal Function Jun 20 Fluid/Electrolyte Balance (19: 550-563) Jun 21 Exam 4 Chapters 16, 17, 18, and 19 Lab 10 Pulmonary Function (utilize this time to prepare for Quiz 9) Lab 11 PhysioEx 9 Renal Physiology (utilize this time to prepare for Quiz 10) Lab 12 PhysioEx 10 Acid/Base
Getting Help: I recognize that this is an intense course for many students. In combination with everything else going on in your life, stress is sure to creep in. If you are totally overwhelmed by the stresses of your semester and feel like you just can t handle the pressure, please come see me and or someone at UF s Counseling and Wellness center (www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc/). I care so much for my students wellbeing without you, I would have no one to teach and that s uncool. Please take care! ~Doc. A Study Tips for Doc. A s Physiology Class: 1. Read the assigned pages from the text BEFORE you come to lecture. Do not take notes, underline, highlight, or attempt to memorize anything JUST READ and enjoy! 2. Snow-ball the lecture notes. Begin studying lecture material immediately after the first lecture. Then, after the second lecture, begin your studies with day one lecture material. Continue this all the way up to the exam. 3. Study in groups. Now, before you meet as a group, make sure each individual has put in their own study time so that as a group you are discussing problems/questions and not simply reviewing content or definitions (you can do that on your own). 4. Generate practice exam questions. This is particularly helpful within a group. If each member generates a few questions, you could easily assemble a practice exam to share. 5. Post and answer questions to the discussion board on SAKAI. Doc. A checks these to verify that student answers are correct and often times uses posts to generate exam questions. 6. Re-write questions. Taking complex questions and breaking them down to identify exactly what the question is REALLY asking for is very helpful. It is also very helpful to look at incorrect answer choices and identify what makes those choices wrong. Ask yourself, How could I make that statement correct? Success Tips for Doc. A s Physiology Class: 1. Do not fall behind. This course moves at a fast pace and you can easily get overwhelmed if you procrastinate. Prepare ahead of time for lab and lecture and you ll do yourself a favor. 2. Stay organized. Keep track of all important due dates for lecture, lab, and the online work. 3. Check SAKAI announcements/emails daily just pretend it s facebook, but for school. 4. Have a positive attitude! Approaching the course with a defeatist attitude will hinder your learning and your grade crack a smile now and then.
Dear Physiology Student: In this course you will be using MasteringA&P, an online tutorial and homework program that accompanies your textbook. Use the following instructions to form an account with MasteringA&P and register for my course, which gives you access to the homework assignments. If you already have a Pearson Mastering account, you may use that log-in information and simply register for this course using the pertinent information below. What You Will Need: Valid UF email address Student access code (Comes in the Student Access Code Card/Kit that was packaged with your REQUIRED course-pack. If you did not purchase the course-pack, you can buy an access code online see below.) UF s ZIP code: 32611 Course ID: AHLGRENPHYSIOLOGYSUMMERA2013 Step 1: Register Go to www.masteringaandp.com and click Students under Register. If you did purchase the required course-pack: select Yes, I have an access code then Continue. If you did not purchase the required course-pack: select No, I need to purchase access online now. Select your textbook (Principles of Human Physiology by Stanfield, 4 th edition), whether you want access to the etext, and then Continue. Follow the on-screen instructions to purchase access. Click I Accept to indicate that you have read and agree to the license agreement and privacy policy. Select the appropriate option under Do you have a Pearson Education account? Continue to give the requested information until you complete the process. The Confirmation & Summary page confirms your registration. This information will also be emailed to you for your records. Step 2: Log In Go to www.masteringaandp.com. Enter your Login Name and Password that you specified during registration and click Log In. Step 3: Join Your Instructor s Online Course Join a Course by entering the MasteringA&P Course ID: AHLGRENPHYSIOLOGYSUMMERA2013. When you join a course, you will also be asked for a Student ID. This is your Gatorlink ID. For example, Dr. Ahlgren s email address at UF is jahlgren@ufl.edu, her Gatorlink ID is jahlgren. If your Gatorlink ID is not accepted for whatever reason, please select another username that is somewhat reflective of your name so that grades can easily be transferred from Mastering into SAKAI. Accessing Homework Assignments Simply go to www.masteringaandp.com, enter your Login Name and Password, and click Log In. After you have joined the course, you can view any assignments and due dates by clicking the Assignments tab located under the course title (Physiology-Ahlgren-Spring2013). For self-study, click Study Area in the upper right corner of the window. Support Please access Customer Support at www.masteringaandp.com/support, for help with: Log-in problems System Requirements Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Registration Tips & Tricks video Additional contact information for Customer Support, including Live Chat