BIOLOGY 202 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

Spring 2009

Instructor:

Faith Vruggink

Phone:

269.965.3931 x 2345

Office Hours:
Online:

My schedule with open office hours is posted on my web site It is best to contact me instructor via e-mail. vrugginkf@kellogg.edu
I will respond to student e-mail within one work day during week, Monday-Friday and within two days on weekends .

Course Prerequisites:

Biology 201 completed with grade of C or better (Remember that the prerequisite for Bio 201 was high school biology or KCC Bio 99. If you have forgotten your biology please review chapter 2 and 3 in your text book.)

Strongly recommended: Chemistry 100 (grade C or better)

Submitting Materials Online

Students are expected to use the Blackboard site to submit all materials for this class. Students are expected to gain the required Blackboard expertise by the end of the first week of the semester. During the first week of the semester there are several activities to practice taking and submitting online assignments and quizzes.  Any items submitted using Student Tools, or submitted using file exchange in the groups pages must be in Microsoft Word or Excel format. (You may also submit using  .rft extension for your files).  If you do not have Word or Excel at home you may use KCC computers found at all KCC sites. Word Perfect or other programs are not KCC standard.

Attendance Requirements

Sometimes technology presents difficulties therefore all quizzes, assignments, problems and discussions are available several days before the deadlines.

Failure of your home computer system does not excuse students from completing quizzes, etc by the deadline. The early availability allows you time to find a friend, college, or library to use a computer to complete your assigned tasks.

All quizzes, etc will be gone on the date and time of the deadline.

Textbook & Materials

Required: BUNDLE containing:

Fundamentals of Human Physiology 1st edition, by Stuart Ira Fox 

PhILS 3.0 Physiology Interactive Lab Simulations

YOU MUST HAVE BOTH ITEMS

Online Course Features and Requirements:

The specific details of Exams and Assessments will be in  Blackboard, Course Information section, Syllabus Folder. 

Course Blackboard will be available the first Monday of the semester.

Exams must be proctored.  Exams are online but are password protected.  Password is disclosed only to college staff at testing centers.  Exams are timed and must be completed within 90 minutes on the scheduled date.  Dates are on the class schedule. The proctored exams account for a minimum of 40% of totals points

  • Midterm exam
  • Final exam

Online assessments not proctored

  • Online chapter quizzes.  These quizzes may be attempted three (3) times before the deadline.  20 points each.  Time limit for each quiz = 20 minutes
  • Lab Discussion participation: 6 points each
  • Problem Quiz: 12 points each

Scheduled activities will be posted on a weekly basis. This is NOT self paced. There will be deadlines for assignments.

Equipment Requirements: Link to KCC's Online learning pages

Time commitment

Estimated time per week: 15 hours (minimum)

 

Description

This course is rigorous in nature (more so than anatomy) and will require a tremendous amount of time committed to grasping concepts and logical sequences of events. Memorizing a selected number "facts" is only the beginning. Study time must be devoted to understanding not just memorizing.

 

 

 

Goals

At the end of this course:

  • Class participants will acquire a fundamental understanding of the normal mechanisms of body function.
  • Class participants will acquire the ability to predict the sequence of physiological events that maintain homeostatic balance when one or more variables are altered.
  • Class participants will acquire the skills necessary to collect, interpret, and explain experiment data in terms of normal physiological responses.

Please consult the individual Chapter study guides for detailed learning objectives for each system.

Grading:

The specific details of point distribution will be in Blackboard, Course Information section, Syllabus Folder. 
Course Blackboard will be available the first Monday of the semester.

Distribution of points

Points

Activities during the first week of the semester (extra credit)

 

Proctored Online Midterm exam

100

Proctored Online Final exam

100

Online progress assessments (quizzes) 20 points each X 11

210

7 Online Lab Discussion contribution X 6 points

 42

4 Problem Quizzes X 12 points 

48

Peer Evaluation Group participation

 7

TOTAL FOR CLASS excluding extra points

500

The grade is based on 500 maximum points.

 

 

 

 

 

Grading Scale

Percentage of Total Points

Letter Grade

94% - 100%

A

90% - 93%

A-

87% - 89%

B+

84% - 86%

B

80% - 83%

B-

77% - 79%

C+

74% - 76%

C

70% - 73%

C-

67% - 69%

D+

64% - 66

D

60% - 63#

D-

0% - 59%

F

Academic Policies:

Deadline for refund: Sept 11, 2008

Deadline for withdrawal: Dec 2, 2008

Incomplete ("I") is only given for the most extenuating circumstances. All "I" grades should be completed by the end of the next full semester.

Attendance

Completion and submission of assignments, problems, quizzes, and exams at the scheduled and/or announced time will be considered successful attendance.

Please note that this is a challenging class because of the nature of physiology. Always try to stay ahead. Do not wait until the "last minute." Plan ahead. Work ahead. Allow time for life's unexpected events that can interrupt your study time. You may submit any assignments before they are due.

If difficulties arise contact your instructor ASAP. Sooner is always better than later. Later puts you behind.

Cheating

Cheating is NOT permitted. Any students caught cheating will receive NO points for the exam or quiz in which the cheating occurred, and/or will be subject to the disciplinary procedures of Kellogg Community College (at the discretion of the instructor).

Disclaimer

Information contained in this syllabus was, to the best knowledge of the instructor, considered correct and complete when distributed for use at the beginning of the semester. However, this syllabus should not be considered a contract between Kellogg Community College and any student, nor between any student and the instructor. The instructor reserves the right, acting within the policies and procedures of Kellogg Community College, to make changes in course content or instructional techniques without notice or obligation

 

 

Make-up Policy
  • Assignments and assessments that are not completed within the posted time frame may not be made up.
  • A missed exam may be made up IF the instructor is contacted before the window of time closes. The make-up exam will not be online and will be an essay format. The make-up exam must be completed within 72 hours from the close of the regularly scheduled window of time.
  • Special consideration maybe given for students who are themselves gravely ill or if a member of their immediate family is gravely ill. Proof must be provided of the illness.

Computer Access at
KCC

It is assumed that students enrolled in this course have at their disposal appropriate equipment and software to complete the course work and communicate with other students. If there are problems with your equipment and/or software, it is possible to come the KCC's Campus and use the open computer lab in the LRC. See KCC's web site for campus maps and lab times.

Interactive Media

Lab activities download from free web sources.

Ph.I.L.S. CD 3.0 provides simulations and "hands-on" lab activities for the laboratory portion of the class.

ADA Statement

Kellogg Community College does not discriminate in the admission or treatment of students on the basis of disability. KCC is committed to compliance with the American Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.