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Zoology 251 ( & I) course syllabus (by Dr. Shaw, SP 2014)—1 of 3 IMPORTANT:  Students who are taking 251 (sections 003; Dr. Shaw’s ) must read this syllabus; in fact, the scope of the first quiz includes this syllabus.  Buy a clicker and register it on Blackboard--This class uses Clickers (by Turning Technologies Inc.) in the classroom. Each student in this class is required to purchase his/her own clicker (@$40.00) from the bookstore and register his/her clicker in Blackboard for proper grading of classroom quizzes/participation.

1. Course Description: This course (4 credits) includes lecture and laboratory portions that should be taken in the same semester. The lecture portion of this class meets MWF 10-10:50am in Gooch Hall 316. This course provides an overview of basic , biology, and ; in addition, this course focuses on the and of the integumentary, muscular, nervous, and skeletal systems.

2. Course Objectives:  Learn basic chemistry, , and  Learn anatomy and physiology of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems  Train students to become active learners and prepare students mainly for and pre-professional careers

3. Instructor: Dr. Donald Shaw; Room 242 Brehm Hall at 881-7176; Email: [email protected]

4. Office Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 9-9:45 a.m., Wednesdays 11-11:45 a.m., and Fridays 11-11:45 a.m., and by appointments throughout this semester

5. A Required Textbook, A Highly Recommended Website, and Supplemental Materials:  Textbook: Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 6th Edition, by Kenneth S. Saladin. When earlier edition is used, students are responsible for checking the accuracy of old material, page numbers of assigned reading, and correct assigned questions etc.  Students should visit mhhe.com/saladin6 (or mhhe.com/saladin5, mhhe.com/saladin4) often and review useful information of each chapter; this includes Animation, Flashcards, and Testing Your Comprehension etc.  Supplemental materials, if any, can be accessed via the instructor’s Blackboard. Directions: Go to the UTM home page. Log into myUTMartin portal page. Click on Blackboard and then click on Courses. All supplemental information posted for this course can be found under the course ID: Name ZOOL251_donalds_C2: Dr. Shaw's Class (MWF 10-10:50am)—Spring 2014

6. Special Needs: Students requiring classroom/lab accommodations or modifications because of a documented disability should contact the Office of Disabilities (in 203 Clement Hall). For additional information on services to students with disabilities call the coordinator of disability services at 881-7744. A letter from the Office of Disabilities or the Student Success Center should be provided to the instructor within the first two weeks of the semester.

7. Academic Integrity and Class Policy: It is expected that students will maintain the highest ethical standards, honesty and courtesy at all times. Evidence of dishonesty during exams/quizzes and other evaluations will result in a course grade of “F” and a written report will be submitted to the appropriate dean (pages 42-43, Academic Integrity of the 2012-2013 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog). In addition, the instructor expects everyone to treat others with kindness and respect. Students creating a disturbance during lectures that interferes with the ability of other students to learn will be asked to leave the room. Cell phones must be turned OFF (or using vibration mode only) during the lectures in classes.

8. Inclement Weather Policy:  Increment weather policy-- All UTM class/event cancellation and delay announcements are posted on the UTM homepage. This is the official policy that this course follows. If a schedule exam is cancelled due to increment weather, the scheduled exam will be automatically rescheduled to the very next class period.

Zoology 251 (Human Anatomy & Physiology I) course syllabus (by Dr. Shaw, SP 2014)—2 of 3 9. Course Schedule/Reading Assignments: The following topics will be taught mostly in sequence. The instructor may change the schedule and the reading assignment when necessary. Due to time restraints, certain chapters/materials may be skipped. Textbook Chapters Ch. 1—Themes of Anatomy & Physiology Ch. 9— A—General Orientation to Human Anatomy Skip Ch. 10— (covered in the (will not be lectured on but students are required lab) to read it themselves) Ch. 2—Chemistry of Ch. 11—Muscular Ch. 3—Cellular Form & Function Ch. 12— Ch. 4— & Cellular Function Ch. 13—, Spinal . . . Skip Ch. 5—Histology (covered in the lab) Ch. 14— and Ch. 6— Ch. 15—Autonomic . . . Ch. 7— Tissue Ch. 16— Organs Skip Ch. 8—Skeletal System (covered in the lab)

10. Two-chapter Exams, the Final Exam, and Others: Two-chapter exams (an exam every two chapters or so) are 150 points each and the final exam (comprehensive) is 300 points. The format of each exam may include multiple choice/ugly, true-false, matching, figure labeling (identification), fill-in-the-blank, short answer, essay questions, and critical thinking questions etc. All lectures, reading assignments on the textbook, and -outs are fair testing material. The scope that will be covered for each scheduled exam will be announced in class. Students should bring No. 2 pencils and student ID to all exams.

Evaluations Points Scheduled Date Scope Exam#1 150 Jan. 29 (Wed.) Chapters 1, 2, and Atlas A Exam#2 150 Feb. 19 (Wed.) Chapters 3 and 4 Exam#3 150 Mar. 21 (Fri.) Chapters 6 and 7 Exam#4 150 Apr. 16 (Wed.) Chapters 9 and 11 Final Exam Apr. 30 (Wed.) Covering all chapters learned and the final exam is 300 7:45-9:45am more challenging than any regular exams Others (See Item#12) @300 Could be any day x Total …………… @1200 x x

11. Scheduled Exams Making-up Policy: Any missed scheduled exam means a zero grade unless a legitimate excuse is provided with a written explanation from a knowledgeable person (such as a parent or ). For an absence to be excused, students also must notify the instructor (by email only) before missing class or within 24 hours of a missed class/activity. If not, the missed exam would result in a zero grade automatically. The instructor will determine if a student’s excuse is valid. Students CAN NOT make up missed exams. Any student with a valid excuse, the percentage of the final exam score will replace the missed scheduled exam. Missing beyond 1 scheduled exam will automatically result in a zero grade. Missing the final exam will result in a zero grade on the final exam.

12. Other Required Activities: Other required activities may include in-class activities, take-home assignments, pop- up quizzes and so forth. Total points of these activities are approximately 100-300 points. Often these activities may be administered in class without advanced notices; they also serve as records for students’ attendance. Students CAN NOT make up these activities if missed; however, if a student missed an activity due to a legitimate reason, email the instructor within 24 hours of that activity and his/her total possible points will be automatically adjusted (for example, John was too sick to participate in an in-class activity of 20 points one day and he emailed the instructor on the same day; therefore, his total possible points, in lecture portion, would be 980 instead of say 1,000 points.). However, some forms of a written document must be provided by email to the instructor to prove your legitimate excuse. Other required activities may include take-home assignments. The due dates for take-home assignments, if any, will be announced in class. All late take-home assignments will receive zero grades. Zoology 251 (Human Anatomy & Physiology I) course syllabus (by Dr. Shaw, SP 2014)—3 of 3 13. Grading Policy, Attendance and Grades Discrepancy, and Enticements:  Students must enroll in lecture and lab in the same semester to receive a grade for this course. All activities in lecture portion will determine 70% of students’ overall course grade; the remaining 30% of the overall course grade will come from students’ laboratory grade.  If questions or discrepancy on any activities arise, students must talk to the instructor within a week after activities (exams or others) have been returned back to students. In-progress grades will also be given to students (or posted on Blackboard) approximately once a month when an exam is given back to students. When discrepancy on attendance records arise, students must also talk to the instructor within a week after a latest in-progress grade sheet has been distributed (or posted on Blackboard) to the students. When one-week period had been passed, it is deemed that students have agreed that all grades and attendance records are accurate to the date the latest in-progress grade sheet is given.

 The final exam is the only exam that will not be returned to students; however, students who wish to look at their final exams must contact the instructor with an email and then look over his/her the final exam by the end of the final exam week.  Award to top scorer(s) of each of the four regular exams— Each top scorer(s) of all four scheduled exams will be given a gift card ($20 each) purchased from a local store. This is to encourage students to study diligently.

14. The Overall Course Grade, Attendance Policy, and Optional Projects:

IMPORTANT: The adoption of the attendance policy and optional projects is to encourage faithful attendance, to make learning in this course more dynamic, and to provide some grade cushion for students. The attendance policy, optional projects, perhaps rounding up the overall course grade etc. have already given students some advantages and nice cushion on grades throughout the semester. Therefore, after the overall course grade is calculated, students must not expect the instructor to give him/her a better letter grade due to his/her grade is very close to the next better letter grade. The instructor does not negotiate grades and does not curve grades. REMEMBER, STUDENTS EARN GRADES AND INSTRUCTORS ONLY REPORT THEM.

 The overall course grading scale (out of 100) is 90-100 (A), 80-89 (B), 70-79 (C), 60-69 (D), and 0-59 (F); the scale will be used to calculate students’ overall course letter grade. The instructor may or may not round up grades that is used only at the end of the semester when combining lecture and laboratory grades together. If rounding up method is used, an 89.5% grade at the end of the semester, it would be rounded up to 90%. Grade appealing procedures follow UTM students’ catalog of 2012-2013 (p. 40).  Students are expected to attend every class meeting on time and are responsible for lecture information and announcements. However, students who have less than three absences (or tardiness) throughout the semester would potentially be awarded with two percentage points toward their final course grade.  Details of the attendance policy: (A) The spirit of this attendance policy is to encourage and to award students with faithful attendance record in the semester. Therefore, classroom attendance counts ALL situations of absences as simply absences; this including sickness, and all others. However, UTM-sponsored activities (athletic events) will not be counted as absences. (B) This is based on a 100-point scale and two percentage points, if earned, will be calculated into the students’ final course grade after lecture (70%) and lab (30%) grades have been added together. (C) “Less than three absences” means 0, 1, or 2 absences.  Two optional projects available in this class. First, one project is to ask students to voluntarily participate in ONE designated scientific speech (will be announced/posted on Blackboard of this course) on Martin campus this semester. Second, another project is a writing project (details to be announced and posted on Blackboard).