BIOLOGY BL -A260, Human Physiology, Fall, 2009, COURSE INFORMATION
Lecture: Monday - Wednesday - Friday, 12:00 - 12:50 pm
Professor: WSStark, 111 Macelwane, 977-7151, starkws@slu.edu
Office hours: 2-3 pm Monday and Wednesday or by appointment
Usually, drop-ins and appointments will be welcome at any time I am not "booked"
(For my schedule, go to your Google apps [mail], select "calendar" (upper left) and type my e-mail under "other calendars" (left, on "add a friend's calendar")
Course web site: http://starklab.slu.edu/Physio/SyllabPhysio.htm

Text: Fox, Human Physiology, 11th ed 2009, McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-352564-8

This course is specifically designed as the third, and possibly final, biology semester for Biomedical Engineering majors. It is assumed that most students had BL A104 (Principles of Biology I) Fall 2006 and BL A106 (Principles of Biology II) Spring 2007; Freeman, Biological Science, Prentice was the text. Students lacking that background will be expected to pick up any gaps on their own. This course is also targeted toward students with an engineering background. 200-level courses do not count toward the biology major.

TESTS: There are 3 in-class hourly exams and a final. Each in-class hourly exam will cover only the material in the immediately previous 13 lectures (after the previous hourly exam). Each hourly test is 50 questions, short answer, typically four questions from each lecture. The Final Exam is cumulative, covering the entire semester. The final exam is 75 questions, short answer, typically 2 questions for each lecture. Each outline gives questions and answers used in the last 4 years.

The dates and times are respectively:
FIRST IN-CLASS EXAM - Friday, September 25, 12 pm
SECOND IN-CLASS EXAM - Friday, October 30, 12 pm
THIRD IN-CLASS EXAM - Monday December 7, 12 pm
FINAL EXAM - Wednesday December 9, 12:00-1:50 pm
Final exams for all courses are organized on a campus-wide basis. The schedule was available when you registered and you must adhere to that schedule. I cannot change the time. Each test will be graded on a curve of approximately equal numbers of grades in A, B, and C ranges, although I cannot guarantee that there will not be lower grades. Your lowest exam will not be included in your final grade. This means that you can afford to miss (or do poorly on) one hourly exam. If you miss more than one test, a zero will be entered for the second or third tests missed. I strongly urge you to take all tests. If you take all 3 hourly tests, then I will discount your poorest test, and you will benefit. Your midterm grade will be your grade on the first hourly exam. Keep in mind that you will not have any more formal grade informtion than this midterm grade by the last date to drop. Previous years, the final course distribution was a 3.2 curve.

Note - All students must complete the online course evaluation and assessment survey during the posted period at the end of the semester to receive a grade. A grade will not be assigned if these surveys are not completed.

STUDYING TIPS: Tests will be based on lecture. Class attendance is the only strategic way to approach this course. Take thorough notes during lecture since the web site, useful fro taking notes onto is only an outline, The art notebook is useful for taking notes since the outlines give the figure numbers. At home, carefully correlate your text assignments with your notes. Friends' notes can also be useful study aids. The best way to justify your tuition expense and the commitment of some of the best years of your life is to share the professor's emphasis, interpretation and enthusiasm. The archive of information in the book can be difficult without help. By visiting with the material in lectures, notes and reading you can make the material inviting and get the maximum benefit.

There is a hyperlink for the Objectives of this course
There is a hyperlink for the 2004 Assessment report for this course
There is a hyperlink for the 2005 Assessment report for this course
There is a hyperlink for the 2006 Assessment report for this course
There is a hyperlink for the 2007 Assessment report for this course
There is a hyperlink for the 2008 Assessment report for this course

There is a hyperlink to the academic honesty policy of the College and the statement that we are required by the administration to include in the syllabus. All suspicious incidents are reported to the Dean's office.

If you have special needs, these must be documented with the disabilities office:
Adam Meyer, Office of Disabilties Services, 977-8885, Room 36, DuBourg Hall, 221 No. Grand.
Thanks, confidentiality will be observed in all inquiries.
I ask you to see me in the first two weeks of class to be certain I know what accomodations to make.

Good luck and best wishes for a productive semester!

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