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Syllabus :BIO 156IN -Intro Biology Allied Health
CRN21289
Course Information:
Course Prefix/Number: BIO156IN
Course Title: Intro Biology Allied Health
Semester: Spring 2014
CRN (Section Code): 21289
Class Days/Times: SSu 8:00am-4:40pm
Site/Room: E708
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites: none
Required Assessments:
Teaching Format: Lecture/Lab
Drop/Refund/Audit date: March 04, 2014
College withdrawal deadline: March 28, 2014
Instructor Information:
Name: Robin Rathman, Ph.D.
Email Address: rrathman@pima.edu
Course Description:
Introduction to biology for the health professions. The course includes principles of science, scientific
measurement and laboratory techniques, chemistry of life, cell anatomy and physiology, cellular reproduction,
patterns of inheritances, and human tissue.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to do the following:
1. Perform activities to demonstrate improvement in the general education goals of communication and critical
thinking.
2. Demonstrate biology study skills necessary for anatomy and physiology
3. Identify key components of the scientific method and apply the scientific process
4. Demonstrate the ability to safely use biological laboratory techniques.
5. Demonstrate the correct use of a light microscope, metric tools for measuring length, mass, and volume, and
laboratory safety skills.
6. Describe and give example of life’s hierarchy of organization.
7. Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
8. Explain the basic chemical process of life.
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9. Describe the four categories of “macromolecules” and why each is important for cellular structure and
functions.
10. Explain how enzyme functions.
11. Describe the structure of cellular organelles and how each functions.
12. Describe specifically membrane transport mechanisms, protein synthesis and packing, and anaerobic and
aerobic cellular respiration.
13. Describe the cell cycle and the purposes, products, and processes of mitosis and meiosis.
14. Explain how genes are expressed and inherited, and the molecular biology of gene expression.
15. Describe the principles of Mendelian Genetics.
16. Describe and give examples of the primary human tissues, and where in the body each can be found
Course Outline:
1. Principles of Science
A. Scientific process and scientific experimentation
B. Analyzing and reporting results
2. Scientific Measurement and Laboratory Techniques
A. Light microscopy
B. Metric measurements
3. Introduction to Biology
A. Levels of organization (life’s hierarchy)
B. Cellular diversity (prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells)
4. Chemistry of Life
A. Basic general chemistry
B. Macromolecules
i.
Carbohydrates
ii.
Lipids
iii.
Proteins
iv.
Nucleic Acids
C. Enzymes and energy
D. Metabolism
5. Cell Anatomy and Physiology
A. Cell membrane and transport mechanisms
B. Organelle structure and function
i.
Nucleus
ii.
Ribosomes and protein synthesis (transcription and translation)
iii.
Endomembrane system
iv.
Mitochondria and cellular respiration
v.
Cytoskeleton
6. Cellular Reproduction
A. Cell cycle
B. DNA replication
C. Mitosis
D. Meiosis
7. Patterns of Inheritances
A. Molecular biology
B. Mendelian genetics
8. Human Tissues
A. Epithelium
B. Connective tissue
C. Muscular tissue
D. Nerve tissue
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Textbooks/Instructional Materials:
Human Anatomy & Physiology
9th Edition by Marieb &Hoehn
Lab Manual:
Laboratory Manual, East Campus
ADA Compliance:
Pima Community College provides reasonable academic accommodations to those students who qualify
under the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). Appropriate documentation will be required to determine
eligibility to receive accommodations. If you need an accommodation to participate in this class, please
contact the campus Disabled Students Resource (DSR) office at 206 – 6688 to begin the accommodation
request process.
Academic Integrity:
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Students are expected to abide by the Student Code of Conduct
http://www.pima.edu/studentserv/studentcode/index.shtml and the Code of Academic Integrity,
http://www.pima.edu/studentserv/studentcode/studentcode-2-conduct.shtml ( also available at PCC
campus libraries).
Pima Community College considers violations scholastic ethics, plagiarism, as serious offence, which may result
in failure of an assignment, the course, or possible expulsion. All work done for the class must be your own,
unless it is instructed for group activities. For assignments, you may use work from books and other materials
if properly cited.
Attendance:
Attendance, preparation, and participation in the class are important. Excessive absence of 2 or more will be a
drop of one letter grade. Any more absence past 4 will constitute another lowering by another full letter grade.
Arriving one hour late or leaving one hour early will be considered an absence from the class.
Classroom Behavior:
 Refer to the Student Code of Conduct http://www.pima.edu/studentserv/studentcode/index.shtml for
requirements relating to student behavior.
 Because of insurance limitations, non-registered visitors are not allowed at class sessions or on field trips.
 Possession of drugs, alcohol or firearms on college property is illegal.
 Eating, drinking, smoking and soliciting are not allowed in classrooms.
 Pets, telephones, pagers and other electronic devices that distract students are not allowed in classrooms.
 Students creating disturbances that interfere with the conduct of the class or the learning of others,
violations of the Student Code of Conduct, will be referred to the Division Dean and/or the Dean of
Students.
 Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated and can be cause for being dropped from the class. Disruptive
behavior is defined as behavior that is disruptive to the learning process and outside normal behavior
parameters. See the Student Code of Conduct for particulars, but examples of disruptive behavior are
inappropriate talking, arriving late or leaving early, sleeping or doing other class work in class, etc.
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Grading Procedures and Policy:
There will be 3 multiple choice exams, 13 written assignments, 13 lab activities and 3 quizzes that all count
a total of 300 pts. The exams will count 25 pts each, written assignments count 5 pts each, lab activities
count 5 pts each, quizzes count 15 pts each, and 50 pts count for class participation (10 points/week).
270 – 300= A
240 –269=B
210 – 239= C
180 – 209= D
179 and lower= F
Students WHO FAIL TO WITHDRAW THEMSELVES by the withdrawal deadline and quit attending class,
remain on the active class roster and will receive a grade of “F”.
Exams: taken 3 times, these assess your knowledge of lecture and lab activities
Quizzes: taken 3 times, these assess your knowledge of lecture and lab activities.
Written Assignments: review of lecture materials: 13
Lab Activities: where you are actively involved with biology : 13
Make-up /Late Work Policy:
Late assignments are not accepted. The permission to make-up quizzes and exams is at the instructor’s
discretion.
Withdrawals:
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You may request a grade of "W" after the official College withdrawal date only if all of the following conditions
are met: extenuating circumstances made it impossible for you to finish the course, your request is made in
writing to the instructor and is received by the instructor on or before March 28, 2014 and the instructor gives
permission to do so.
Incomplete (I) grade:
Given only when student has missed 10% or less of course material for a reason acceptable or to the
instructor. Eligibility for an incomplete requires earned grade that average “C” or above at the time of request.
It requires a written contract with specific requirement for completion of course.
Final Grades:
Students can obtain final grades using MyPima (Banner) at the end of the semester when all grades have
been recorded. For privacy and security reasons, instructors are advised NOT to give grades by telephone
or email.
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Lecture and lab Schedule:
3/01
Lecture (1): Principles of Science
Lab 1: The Scientific Method
Lecture (2): Chemistry of Life
Lab 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Models – Part 1
3/02
Lecture (3): Basic General Chemistry
Lab 3: Atoms, Molecules, and Models – Part 2
Lecture (4): Macromolecules: Lipids & Carbohydrates
Lab 4: Molecular Models of Bio-Molecules – part 1
Due next class: Handouts on Scientific Inquiry, Experimental Variables, Analysis of Scientific Data
3/08
Quiz1
Lecture (5): Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids & Proteins
Lab 5: Molecular Models of Bio-Molecules – part 2
Lab 10: DNA Extraction
Review
3/09
Exam 1 (lectures 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Lecture (6): Cell Anatomy & Physiology (I)
Lab 6: Metric and Measurement
Lecture (7): Cell Anatomy & Physiology (II)
Due next class: Handouts on Biological Molecules, DNA, Cell Organelles
3/15
Lab 7: Acids, Bases, pH & buffer
Lecture (8): Cell Metabolism
Lab 8: Diffusion and Osmosis
Lecture (9): Molecular Biology of the Gene
3/16
Quiz 2
Lab 9: Enzymes
Lecture (10): Enzymes & Energy,
Lab 12: The Microscope & Cell
Review
Due next class: Handouts on Properties of Water, Membrane Structure, Function, Cell Transport
No Class 3.22, 3,23 (Spring Break !
3/29
Exam 2 (lectures 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10)
Lecture (11): Cellular Reproduction (I)
Lab 11: Mitosis & Meiosis
Lecture (12): Cellular Reproduction (II)
3/30
Lecture (13): Pattern of Inheritance: Mendelian Genetics
Mendelian Genetics Practice Problems
Lab 13: The Human Tissue
Lecture (14): The Human Tissue
Due next class: Handouts on Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Meiosis
4/05
Quiz 3
Lecture (15): Genetic Basis of Disease
Lab 13: The Human Tissue
Lecture (16): DNA Technology
Review: Tissue Handout
4/06
Exam 3 (lectures 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16)
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The schedule is subject to change without prior notice or discussion.
BIO 156 Lab Topics, Quiz, Exam and Lab Schedule
3.1
3.2
Quiz
1
3.8
Exam 3.9
1
3.15
Quiz
2
3.16
Scientific
Method
Atoms,
Molecules,
Models Part I
Atoms,
Molecules,
Models Part II
Biomolecules I
Biomolecules II
DNA Extraction
1,2
Intro. pp. 1-11
Chemistry pp. 23-39
Appendix E: Periodic
Table
3,4
Metric
Measurement
Acids, Bases,
pH, Buffers
Diffusion,
Osmosis
Enzymes
Microscopes,
Cells
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Carbs.,Lipids pp. 4247
Appendix B:
Functional Groups
Proteins pp.47-51
Nucleic Acids pp. 5356
Appendix C:
Functional Groups
Appendix A: Metric
System
Acids, Bases pp. 3941
Cellular Transport
pp. 63-79
Enzymes pp. 51-53
Cells pp. 62, 81-95
5,10
7,8
9,12
Spring
2014 ~
East
Campus
Spring
Break
Exam
2
3.29
3.30
Quiz 4.5
3
Exam 4.6
3
Mitosis, Meiosis 11
Protein
Synthesis
Basic Genetics
Human Tissues
13
Human Tissues
13
Mitosis, Protein
Synthesis pp. 100109
Cell Cycle pp. 96-100
Heredity pp. 10951102
Chapter 4: pp. 116143
Chapter 4: pp. 116143
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Exam
Date Lab Topic(s)
Lab(s)
Text Readings
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