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BIO 212: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
COURSE INSTRUCTORS –
LECTURER – DR. MARGARET BEARD, HS 161, x7089, beard@uwosh.edu (Note: I do
not answer e-mail in the evenings or over the weekend). I am generally in Halsey from 8:00am through
5:30pm (excluding teaching hours and regularly scheduled meetings; See office door for schedule).
Appointments can be made.
LAB INSTRUCTOR – Ms. Sonja Jeter: HS 256, peters64@uwosh.edu
COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR INSTRUCTORS:
E-Mail is the most efficient way to get in touch with us. The University considers uwosh.edu
email an official line of communication. Therefore, the policy of the University is that only
uwosh.edu e-mail accounts will be used for faculty to student communication and vice versa. BIO 212
students are expected to check their uwosh.edu email accounts on every business day and abide by all
messages sent by any BIO 212 Instructor.
Additionally – announcements and assignments will be posted on D2L
COURSE PRE-REQUISITES
BIO 105 "Introductory Biology: Unity". Grade of C or better. Based on this course you are
expected to know most of the material presented in Chapters 2 and 3 of your Text. This includes: basic
biochemistry (the nature of bonds and of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids); anaerobic and
aerobic cellular respiration and energy metabolism; cellular structure and organelle function; basic
molecular genetics (the processes of DNA to protein). We do not have time in this course to review
these aspects of cellular biology upon which organismal physiology is based.
BIO 211 "Human Anatomy". Grade of C or better. Based on this course you are expected to
know the general anatomical arrangement of the organ systems. We will not review these.
TEXTBOOKS & MATERIALS:
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Sherwood, L, 2006, Fundamentals of Physiology, 3rd edition,
Thomson, Brooks-Cole, CA (Note this text comes in soft cover or ring binder forms. You may use
either form available through the bookstore or other sources.)
REQUIRED LAB HANDBOOK : Cooper S.J. and Vaughan D.K., 2008, Bio 212 Human
Physiology Lab Manual, UW-Oshkosh - available through the bookstore. We will be using this as a
basis for the laboratory experience. The order in which the exercises are performed may not be that
given in the lab manual. Likewise, supplementary material and experiences not outlined in the manual
may be introduced into the course
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STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL NEEDS are welcome in this course. Please
contact your lecture and lab instructors the first or second week of the course to arrange
accommodations
ACADEMIC HONESTY: Academic honesty policies are clearly defined at this University (See
below) and all students are expected to abide by them. Penalties for violations are severe. Cheating on
an exam, quiz or any other assignment (including looking at someone else's paper) at a MINIMUM
leads to zero on that exam, with no opportunity for a make-up. A second offense is an F in the course
and a report to Dean of Students.
CHEATING POLICY: Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated. It will result in an F grade
in the class and possible expulsion from the University.
UNIVERSITY STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Any evidence of any form of academic dishonesty makes you subject to the Student Academic
Disciplinary Procedures, as outlined in the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Student Discipline Code,
as detailed in specific provisions of Chapter 14 of the State of Wisconsin Administrative Code.
(http://www/uwosh.edu/dean). Any student found in violation of any aspect of the above Code will
receive a sanction as detailed in UWS 14.005 & 14.06, ranging from a grade of zero on the assignment
to expulsion from the university. . Academic dishonesty is interpreted to include (but is not limited to)
the following: looking at another student’s exam and/or copying answers, talking to other students in
exams; using notes or other resources e.g. electronic devices during exams, when not permitted, using
another’s work (obtained from on campus or off campus sources) as a student’s own; not giving
attribution to work either quoted or paraphrased, failure to give sources for work referenced, etc.
Students may appeal sanctions per UWS 14.06-14.08.
COMMON COURTESY – Be considerate - Please refrain from talking, texting, playing games on
the computer, having cell phones rings during class. Each of these activities disrupts the flow of the
class and the learning process of your neighboring fellow students, who are attending class because
they want to listen and learn.
COURSE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS
Biology 212, Human Physiology, is a required pre-requisite course for two programs at
UW-Oshkosh – “ Nursing” and “Kinesiology and Health”. Therefore the over-riding goal of the
course is to result in a student prepared to enter one of these programs, specifically courses in
pathophysiology and pharmacology in the Nursing Program, and exercise physiology and
biomechanics for the Kinesiology program.
Biology 212 is an introductory course. Introductory courses are RIGOROUS AND HARD –
simply because they introduce new concepts (as opposed to courses which build on previously learned
concepts). “Intro” courses also cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. Teaching an “Intro”
course is a compromise between breadth and depth.
Physiology is a subject that builds upon itself. What is learned on one day is used again and
again. It also builds upon Biology 105 as taught her at UWOSH. So you really can’t forget anything.
You will need to know it tomorrow and thereafter. The saving grace is that there are themes in
physiology that repeat over and over – such as feedback regulation; receptor-ligand interaction,
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homeostasis, signal response. I will try to alert you to these repeating themes when they occur; but
you be alert to them too.
The “big picture” goal for the course is to have you acquire enough knowledge (that really
sticks with you) so that you can add onto this basis in more advanced courses – e.g. exercise
physiology or pathophysiology. To this end some specific objectives for the semester are listed below.
To understand the central physiological principle of HOMEOSTASIS
To understand physiological SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
To understand physiology on MOLECULAR to ORGAN SYSTEM levels
To build physiology VOCABULARY & QUANTITATIVE SKILLS
To prepare you for ADVANCED STUDY in physiology
In order to achieve these goals, it is specifically expected that the students will attend lecture and
laboratory as an active learner who uses all senses in the integration of information presented by the
instructor
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT LECTURES:
The lecture and laboratory schedule as published is not set in stone and can be subject to
change as the semester progresses. You will know of changes well in advance, if any such are
made..
Regular lecture attendance does correlate with success in the course I do not take attendance in
lecture. Attendance in the laboratory is required, however. In both venues, it is your responsibility
to learn the material presented in lecture, from your text readings, by the lab exercises, etc. If you
miss lecture, you don’t have to tell me, but you do need to ask a classmate for notes. (Remember I
do not publish or hand out my lecture notes.) Please feel free to stop me during a lecture to ask
questions
Please be courteous and silence all cell phones and pagers when you enter the lecture hall.
Likewise, please refrain from talking during lecture. It is difficult for others to listen attentively
with extraneous sounds in the room. Having said this, if you cannot keep yourself from talking
during lecture, please sit in the last rows of the hall to minimize your disturbance of your
classmates and me.
Lectures will be presented using images/figures, most often taken from the textbook, AND
notes that I will write on the blackboard or on overheads as I lecture. I do not present images or
notes as power point presentations. I have found that students simply copy what is on a power
point slides and do not listen (see below for the usefulness of bringing all senses to bear on
learning). Part of learning is also learning how to take true notes.
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Taking notes is not copying , not writing down every word a speaker says. Instead it is
listening and distilling what is said (or what is written) so that a more complete set of notes can be
transcribed later (see below in study hints).
When an instructor hands out lecture notes, students come to depend solely upon this printed
source as his/her only source for learning. Combining the senses (eyes, ears, tactile of hand) by
taking notes during an oral presentation or from a printed page and then fleshing out the topic by
using another source (the text book for instance) reinforces the learning process. LEARNING IS A
PROCESS REQUIRING REPETITION AND REHEARSAL!!!
I do not publish the notes that I use for lectures. Since the images are from the text, these are
not published either. I strongly suggest that you bring your text, to class so that you can make
notes on the images. Do ask questions during lecture. If you are uncertain or insecure, you can be
quite sure that others are too. I welcome in-class discussion.
SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW HUMANS LEARN
Human learning comes by using all senses. Classroom learning occurs by harnessing the
senses of vision, hearing and touch (hand movements).
Human learning is improved by hand movements, so take notes throughout lecture. Develop a
personal "shorthand" so that you can write faster (somewhat like the special language of text
messaging). Examples: fxn (instead of function), rxn (instead of reaction), fdbk (instead of
feedback). I too use such abbreviations as you will see when I lecture. I will tell you what my
abbreviations means the first time I use one.
To tap into the natural human visual learning style, copy over your notes and then convert these
notes from words and phrases to flow charts and sketches whenever possible. Integrate and flesh
out the material in your notes with details from the text.
To tap into the natural human auditory learning style, read your notes aloud to yourself or –
best of all – work with a study partner or two, to give yourselves rehearsal verbalizing and
explaining these concepts. Ask and answer each other questions. You may record my lectures if
you like.
EXAMS
The level of difficulty and the format of the exams given in the course were approved by the
Nursing and Kinesiology faculty in Summer 2002 as being appropriate preparation for successful
licensing in a student’s chosen field. However, because of time constraints, some topics that do, for
instance, appear on the Nursing Boards cannot be covered in this one semester course. These include,
but are not limited to, the physiology of infants, children, the elderly, or the physiology of disease.
We will have THREE LECTURE EXAMS on the scheduled dates (see lecture and laboratory).
These three exams will comprise 75% of the course grade. The remaining 25% of the course grade
comes from the laboratory experience and quizzes.
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Exams will consist entirely of multiple-choice questions, yet will be thought provoking
nevertheless. Anything discussed in lecture, any text material relating to lecture topics and content
from the laboratory experience may appear on an exam. (Likewise principles discussed in lecture that
relate to the laboratory experience may appear on a lab quiz).
Exam questions come from various sources, including from your textbook and accompanying CD,
as well as questions that I and other instructors have written and questions from other texts and
teachers.
Missing even one lecture will have significant impact on your course performance. A missed exam
will receive a grade of zero – unless you qualify for the make-up exam (see below)
MAKEUP EXAM: Only individuals who miss a regularly scheduled lecture exam for an approved
reason (see below) can take a make-up exam. This makeup exam will be given the day immediately
before, the same day as or the day immediately following the missed exam. In order to take a makeup exam, a student MUST contact the instructor BEFORE the date/time of the scheduled exam.
Approved reasons for missing an exam are: (1) a documented university sponsored event that
conflicts with the exam date; (2) a documented family crisis (e.g. your illness documented by health
service notice or doctor’s note; a serious illness of a parent documented; a death in your immediate
family – parents or siblings or grandparents, but not cousins, etc that is documented by an obituary
notice). I do not allow your taking the make-up exam for reasons such as – I have purchased airline
tickets already or I am participating in a wedding. Read the class schedule carefully and make your
plans accordingly.
PRE-EXAM STUDY/REVIEW SESSIONS:
Study/review sessions will be held in the evening one or two days before each exam. These will
give you an opportunity to ask questions about material that you find confusing and to ask questions
pertaining to the study guide handouts that will be distributed through D2L the week prior to each
exam. Watch D2L for the dates of these review sessions.
EXAM REGRADE POLICY
Grading errors on exams do occur. These may be as simple as an addition error; or more
encompassing, such as my misinterpretation of how you understood a question, or your having learned
information from a source other than class notes or the assigned text and thereby giving an answer
different from the expected answer to a question. No matter the reason for your requesting a re-grade
of the exam, such requests must be submitted in writing within 48 hours of your having received the
your exam score onD2L and studied the posted key. In your written request you must justify why you
believe that your answer is correct – i.e. provide the outside source, explain your logic, etc. Simply
saying I think my answer is correct is not acceptable. WHENEVER A REGRADE IS REQUESTED, I
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REGRADE THE ENTIRE EXAM, NOT ONLY THE QUESTION(S)
AT ISSUE.
GRADING POLICY
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COURSE GRADE: Each lecture exam will be worth 100 points and will contribute1/4th of the points
toward your final grade. Your lab experience (quizzes plus participation plus clinical presentations )
will be worth 100 points and contribute 1/4th of the points toward your final grade. I will calculate
your final grade by dividing the total number of points you earn over the semester by the total number
of points possible on the exams and from lab which will yield a percentage. This percentage will be
converted into a letter grade using the scale below:
EXAM SCORES WILL BE POSTED ON D2L AS A PERCENT SCORE. YOUR LAB QUIZ SCORES WILL NOT
BE POSTED ON D2L. YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF HOW YOU ARE DOING IN THE LAB BY CALCULATING
THE PERCENT SCORE FOR EACH QUIZ.
GRADING SCALE: (Note: I reserve the right to lower the scale slightly if class performance
warrants such a change. I will never raise the scale.)
100-92% = A
91%-88% = AB87%-80% = B
79%-77% = BC76%-69% = C
68%-66% = CD
65%-56% =D
<55%
=F
SOME STUDY TIPS
Expect to spend 2-3 hours of focused study for each hour in lecture (as you would be any
college level course). However do not study in a long block of time. 20-30 minutes is about maximum
for efficient studying before you need a “7th inning stretch”.
Bring you text book to lecture so that you can follow figures that are projected on the screen
and even make notes on the figures or in the page margins.
Bring your text book to lab. Figures from the text are often shown in lab.
USE WRITTEN REHEARSAL TO STUDY. To do this – within 24 hours of each lecture rewrite your lecture notes because they used shorthand that you might easily forget. Then, later look
over these notes, cover them up and write out what you remember. Also, look over the relevant
sections in the text and write out what you remember. Then go back and see what you did not
remember and fill that into your outline or flow chart.
Make a list of questions that you have and mark parts of your lecture notes or the text that you
find confusing. Come to office hours and get these clarified and/or ask questions in class.
STUDY WITH A STUDY PARTNER OR IN GROUPS. Ask each other questions. If you can
discuss something verbally you most likely truly know the topic
TAKING EXAMS - Take your time. Read questions carefully. On Multiple Choice
questions, cover up the answers and come up with the answer your self. Then look for this answer,
from among those given, that matches your idea. If you do not know the answer, skip the question,
move on, and return to that question(s) at the end of the test.
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SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT LAB
The laboratory experience will consist of hands-on exercises as well as interactive discussion
time and will constitute 25% of your overall course grade. You are expected to come to the laboratory
alert, having read any relevant portion of the Lab Manual and or the text and prepared to ask and
answer questions regarding the topic of the day.
Bio 212 lecture and lab comprise one course. The laboratory experience is designed to
supplement and/or reinforce the concepts taught in lecture. The material covered in one portion is
wholly relevant to the material covered in the other portion. Therefore concepts from lab may appear
on lecture exams and vice versa where lecture content is specifically relevant to lab.
On most days, the laboratory experience will take the entire 2-hour laboratory period.
After the first week, during the first 15-20 minutes of each laboratory period there will be a
quiz covering the laboratory experience of the preceding week. The quiz questions may be any
combination of short answer, multiple choice, fill in the blank, graph drawing, math calculations.
LAB QUIZZES CAN NOT BE MADE UP. If you must miss a lab (except for an approved
reason (see above)), you will receive a zero for the quiz grade that day and you must learn about that
day’s exercise from your fellow students. If you come to a laboratory session late, after the quiz has
been qiven, you make up the quiz ONLY IMMEDAITELY at the end of the period. The actual
number of points on any quiz may vary. No quiz grades will be dropped.
CLASS SCHEDULE – MEETING DATE/PLACE/INSTRUCTOR/CONTACT
Lecture MW HS-109 3:00-4:30
Dr. Beard
beard@uwosh.edu
Lab 001 Tu HS 120 9:40am -11:40am
Ms. Jeter
peters64@uwosh.edu
Lab 002 Tu HS 120 1:20pm – 3:20pm
Ms. Jeter
peters64@uwosh.edu
HS 120 10:20am -12:20pm Ms. Jeter
peters64@uwosh.edu
Lab 003 W
Lab 004 Th HS 120 9:40am-11:40am
Ms. Jeter
peters64@uwosh.edu
Lab 005 Th HS 120 1:20 pm - 3:20 pm Ms. Jeter
peters64@uwosh.edu
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Lab 006 F
HS 120 8:00am – 10:00am Ms. Jeter
peters64@uwosh.edu
LECTURE AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE - The topic order is firm; however we may proceed
at a slower or faster pace than outlined.
Lecture Topic
Text Reading
Lab Topic
Ch’s 1 & 3
Blood: Plasma
& RBC’s,
Mar 2
Introduction- Principles:
Homeostasis as
Systems Integration as
Communication: Blood
Communication: Blood
cont (WBC’s)
Communication: Cell
Signaling Basics;
Immunity
Communication: Neural &
Hormonal/Endocrine
Communication/ CNS
Mar 4
Exam 1; Review TBA.
Mar 9-11
Communication/PNS
Covers 2/2 through
2/26
Ch’s 7
Reflexes
Quiz 3 – Brain
Imaging
Ch’s, 6,
Special Senses
Quiz 4 –
Reflexes
No Classes Held
No Lab
Ch 8
EMG; Muscle
types/function
ECG; Cardiac
Function
Quiz 5 – Special
Senses
Quiz 6 –Muscle
Heart Rate;
Blood Pressure
Quiz 7 – ECG:
Cardiac Function
Ch 12
Lung Function
Quiz 8 - Blood
Pressure, Heart
Rate
Ch 13
Urinalysis
Quiz 9- Lung
function
Date
Feb 2-4
Feb 9-11
Feb 16-18
Feb 23-25
Mar 16-18 Communication/ PNSSenses
Mar 23SPRING BREAK
25
Mar 30Muscle Physiology
Apr 1
Apr 6
Cardiovascular System I –
The Heart and Vessels
Apr 8
EXAM 2; Review TBA
Apr 13-15
Apr 20-22
Apr 27-29
Cardiovascular System II
cont. – Blood Vessels and
Pressure
Respiratory System; Gas
Exchange
Urinary System
Quiz on Lab #
Ch11
Ch11
WBC’s
Ch 4 & Ch 11
Blood Typing
Ch 4 & 17
Vm; EEG; Sleep Quiz 3: Blood
Typing
Brain Imaging
Quiz 4 –Vm;
EEG; Sleep
Ch’s 5
Ch 9, Ch 10
Covers 3/2 through
4/1
Ch 10
Quiz 1 Plasma &
RBC’s
Quiz 2- WBC’s
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May 4-6
Digestion
May 11
Catch-Up
May 13
EXAM 3; Review TBA
Ch 15
Clinical
Presentations
Clinical
Presentations
Covers 4/6-5/11
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Quiz 10 –
Urinalysis
View Digestion
Film ( Resource
Center–HS 2)
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