Miami Dade College
Kendall Campus
BSC 2085L Spring 2010-2
COURSE POLICIES & SYLLABUS
Instructor: Dr Carlos J Bidot
E-mail: cbidot@mdc.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.mdc.edu/cbidot
Office room: 3265 or 3255
Time: Monday, 5:05- 6:45 pm
Reference numbers: 628363
Lab room: T303
BSC 2085L is a course of a laboratory sessions and seminars based upon
“Fundamentals of HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY” by Frederic H. Martín
textbook (ten edition), “HUMAN ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY I (BSC 2085L)
Laboratory Manual, and complimented by information given to you during the class
sessions.
Class requirements
The BSC-2085L consists of 1 hour and 40 minutes weekly class session. It is your
responsibility to attend classes, and be on time since all quizzes are given during the first
15 minutes of the class or dedicated to previous quizzes review, or to your questions
should one arise. During following 30 minutes interval you are expected to make notes
depicting explanations given by professor.
Next 40 minutes you are expected to work on your own with the models, visual aids, and
complete given exercises.
Each student obliged to have a separate notebook where explanation of acquired
scientific terms is given. This notebook will be graded along with your practicum an will
contribute 5% to your final grade. In the case the additional time required for the student
to complete specific assignment, one should make an arrangement with the instructor.
Obtaining class notes and handouts is your responsibility should you miss a class for any
reason.
ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION
Attendance to the laboratory sessions is mandatory. Attendance will be checked
during every scheduled laboratory session. Any absence means that the student is not in
the laboratory participating, practicing, and learning. Not staying for the whole lesson is
equal to be absent that day. The effect is the same whether the student is hospitalized,
attending a funeral, or just enjoying a day that seemed too nice to be wasted on attending
lab. The only case to have an excused absence will be when the student has been
hospitalized, which MUST be proven by showing the medical document stating the fact.
Any extenuating circumstances will be dealt with on an individual basis, but the
instructor has the right either to justify or not he situation based on a personal criterion.
Being absent will result in loss of points and this fact will affect the total course grade.
Being late three times will lead to the loss of 0.5 point in attendance, which will also
affect the total course grade.
The instructor can request withdrawal or assign a Failing (F) grade for students with 3
(three) undocumented absences. The student MUST keep track of his/her individual
absences so that he/she knows when he/she is about to be dropped out by the instructor.
NO EXCEPTIONS! Missed laboratory exercises can be made up by the student with the
instructor’s approval. The exercises to be used for the make up will be chosen from the
materials oriented for the course. In addition, many laboratory exercises are done in large
groups. Each student in the group is responsible to learn not only the lab activities
assigned to him/her, but also those assigned to other members of the group as well
because any part of the material studied could be assessed on quizzes or testes. Therefore,
students who show disruptive behavior, leave early, or in any way penalize the group,
will be assessed negative points at the discretion of the instructor. These points will be
deducted from the attendance and participation grade. Remember, if you are absent, you
are not participating. If you are disrupting the class or showing inappropriate behavior
among the members or you group, you are not participating. Your performance in this lab
course will be dependent on your attendance to all lab sessions scheduled during the
semester.
QUIZZES, EXAM AND LAB REPORTS
Quizzes are worth 10 points each. All quizzes will be administered at the beginning of the
regularly scheduled lab periods. Quizzes will be administered as scheduled. At the end of
the semester, 8 of your quizzes will be counted towards your final grade. Quizzes will be
administered during the first 15-30 minutes of the scheduled lab period. Therefore, if you
arrive late to class, you will not be allowed to make up the quiz for that particular date.
Please note: THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES if the student cannot prove
he/she had a strong reason to justify hi/her not taking the quiz on the scheduled day. The
instructor has the right to decide if a student may or may not make up a quiz. Therefore,
attendance to each exam or quiz (on time) is absolutely mandatory. Furthermore, if you
leave the classroom early or immediately after the quiz/exam, the instructor will consider
you absent for that lab period and your quiz/exam will be graded “0”. The quizzes consist
of multiple choices, fill in the blanks, matching, and/or diagram questions to identify
structures, and they will assess material covered in lab and in the lab manual. Questions
that involve applications of learned material, clinical and logical reasoning may also be
included in lab quizzes. Any extra credit points (if assigned by the instructor) will be
earned through additional exam questions added to each quiz, or in other written
assignments. Any part of the text assigned in the lab manual can be evaluated on quizzes.
The instructor will keep all quizzes. Receiving a quiz and looking at it on the day of the
test constitutes taking that quiz. If you attend class the day of the quiz, you must take it.
Students are responsible for studying every day so that they can be ready to take quizzes
when scheduled.
There will be NO justifications for not taking the quiz if the student is present. If you
wish to use a calculator (when necessary) for any quiz, you must bring your own one.
You will not be allowed to share calculators with your neighbor. In addition, you must
bring a #2 pencil and eraser for the exams since the instructor will not provide theses
materials. Do not use a pen to do quizzer or exams. If you use a pen and you make
corrections that make the exam dirty or improper in any way for the instructor to correct
it, you may lose several points.
Academic Honesty. Cheating will not be tolerated and will meet with the strongest
disciplinary action possible. In this class, seating in separate seats when taking a quiz or
exam will be part of the policy, so try to do it on your own as soon as the indication to
start the quiz is given. You MUST KEEP TRACK of all your grades in a personal
notebook or grade card during the course. If you are absent on that day, you have to email
the instructor asking for your grade (refer to the specific number or name of quiz or exam
in your email) and say in your email if you wish to see your quiz or exam. The instructor
will not bring to class all the corrected exams every single day the class meets. The
instructor is not responsible of your not keeping track of your grades. Study hard to get a
good grade from the first moment. Make-up quizzes or extra credits to improve grades
will not be part of the regular policy of the course. The instructor encourages interaction
and discussion amongst students. However, we have found that students who prepare
their lab worksheets independently tend to learn more.
Assignments: They will be taken from the books being used. The instructor will check
the completion of assignments in the student’s book. This will count for the total course
grade.
Grade computation
In order to monitor your progress and obtain your class grade, we will administer
according to the schedule:
Eight to nine (5-6) Quizzes/ Oral Presentation (study group)
Three (3) practicum.
Quizzes will comprise of 10 questions each + 2 extra credit questions
Practicum – 50 recognition and physiology questions.
Your final grade calculation will be based upon:
Attendance 5%
Participation 5%
Presentations – 5%
Quizzes 10%
Practicum – 75%
Total – 100%
Grading Scale is as follows:
90 – 100% = A
80 – 89% = B
70 – 79% = C
60 – 69% = D
0 – 59% = F
A score of 70% of total grade is considered the minimum passing grade. No curving will
be applied.
Make ups
There is no make up for quizzes or practicum.
There is no make up for vacation, traveling or other personal problems.
If the student missed one of the practicum for a medical reason, the student needs to sign
an incomplete form and to take the same practicum in the next term in order to obtain a
final grade.
IMPORTANT ISSUES
1.-Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement
Students who have a disability that might affect their performance in the class
are encouraged to contact Access Services, in confidence, as soon as possible.
The office will aid in appropriate accommodations for the student. This is in
accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American
with Disabilities Act of 1990.
2.
Biology Department Regulation regarding students that are dropped from the
class roster:
The Biology Department will only allow ONE override PER student, per class per
semester. If you have been dropped for non-payment and overridden into the
class once, you will NOT be given permission to be overridden a second time.
Optional textbooks:
Anatomy Coloring Books
Medical Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary and Encyclopedia – available at the web site:
www.refdesk.com
Gray’s Anatomy – available at the web site:
www.bartleby.com
Our lab’s models are available at the web site:
http:// daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter/Models/model%20index.htm
How to create Scientific Terms Notebook:
Your Notebook should be separate from your general notes that you are taking in class no
other will be accepted!
Each page will be divided on three columns:
1
1.Word
Fossa
2.Translation
Round Depression
3.Example
Coronal fossa
2
-itis
Inflammation
Bursitis
At the each practicum there must be at least 200 scientific words in your Notebook. No
definitions will be accepted in the second column-only literal translation of the word.
Research Paper (Group Activity)
A review paper of one of the topics related with the different systems learned during the
semester must be done and presented in class. Orientations will be given by the
instructor.
How to succeed in this class:
Read the assigned material BEFORE coming into the class
Try to organize the material into the tables
Try not to mechanically memorize terminology but learn the meaning of terms you are
using.
Follow all the instructions you are given
Do not hesitate to ask questions
Work with the study group
Go to the tutoring labs
NO chewing gum, beverages, food, telecommunication devices are allowed
in the class!!!!
Anatomy& Physiology Lab - BSC-2085-L
Course Syllabus: Spring Term 2010-2
Lab Month
1
January
M
10
3
17
5
6
January
24
11NT
18NT
25NT
05
12
19
26
R
F
S
14
15
20
21
22
Saturday class follow PWS
Bone histology/Axial skeleton
27
28
06
13
07
08
29
01NT
02
03
04
05
08
09
10
11
12
7
14
15
16
17
8
21
22NT
23
24
25
28
07
14
01NT
08NT
02
09
03
10
04
11
15
16
17
18
05
12
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
March
12
18
19
26
13
March/April
28
29
30
31
01
02
14
15
April
04
11
05
06
07
12
13
14
08
15
09
16
18
25
19
26
20
27
21
28
22
29
23
30
16
17
April/May
Topics
Anatomical terms. Anatomical
positions. Cell. (Microscope
movie homework).
Monday class follows PWS
Microscope, Tissues, and Skin.
31
07
9
10
11
February
W
04
2
4
T
Monday class follow PWS
Axial skeleton.
Axial skeleton./ Practicum1
Practicum1. Appendicular
skeleton and joints
Appendicular skeleton and
joints /Saturday NT
Body Movements / and Muscle
histology /Saturday NT
Axial musculature /SaturdayNT
Appendicular Musculature/P2
Practicum2 /Histology of
Nervous system and Spinal cord.
Histology of Nervous system and
Spinal cord/ Saturday NT:Brain
Brain and Cranial Nerves/
Saturday Special Senses (Vision)
Special Senses (Vision)
Special Senses (hearing)/Friday
also do PWS
Practicum 3
Final Exam Week
NT- Next Topic/PWS=previous week schedule
Important Dates
Monday, January 10, 2011: Last day to withdraw or change course without penalty
Wednesday, March 16, 2011: Last day to withdraw with a grade of W
Friday, April 22, 2011: Last day of classes.
Exams
Holidays
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, February 19,2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Friday April 22, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
BSC 2085L
Miami Dade College Kendall Campus
Profesor C J Bidot MD
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