FALL 2015 Biology 613G.05 + .06 Human Physiology Lab Tuesday 9:10 AM – 1:00 PM Thursday 9:10 AM – 12:00 PM Hensill Hall 737 Instructor: Dr. Robyn Crook Office: HH722 Email: rcrook@sfsu.edu Office Hours: 2-­‐3pm Thursdays and by appointment. Skype and phone appointments are welcome (and feel free to talk to me during class downtime) Course Description: Laboratory course intended primarily for biology majors, covering experiments in human physiology. The course emphasizes preparing, recording and analyzing experiments, along with written and oral communication of the data. The course consists of lectures on physiology and writing, by the instructor, as well as lab experimentation and a 1 hr tutorial within the lab time. Course Learning Objectives: Students will learn to design and establish protocols for testing physiological problems, through development of research hypotheses. They will discuss the relevance of data in a biological context, by conducting experiments, from data collection and analysis to presentation of research both orally and in written format. The student will (i) learn how to search scientific databases, (ii) read and assess primary research articles, (iii) identify appropriate controls, (iv) present data in excel and powerpoint, (v) conduct basic statistics and (vi) present research in true scientific format, orally and in written form. Finally, the student will learn to collaborate through group work, and will conduct a group independent research project. Prerequisites: ENG 214, Biol 230, Biol 240, Chem 130 (or 233 or 333), Phys 111/112-­‐121-­‐122 or 220/222+230/232, and BIOL612 or BIOL 630 (or concurrent) with a grade of C-­‐ or better. Course Reader (Required): The Biology 613 Student Laboratory Manual is available in the Biology Stockroom. Course Lab Fee (Required): $20.00 per student. Evaluation of Student Performance will be base on the Following Criteria: TOTAL PTS = 420 CRITERIA DESCRIPTION POINTS ATTENDANCE 20 points LAB PARTICIPATION 20 points RENAL LAB REPORT DRAFTS 3 drafts @ 10-­‐15 pts each 40 points FORMAL LAB REPORT 1 lab report @ 50 pts 50 points QUIZZES 8 quizzes @ 10 pts each 80 points LAB ASSIGNMENTS 9 assignments @ 10 pts each 90 points GROUP PROJECT PROSPECTUS 1 Group grade @ 10 pts 10 points GROUP PROJECT PROPOSAL 1 Group grade @ 10 pts 10 points GROUP FORMAL PRESENTATION Individual/Group grade @ 50 pts 50 points GROUP FINAL PROJECT REPORT Individual/Group grade @ 50 pts 50 points FALL 2015 Attendance: Students must arrive to all lab periods on time and attend the entire lab period. Two points will be deducted if a student arrives more than half an hour late or leaves half an hour early. No points will be deducted if you miss one lab session with a valid medical excuse. Ten points will be deducted if you miss two lab sessions and all twenty points will be deducted if you fail to attend three or more lab sessions. You will not be able to turn in assignments for labs that you do not attend. Lab participation: Students must participate in all lab activities. The grade includes preparedness for class, and overall cooperation. Keeping unorganized and unclean work area, or leaving early when your group is still at work will count negatively towards your grade. Cell phones and other unrelated personal electronic devices must be turned off or set to silent during lab. Students are responsible for reading the materials prior to the lab. Students will be expected to participate in peer reviews of the renal report, prospectus and final presentations. Five points will be deducted if a student does not submit a paper for a peer review session or does not participate in a peer review or required tutorial session. Formal Laboratory Report: Drafts of the Introduction, Methods and Results sections of the lab report will be submitted. The Introduction and Discussion drafts will be peer reviewed. These drafts will then be revised and submitted to the instructor for grading and comments. SECTION Results Introduction Discussion DATE SEP 10 SEP 15 SEP 29 DAY Thursday Tuesday Tuesday The Lab Report is due on the date indicated below and will be submitted via turn-­‐it-­‐in on iLearn AS WELL AS in hard copy form. Late reports will receive 10% per day late as a deduction. Each student will write a laboratory report INDIVIDUALLY. The Lab Report must be typewritten (no exceptions) using 12-­‐point font, double-­‐spaced, with an approximate maximum of TEN (10) pages in length, excluding graphs, tables, and references. Points will be deducted for excessively lengthy reports with information unrelated to the assigned topic, as well as for short reports lacking substance. The report will cover the renal laboratory experiments conducted in class. A copy of the lab report guideline is provided on iLearn. The lab report will NOT be accepted from a student who was absent or missed the lab activity. TOPIC Formal Renal Lab Report DATE October 20th DAY Tuesday Format of the Laboratory Report: Present your typewritten report in a format and style similar to that used by scientists when they report the findings of their scientific research. Your report should be very clear, concise, complete, and the information presented supported by peer-­‐reviewed citations. Students conducting the experiments together may share data and ideas; however, each student must use their OWN WORDS in writing their report. Copying or paraphrasing another student’s work, direct copying (even with quotes), or paraphrasing of text from published work and/or from an online source (including charts, tables, and pictures) without appropriate referencing is considered plagiarism see Policy on Cheating in the University Bulletin). Plagiarism and cheating will NOT BE TOLERATED in the lab and will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct. More details below. All Reports should have a TITLE (1 point). In the INTRODUCTION SECTION (5 points) a brief statement of the problem should be stipulated. The METHODS SECTION (1 point) normally involves reference to specific FALL 2015 procedures in the lab manual and any changes in the protocol. They must be written in complete sentences and the manual MUST be cited. The RESULTS SECTION (14 points) consists of experimental data presented in tables and graphs, along with a detailed description of them in the text and citation of them. The DISCUSSION SECTION (16 points) is the longest section of the report and explains the results in terms of established physiological principles. Also, include expected results, possible sources of error (if any), how they can be corrected, speculations about the results, and future directions. The REFERENCES SECTION (3 points) must include AT LEAST SEVEN (7) references, including FIVE (5) primary research article citations from peer-­‐reviewed journals. The lab manual must also be cited, as well as any textbooks or other sources used. Avoid website for any physiological information. Very general data, such as demographic or epidemiological data, can be acquired from the web. A detailed grading scheme will be available on iLearn. Quizzes: There are eight (8) quizzes. Quizzes will be posted on iLearn between 24-­‐48hrs before the lab and will close 30 minutes prior to the start of the lab period. NO MAKE UP QUIZZES WILL BE GIVEN, NO EXCEPTION. The quiz will consist of multiple choice, True/False, matching, fill-­‐in the blank, calculations and/or short answer questions. The questions will be taken from the assigned reading material in the lab manual that will cover the experiments to be performed the day of the quiz and from previous laboratory lecture materials. QUIZ # LABS COVERING: DATE DAY 1 Renal System SEP 3 Thursday 2 Electromyography (EMG) and Renal SEP 10 Thursday 3 Electroencephalography I and II (EEG I and II) and EMG SEP 17 Thursday 4 Electrodermal Activity (EDA) and EEG
SEP 24 Thursday 5 Pulmonary and EDA OCT 1 Thursday 6 Electrocardiography (ECG) and Pulmonary OCT 6 Tuesday 7 Blood Pressure/ECG/Dive OCT 13 Tuesday 8 Aerobic Exercise Physiology OCT 20 Tuesday Assignments: There are eight assignments worth 10 points each, some of these assignments will be completed and submitted in groups. Assignments are due on the dates indicated below and will be submitted on iLearn. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IF THE STUDENT WAS ABSENT OR MISSED A FRACTION OF THE LAB MATERIAL. TOPIC DATE DAY Renal: Reading Research Articles AUG 26 Thursday EMG: Data Analysis SEP 22 Tuesday EEG I and II: Data Analysis OCT 1 Thursday Electrodermal Activity: Data Analysis OCT 6 Tuesday Pulmonary Function: Data Analysis OCT 8 Thursday ECG/Dive/BP: Data Analysis OCT 22 Thursday Aerobic Exercise: Data Analysis OCT 27 Tuesday Chick: Data Analysis NOV 3 Tuesday Group Research Projects: You will work in teams to design and execute an experiment in human physiology using the techniques acquired during the formal laboratory exercises. A group written project introductory prospectus and final proposal will be required prior to the actual data collection. Data collection periods will be available for use of equipment, as indicated in the course syllabus and schedule. The results of your experiment will be presented in class and will be written-­‐up in the final group/individual project report. The final formal group presentation must include all team members, and the presentation grade will consist of group effort and FALL 2015 individual presentation skills along with the ability to answer questions. A group write-­‐up will be handed in following the presentation, with individual discussions. More details on group projects will be given in class. PROJECT ASSIGNMENT DATE DAY Project Brainstorming Assignment OCT 20 Tuesday Group Prospectus Presentation OCT 22 Thursday Group Written Final Proposal NOV 5 Thursday Group Formal Presentations DEC 8 + 10 Tuesday/ Thursday Group/Individual Written Report TBA TBA Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a form of cheating or fraud. It occurs when a student misrepresents the work of another as his/her own. Plagiarism may consist of using ideas, sentences, paragraphs, or whole text of another without appropriate acknowledgment, and includes employing/allowing others to write/substantially alter work then submitted as his/ her own. Placing copied text in quotes is unacceptable and constitutes plagiarism. Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero for that assignment and notification to the department and the Office of Student Conduct. Grading: The final grade will be based on the following percentages of the total possible points A A-­‐ B+ B B-­‐ C+ % 100-­‐93 92-­‐90 89-­‐87 86-­‐83 82-­‐80 points 420-­‐389 388-­‐376 375-­‐364 363-­‐347 346-­‐334 C C-­‐ D+ D D-­‐ 75-­‐73 72-­‐70 69-­‐67 66-­‐63 62-­‐60 % points 317-­‐305 304-­‐292 291-­‐280 279-­‐263 262-­‐250 79-­‐76 333-­‐316 F < 60 < 249 Student Equipment Repair and Breakage Fee Policy: 1. Students will be required to reimburse the department for broken or damaged non-­‐disposable materials. 2. Students will be required to reimburse the department for loss or damaged equipment to the extent (maximum $500) that such damage or loss can be ascribed to carelessness and fault of a particular individual. A “Hold” will be placed on their University records at this time, and will remain in effect until the matter is cleared. University Accessibility Statement Students with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations are encouraged to contact the instructor. The Disability Programs and Resource Center (DPRC) is available to facilitate the reasonable accommodations process. The DPRC is located in the Student Service Building and can be reached by telephone (voice/TTY 415-­‐338-­‐2472) or by email (dprc@sfsu.edu).