Course # 34 BIOL 1051C 010
Room: CCUCEST1 105 (Lecture)
Nestor T. Hilvano, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: CCMCDONH 215T
Lecture: MW 12:20 PM-1:40 PM (Nestor Hilvano, M.D.)
Lab: MW 10:50 AM-12:10 PM (Krista Clark, Ph.D.)
CCUCEST 1 A157 (lab)
Office Hrs.: TR 10:40-12:40 PM
By appointment
Faculty Service Center: 513-732-5335
Room: Snyder 260A
Office Phone: 513-558-5230
Email: hilvannt@ucmail.uc.edu
Course Description:
A lecture and laboratory course in biological concepts primarily for the career-oriented technical and health professions.
This course focuses on the scientific method, cell structure and function, genetics, and anatomy and physiology, emphasizing the human applications of these topics. This course promotes a level of understanding appropriate for entrance into technical or health professional programs, and foundational knowledge on which these programs are based.
This course has a required laboratory component and does not count towards a major in biology.
Course Goals:
At the completion of this course, you are expected to have acquired the knowledge and skills that are associated with a biologically literate citizen. You should understand and appreciate the relationship between biological knowledge and your responsibility to make informed and healthy decisions for yourself and your dependents, to contribute to societal, governmental, and legislative decisions, and to experience greater enjoyment from life around you.
Learning Objectives for BIOL1051C:
At the end of the course, students should have
1. Communicate in a manner appropriate for a biologically educated individual, including correct use of scientific terminology, and be able to apply the relationship of the topics learned to everyday life experiences
2. Interpret basic structures in inorganic and organic chemistry, including atoms, molecules, bonding, inorganic compounds, and biologically important molecules
3. Recognize the scope of Biology as a field of study and describe the characteristics of living organisms
4. Identify the structure of cellular components and explain how these components contribute to metabolic functions within the cell including transport across plasma membranes, energy transfer, enzymatic reactions, and cellular respiration
5. Identify the structure and describe the function at the microscopic and macroscopic level of the human body systems (integumentary, muscular, skeletal, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic/immune, nervous, urinary, endocrine, and reproductive) and integrate the knowledge of how these systems contribute to homeostasis
6. Utilize the scientific method including by formulating well-constructed hypotheses, evaluating experiments, demonstrating proficiency in using laboratory equipment, analyzing the outcomes of experiments, and effectively interpreting data and constructing graphs
Methods of Reaching these Objectives:
Students need to prepare for class by reading and thinking about scheduled topics prior to class time . Before arriving for class, they should have a basic understanding of the topics to be discussed and have formulated any questions that might have arisen as they read about these topics. This will enable the students to participate meaningfully in discussing the scheduled topics for that day.
Required Text:
1. Discover Biology, 5 th ed., Singh-Cundy and Cain, Textbook, 2012.
Final Exam Period: Dec. 8- 13, 2014
Assigned Readings:
You should print out my lecture outlines (ppt.) posted on blackboard course document and be responsible to study them based on learning objectives and homework exercise prior to the class . Textbook reading assignments should be done with reference to the scheduled topics (lecture schedule) in the syllabus.
Grading:
The final grade for the course is a composite of all grades earned in lecture (75%) and laboratory (25% ). For the lecture part, it is based on the total number of points from: three best of four tests in lecture (100 pts. each), three best of

four quizzes in lecture (25 pts. each), final exam in lecture (200 pts.), and attendance in lecture (2 pts. each). Perfect attendance in lecture will earn an extra credit of 10 pt. A histogram (curve) of total exam scores will be constructed and analyzed using statistical methods. In general, the class mean will serve as the dividing line between “B” and “C” scores and the full grade difference is based on the standard deviation. However the dividing line between “B” and “C” will not be adjusted down below the 60% mark and the full grade difference will not be more than 10. Grades will be awarded based on an A (93-100), A- (90-92), B+ (87-89), B (84-86), B- (80-83), C+ (78-79), C (75-77), C- (70-74), D+ (68-69), D (66-67),
D- (64-65), F (63 and below) grading scale.
Exams:
There will be four tests in lecture worth 100 pts. each, four quizzes in lecture worth 25 pts. each, and final exam in lecture worth 200 pts. Quiz and test structure will require some written essays and/or short answers. Quizzes and tests in lecture will cover material from lecture and grades will not be adjusted for any lectures miss – “I wasn’t there” is not a valid excuse. In addition, once a student accepts a quiz or test, (s) he must finish it during that class period. Students will not be allowed to decide halfway through the quiz or exam that they are under a physicians care and cannot complete the exam. If you are caught cheating on a quiz or test, you will fail the course.
Please follow the student honor code.
No student is allowed to leave the room while taking the exam without permission from the faculty in charge . No make – up exams or quizzes will be available.
Attendance:
Lecture and laboratory attendance is mandatory.
Students with Disabilities:
Students with medical and/or physical conditions, which can legitimately preclude them from having an equal chance to learn in this course, are always welcome and will be given reasonable accommodation s to “level the playing field” and to put them on a par with the rest of the class. However, they are still required to master the required material. The policy of the University of Cincinnati Clermont College requires students to self-identify and provide proper documentation to the
Director of the Disability Services, Jenn Radt, in Student Development, room 140F or call her at 732-5327 for appropriate academic assistance.
Withdrawal Dates:
This course will adhere to the Standard University of Cincinnati Policy. Students will be able to withdraw from classes online. The Web Registration site will remain active through the 58 th day of the quarter – for withdrawals only. When students submit their withdrawal, they will receive an automatic notification that the withdrawal was submitted. They will also receive a follow-up e-mail notifying them. Faculty will also receive an e-mail notifying them of the web withdrawal.
Faculty can still change the “W” to an “F” if that is a more appropriate grade, when they do their final grades. Last day to withdraw (drop) in a timely manner is Sept. 8, 2014 (58 th calendar day). This is the grade replacement deadline as well.
Academic Integrity Policy: The University Rules, including the Student Code of Conduct…will be enforced. Any violation of these regulations, including acts of plagiarism or cheating, will be dealt with on an individual basis according to the severity of the misconduct.
Plagiarism : (likely to result in expulsion from the Clermont College)
1. Submitt ing another’s published or unpublished work, in whole, in part, or in paraphrase, as one’s own without fully
2.
3. and properly crediting the author with footnotes, citations, or bibliographical reference.
Submitting as one’s own original work, material obtained from an individual or agency without reference to the person or agency as the source of the material.
Submitting as one’s own original work material that has been produced through unacknowledged collaboration
4. with others without release in writing from collaborators.
Submitting one’s own previously written or oral work without modification and instructor permission.
Visitors:
The University of Cincinnati Clermont College does not allow children to be left unattended. In addition, the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, and the University of Cincinnati
Environmental Health & Safety Department prohibit the presence of minors in science laboratories for safety reasons , unless minors are enrolled as students in laboratory courses taught in those rooms.
The Learning Center:
FREE tutoring is available at The Learning Center (CCMCDONH 100) to all UC Clermont students. TLC regular hours are: Mon - Thurs 7:30am - 6:30pm and Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm. Walk-in for assistance, call 513/732/5228 or email clcleaningcenter@uc.edu
to make an appointment with a tutor. Find out more on TLC website http://www.ucclermont.edu/TLC and The Learning Center organization on Blackboard.

College Success Program
Entering degree-seeking students who feel underprepared for college-level coursework are eligible to receive help at no cost from the College Success Program if they test into two or more classes that are below college level in math, English or reading. Students work with an Achievement Coach to receive academic support, encouragement, and referrals to on- and off-campus resources. Contact
the
Director of College Success Program (732-5279) for more information.
Electronic Gadgets:
Cell phones are to be turned off and placed inside the bag (backpack) before entering the class since they distract instructor and students. Texting or use of cell phones in class is strictly prohibited.
Contact by Phone or E-Mail:
Students are encouraged to contact me by phone or email to have questions answered. However, any contact must occur in a professional and courteous manner.
Lecture Schedule: BIOL 1051C 010; MW 12:20-1:40 PM; CCUCEST1 105
Week
1 8/25 Intro to Biology & Scientific Method; pp. 3-20;
25-32
Monday Wednesday
8/27 Atoms & Molecules; pp. 111-11
2 9/1 Holiday, Labor Day (No Classes) 9/3 Quiz 1 (Intro to Atoms & Molecules)
Water & Acid/Base, pH; pp. 118-123
9/10 Lipids and Nucleic Acids; pp. 131-138 3 9/8 Organic Chemistry & Carbohydrates; pp.123-
127
4 9/15 Test 1 (Intro to Lipids/Nucleic Acids)
5
6
7
9/17 Proteins & Enzymes; pp. 126-131; 195-198
9/22 Microscopes, Cells & Organelles; pp. 143-161 9/24 Membrane Transport; pp.167-181
9/29 Quiz 2 (Proteins to Membrane Transport) 10/1 Energy Use: Krebs’s Cycle, Electron Transport &
Energy in Cells: Overview & Glycolysis; pp. 188-
195; 206-210
Fermentation; pp. 217-224
10/6 Test 2 (Proteins to Energy Use) 10/8 DNA Replication, Transcription, & Translation; pp.
324-332; 346-350, 350-385
8
9
10/13 Mitosis & Meiosis; pp. 335; 229-241
10/20 Genetics part I; pp. 278-288
10/15 Mitosis & Meiosis; pp. 241-248
10/22 Quiz 3 (DNA Replication to Genetics part 1);
Genetics part II; pp. 288-295; 302-31
10 10/27 Test 3 (DNA replication to Genetics part II) 10/29 Tissues & Skin; pp. 565-579
11 11/3 Muscle & Bone; pp. 682-686; 678-382 11/5 Quiz 4 (Tissues to Bone)
Nervous System; pp. 652-663
12 11/10 Test 4 (Tissues to Nervous System)
13 11/17 Endocrine; pp. 637-642
14 11/24 Respiratory & Digestive; pp. 590-602
15 12/1 Reproduction & Urinary; pp. 582-584; 718-735;
642-644
Final Exam Week: Dec. 8- 13, 2014 ; Final Exam TBA
11/12 Special Senses & Endocrine; pp. 664-671; 634-6
11/19 Cardiovascular & Respiratory; pp. 612-628
11/26 Lymphatic & Immune; pp. 395-711
12/3 Reproduction & Urinary; pp.582-584; 718-735;
642-644