Schedule
Spring 2014
Biological Sciences 564
Endocrinology
Texts: No textbook required
Lecture slides:
 Class Powerpoint slides are available and can be used as a study guide.
 Lectures using lecture capture will be available.
 Class lecture notes will available on web but it is highly recommended that you take your
own lecture notes.
Expectations
 Attendance at lectures
 Participation
 Respect for instructors and other students
 Academic honest
 Knowledge of subject manner as assessed by exams
 The expectation is that students will spend 3 hours of studying and other work per
credit hour per week in addition to attending the lectures to complete the course
successfully.
This translates to 9 hours per week in addition to attending lectures to achieve the
learning goals of this course.
Instructor:
Dr. Colin G. Scanes, LAP S393, 229-3641
scanes@uwm.edu
Office Hours: TR 9:30am-10:30am or by appointment
Lecture: M, W 5:00 am-6.15 am, BOL 150
Date
January
22
27, 29
February
3, 5
Lecture
Introduction (including endocrine, paracrine, intracrine, neural and neuroendocrine
factors and their receptors, clinical and evolutionary approaches)
Endocrine techniques including ablation/replacement therapy, gene “knockouts”, PCR,
radioimmunoassay, ELISA, clinical studies
Signal transduction mechanisms
10, 12
Hypothalamus/Pituitary (development, anatomy, functioning, oxytocin and vasopresssin)
17, 19
Growth hormone/prolactin
24, 26
Gonadotropins and thyrotropin
March
3
5
Exam I
Products of Pro-opiomelanocortin
10
Pineal
12
Thyroid I - anatomy, hormones and functioning
16-23
SPRING BREAK
24
Thyroid II - diseases
26
Adrenal gland – anatomy and hormone synthesis
31
April
2
Adrenal gland –hormones actions and diseases
7, 9
Insulin and glucagon – impact on metabolism
14
Exam II
16
Gonadal hormones
21, 24
Hormones of kidney
28, 30
Other endocrine secretions (liver, heart, adipose)
May
5, 7
Hormones of invertebrates
Gastrointestinal and pancreatic hormones - introduction
FINAL EXAM to be announced NOT CUMULATIVE!!!
Grading:
 Lecture 60% (600 points)
 Exam I 20%
 Exam II 30%
 Exam III 30%
 Written assignment or presentation 20%
 Total 100%
Historically grading is shown as a guide below but this has not always been the case.
>93% A
>90% A>87% B+
>83% B
>80% B>77% C+
>70% C
>67% D+
>63% D
>60% D<60 % F
THERE ARE NO MAKE UPS FOR MISSED EXAMS - LECTURE (except by arrangement
with the instructor. THEREFORE, YOU MUST ATTEND CLASSES THOSE DAYS, AS
LISTED IN THE SYLLABUS. THERE ARE NO DROPPED EXAMS. If you have three (3)
finals within a 24-hr period, see me.
If anyone has need for note-taking or special test-taking accommodations, please feel free to
come and discuss this with me early in the semester; and contact the Student Accessibility
Center. If you do not wish to have a unique student identifier (part of your I.D. or other number)
and your grades on D2L/posted, please see me. You can also procure your final grade on PAWS.
For the Bio Sci web site, access: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Biology/
For announcements, class notes, some overheads, old exams, etc., access the following websites:
D2L, https://uwm.courses.wisconsin.edu/. Enter ePanther login and your password. Go to
“Content”, under Fetal pig dissections vent glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde fumes.
Last day to drop with instructor or department approval is to be announced (without a “W”), and
is to be announced with a “W”; after this, the course will appear on your transcripts.
Call 229-4444 to determine if classes or exams are cancelled due to an emergency.
You MUST attend lectures regularly if you expect to do well in this course. The lecture notes on
the course website are designed to help you organize the notes you take during lectures. You will
NOT be adequately prepared for lecture exams if you only use these as a substitute for coming to
class and taking your own notes. Also you will not get the attendance and other TopHatMonocle
points.
In the event of disruption of normal classroom activities e.g. due to weather or a disease
outbreak, the format for this course may be modified to enable completion of the course. You
will then be provided an addendum to this syllabus that will supersede the original.
Students are responsible for the honest completion and representation of their work and for
refraining from giving or receiving unauthorized aid on quizzes, exams, or assignments. At the
very least, cheating will result in a grade of zero on the exam, quiz, or assignment involved. In
addition, any such instance of academic misconduct will be automatically reported to university
authorities and could result in more serious consequences, including a grade of F for the course
and/or academic suspension.
This website provides further details regarding University policies and procedures on exams,
incomplete grades, religious holidays, discriminatory conduct, student misconduct, grade
appeals, and students with disabilities http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/SyllabusLinks.pdf .
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