HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Course Syllabus
Biology 2401 (Anatomy & Physiology)
Instructor: Sylvanus M. Golakai
Class days: Monday & Wednesday
Time: 5:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
Credit:
4 Semester Hours
Course Intent:
Life Science Majors
Textbook:
Gerard J. Tortora and Bryan Derrickson, 2009
Principles of Anatomy & Physiology 12th Ed.
John C. Wiley & Sons. Inc.
Laboratory Manuel:
Robert J. Keating and Vernon L. Wiesema, 1997
Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratory Manuel for
Biology 2401-HCCS
Chapters to be covered: 1 to 17
Labs to be covered:
1 to 12
Attendance:
Attendance is very important in this course. You should
not be absent more than four (4) times during this
course. If I know that I am going to be absent, I will
notify the class that a sub will be provided. If I am
absent due to an emergency, I will notify the Science
Department and a note will be placed on the door. Feel
free to send me email at my HCCS address.
Sylvanus.golakai@hccs.edu.
Tardiness:
If you are more than forty-five (45) minutes late, you
will be counted as absent for that day! If I am going to
be late and I know in advance, I will let the class know.
If I am going to be late and I did not know in advance,
the Science Department will put a note on the door.
Make-Up Exams:
All make up tests will be given on the next class day or
whenever the student returns to class. If the student
fails to take the make up test, the student will receive a
grade of F for the test. You cannot make up labs.
Grading System:
Three written tests will be given with a research paper
on a topic that the student will choose. The three tests
and the presentation will make up 50% of the overall
grade. Laboratory notebook and laboratory tests will
make up 25% of the course grade. The Final
examination will make up the other 25%.
Course Outline
Session 1: 8/29
Introduction to course; explain the grading system and
class expectations. Introduction to the Human Body
and the Chemical Level of Organization
Session 2: 8/31
Laboratory Microscope and Anatomic Terminology
Session 3: 9/7
Cellular Level of Organization
Session 4: 9/12
Laboratory exercise: Cellular Reproduction and Tissues
Session 5: 9/14
Continue discussing chapter 3. If chapter three is well
understood, introduce the tissue level of organization
Session 6: 9/19
Laboratory exercise: Integumentary System
Session 7: 9/21
Introduce the Skin, the largest organ in the body and its
accessory. Worksheet # 1
Session 8: 9/26
Laboratory exercise: Skeletal System: Lecture test # 1
Session 9: 9/28
Introduce the Skeletal System: The Bone Tissue
Session 10: 10/3
Laboratory exercise: Articulations and functions
Session 11: 10/5
Axial and Appendicular Skeleton
Session 12: 10/10
Laboratory exercise: Human Skeletal Muscle
Session 13: 10/12
Introduce the joints, articulations and their functions,
Worksheet # 2
Session 14: 10/17
Laboratory exercise: Cat Muscle Dissection
Session 15: 10/19
Introduction of muscle tissue
Session 16: 10/24
Continue discussing the muscle tissue
Session 17: 10/26
Laboratory exercise: The Brain and Spinal cord: Lecture
test # 2
Session 18: 10/31
Introduction of chapter 11, the Muscular System
Session 19: 11/2
Laboratory exercise: Human Reflexes
Session 20: 11/7
Introduction of the Nervous Tissue
Session 21: 11/9
Introduction of the Spinal Cord and the 31 Spinal
Nerves
Session 22: 11/14
Laboratory exercise: Sensory Perceptions
Session 23: 11/16
Introduction of the Brain and the Cranial Nerves
Session 24: 11/21
Continue discussing the Brain and the Cranial nerves
Session 25: 11/23
Laboratory Test
Session 26: 11/24
Thanksgiving Week
Session 27: 11/28
Introduction of the Autonomic Nervous System,
Worksheet #3
Session 28: 11/30
Lecture Test # 3
Session 29: 12/5
Introduction of Sensory, Motor, and Integrative
Systems and Special Senses
Session 30: 12/7
Review for final Examination and
Presentation of Research Papers
Session 31: 12/12
Review for Final Examination and
Presentation of Research Papers
Session 32: 12/14
Final Examination