BIOL 2102:
The lab provides a hands-on learning experience for exploration of human system components and basic physiology. Systems to be studied include endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive (including nutrition), urinary (including fluid and electrolyte balance), and reproductive (including human development and genetics).
Prerequisites
TSI Reading complete and must have passed BIOL 2301 and BIOL 2101 with at least a grade of “C”.
Corequisites
Communication Skills – to include effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication
Empirical and Quantitative Skills – to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions
Teamwork – to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goa
Must register for both lecture and lab
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Regular and punctual attendance of classes and laboratories is required of all students. When a student has been ill or absent from class for approved extracurricular activities, he or she should be allowed, as far as possible, to make up for the missed work. If a student has not actively participated by the census date, they will be dropped by the instructor for non-attendance. This policy applies to courses that are in-person, online, hybrid, and hyflex.
Attendance in online courses is determined by submission of an assignment or participation in an activity. According to federal guidelines, simply logging into a distance learning course without participating in an academic assignment does not constitute attendance. Distance learning is defined as when a majority (more than 50%) of instruction occurs when the instructor and students are in separate physical locations. Students must engage in an academic activity prior to the course census date.
When an instructor feels that a student has been absent to such a degree as to invalidate the learning experience, the instructor may recommend to the Vice President of Instruction that the student be withdrawn from the course. Instructors may seek to withdraw students for non-attendance after they have accumulated the following number of absences:
Fall or spring semesters:
3 or more class meeting times per week - 5 absences
2 class meeting times per week - 3 absences
1 class meeting per week - 2 absences
The student is responsible for seeing that he or she has been officially withdrawn from a class. A student who stops attendance in a class without officially withdrawing from that class will be given a failing grade; consequently, the student must follow official withdrawal procedures in the Admissions/Records Office.
Please note: Health Science and Cosmetology courses may require more stringent attendance policies based on their accreditation agencies. Please see the addendum and/or program handbook for further information concerning attendance.
Panola College welcomes pregnant and parenting students as a part of the student body. This institution is committed to providing support and adaptations for a successful educational experience for pregnant and parenting students. Students experiencing a need for accommodations related to pregnancy or parenting will find a Pregnancy and Parenting Accommodations Request form in the Student Handbook or may request the form from the course instructor.
No use of Generative AI permitted.
This option assumes that all work submitted by students will be generated by the students themselves, whether they are working individually or in groups. Students should not have another person or entity do the writing of any portion of an assignment, which includes hiring a person or a company to write assignments and/or using artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT. Use of any AI-generated content in this course qualifies as academic dishonesty and violates Panola College’s standards of academic integrity.
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an in-depth study of the anatomy and physiology (structure and function) of the human body. Both normal and pathological conditions are emphasized. In so doing, the student will be educated in the core components/college student learning outcomes (listed above) and the course learning outcomes (listed below).
After studying all materials and resources presented in the Lab course, the student will be able to:
- Apply appropriate safety and ethical standards.
- Locate and identify anatomical structures.
- Appropriately utilize laboratory equipment, such as microscopes, dissection tools, general lab ware, physiology data acquisition systems, and virtual simulations.
- Work collaboratively to perform experiments.
- Demonstrate the steps involved in the scientific method.
- Communicate results of scientific investigations, analyze data and formulate conclusions.
- Use critical thinking and scientific problem-solving skills, including, but not limited to, inferring, integrating, synthesizing, and summarizing, to make decisions, recommendations and predictions.
General Course Objectives:
- To help students become better informed citizens by providing opportunities to learn the differences between science as a way of knowing and other disciplines such as art, philosophy and religion.
- To provide students an opportunity to understand and appreciate the complexity and relationships of living systems.
- To help students become better informed regarding their own health and better informed as health services consumers by coming to a better understanding of the complexities of the human body.
- To make students aware of changing technologies in science and the responsibilities and ethical decisions that come with the use of various technologies.
- To help students become better informed regarding environmental issues.
- Gather and assess information relevant to a question.
- Analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information.
- Develop, interpret, and express ideas through written communication.
- Manipulate and analyze observable facts and arrive at an informed conclusion.
- Integrate different viewpoints as a member of a laboratory team.
- Work with others to accomplish a shared goal.
A general description of lecture/discussion topics included in this course are listed in the Learning Outcomes section of this syllabus. Students in all sections of this course will learn the following Lab content:
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the endocrine system.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the formed elements of the blood.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the heart.
- The physiological aspects of cardiac output and blood flow.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the lymphatic system.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the respiratory system.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the digestive system.
- The metabolism of macromolecules and energy regulation.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the urinary system.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of the reproductive system.
- The structure, function and clinical considerations of developmental anatomy and inheritance.
This course is offered in a variety of formats: face to face, hybrid, and online. The course typically includes lab demonstration, class discussion, reading assignments, laboratory performance, web-based assignments and web-based tutorials.
Lab Class:
- Lab Quizzes: Several quizzes will be administered during the semester. Any lab session may begin or end with a quiz. Quiz questions will be drawn from lab notes, reading assignments and text objectives normally for a specific chapter in the lab book. Each quiz may consist of multiple- choice, true/false, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions
- Access Pearson A&P Quizzes: There will be several publisher-administered Access Pearson A&P quizzes which are accessed via Canvas. The untimed quizzes are opened and closed at a date and time set by the professor. Each quiz may consist of multiple-choice, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and short- answer questions.
- Lab Exercises: Lab exercises may include drawings, laboratory reports, topic presentations or any other methodologies deemed important by the professor.
- Lab Practicals: Lab practical questions will cover all items studied in lab (including: models, charts, pictures, diagrams, dissections, and experiments), text objectives and review sheet. Lab practicals will consist of fill in the blank questions.
The grading scale for this course is as follows:
A=90-100%B=80-89%C=70-79%D=60-69%F=< 60%
Lab (30% of Total course grade)
Lab Quizzes: 20% of lab grade
Access Pearson A&P Quizzes: 10% of lab grade
Lab Exercises: 30% of lab grade
Lab Practicals: 40% of lab grade.
A student can earn up to 2 points on their final lab average by active and studious participating in lab activities and not exceeding the college’s attendance policy.
Labster Access code (for online lab only).
Labster Access code (for online lab only).
- Courses conducted via video conferencing may be recorded and shared for instructional purposes by the instructor.
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- The Accommodations & Disability Support (A&DS) Office at Panola College provides and facilitates support services and accommodations for students with disabilities. The A&DS office works under the federal guidelines included in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American with Disabilities Act. Please contact the Accommodations & Disability Support (A&DS) Office located in the Charles C. Matthews Student Center or go to https://www.panola.edu/disabilitysupport for more information.
- Withdrawing from a course is the student’s responsibility. Students who do not attend class and who do not withdraw will receive the grade earned for the course.
- Student Handbook (located in the Panola College Catalog)