POLICY STATEMENT

LECTURE SCHEDULE

LAB SCHEDULE

NOTES & HANDOUTS

This undergraduate biology course is designed to be a broad survey of the general principles of physiology. In addition to learning the vocabulary of physiology, students will be given every opportunity to learn and understand some of the basic concepts of animal and plant physiology. In order to enhance student learning, various individual and group student-learning activities will be incorporated throughout the course. The following statements are the policies that will govern the conduct of Biology 164.

1. Lectures, some activities, and examinations will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11:00 – 11:50 A.M. Laboratories and other activities will be offered at various times on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays. Due to the learning activities to be incorporated during the lecture period, attendance at all lectures and labs is required.

2. Students will earn their grades by their performance on four examinations (100 points each), notes on assigned reading (50 points), the laboratory exercises (150 points total), pair teaching of Chapter 18 (20 points), and a Biopac group research project and poster presentation (50 points total). The third examination will be comprehensive and will cover all of animal physiology. There will be questions on all examinations directly from the laboratory, from classroom activities, and from assigned readings in the textbook. The examinations will be designed to be fair but challenging for both the A/B students and the C or lower students.

3. Students are required to take each examination at the scheduled time. Exceptions will be made only in extreme situations. In such circumstances, provisions will be made to administer another written and/or oral make-up examination as soon as possible. Excused absences may be obtained by contacting the Office of Student Life at 677-5331. Make-up examinations must be taken within two weeks of the missed examination. No one will be allowed to retake any examination.

4. The grade that you earn in this course will be determined by the instructor's evaluation of your performance on the "lecture portion": examinations (4 x 100 points) and the reading assignments (5 points each); and on the "laboratory portion": all labs are worth 10 points except for the Biopac Project (50 points), the pair teaching (20 points), and the fetal pig quiz (20 points). A maximum of 600 points will be available for the entire course. The following grading scale will be used to determine your letter grade for the course:

Grade A: 89.5 - 100%
Grade B: 79.5 - 89.4%
Grade C: 69.5 - 79.4%
Grade D: 59.5 - 69.4%
Grade F: 59.4% and below

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both the course director and Dr. Elaine Pearson, Director of the Office of Disability Services (Service Center 119, 677-6389) as early as possible in the semester.

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*numbers in italics after the title indicate the chapters in the textbook

Animal Physiology: Barbara E. Goodman, Ph.D., 677-5158 (office), 624-8113 (home), bgoodman@usd.edu, Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Office 203 Lee Medicine, office hours: most of the time so stop by or make an appointment in class or by e-mail or phone. Dr. Goodman will be course director and will be keeping the grades.

Plant Physiology: Karen L. Koster, Ph.D. 677-6173 (office), kkoster@usd.edu, Office CL 182, lab 182A.

Laboratory coordinator: Kathie Rasmussen. 677-6181, krasmuss@usd.edu, Office CL 187. Questions concerning the laboratory should be directed to Ms. Rasmussen.

Textbook for this course (chapters in syllabus refer to this text - there will be assigned readings with testable material that will not be covered in lecture): Life: The Science of Biology Volume III: Plants and Animals, by W.K. Purves, D. Sadava, G.H. Orians, and H.C. Heller, 6th or 7th edition, 2001, 2004. (ISBN# 0-7167-4350-7)

Laboratory manual for this course (required): Principles of Organismal Physiology BIOL 164 Laboratory Manual Spring 2004 (ISBN: 0-5367-6121-3) (This manual can be purchased at the U. Barnes & Noble Bookstore and USD Book and Supply. )

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