BCMB 230 Syllabus Summer 2021 Human Physiology PDF

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Syllabus for BCMB 230: Human Physiology Summer, 2021 Course Description & Objectives In this course, you will learn fundamental concepts of human physiology and apply them in a virtual laboratory and in a clinical case study setting. This course includes lecture and lab, both of which are entirely online. The course is mostly asynchronous but includes optional synchronous components.

Instructors Instructor: Email: Office Hours: Live Lecture:

Dr. Amanda Wilson Carter [email protected] Tuesday’s 9:00-10:00 am and by appointment Thursday’s 9:00-10:00 am (see Canvas for zoom links)

**All times are in the Eastern Time Zone** Dr. Carter is the lead instructor for all sections of this course. Though students are assigned to a specific lab section, the course has been restructured so that students in all sections have the same due dates.

Emailing Instructors Email is the best way to communicate with your instructors in this course. When communicating with your instructors via email, you should: • use your university email • enter “BCMB 230” in the subject line • state your full name in the body of the email Instructors check email at least once per day and will respond within 48 hours on weekdays; do not expect responses on weekends. If you are having emergency technical difficulties, see the technical difficulties section below.

Required Materials Required Materials 1. Reliable Internet: This course is entirely online. All your reading, lectures, homework, quizzes, exams, and labs will be conducted online. Therefore, a stable and reliable internet connection is important. 2. Textbook: All students in the summer session will use Vander’s Human Physiology, 15th ed in e-book and smart book versions. See the “Getting Started” module on Canvas to access your textbook. This comes with a version that can be read on your phone, offline, without using data. You may purchase a hardcopy of this text online if you wish, but it is not required. 3. Students must register to the “Connect” platform through Canvas to access all course materials. See the “Getting Started” module on Canvas for instructions and the access code.

Grades Assignments in this course are worth varying amounts of points, but all points are weighted equally. Graded quiz questions are each worth one point, case study questions are each worth two points and the exam questions are each worth three points. Lab collections are each worth a total of 30 points. To calculate your grade, add your accrued points together and divide the sum by the total number of points possible from those assignments. Then compare this percentage to the scale below. Final grades will be assigned according to the scale below. Grades can be tracked in Canvas. A > 90.00%

B = 80.00-89.99

C = 70.00-79.99

D = 60.00-69.99

F < 59.99

Course Structure & Assignments Modules: This course is organized into 4 modules, each addressing 3 chapters from the textbook. There are two graded assignments associated with each chapter: a clinical case study and a graded quiz. Each chapter has an optional video lecture, practice quiz, and a diversity of study tools and videos nested within the SmartBook version of the textbook that can be used at the student’s discretion. In addition to the individual chapter requirements, each module includes 2 “collections” of virtual labs. Finally, each module culminates in an exam. On Canvas, use the “Module” tab to see the required and optional assignments within each module. In order to allow students some flexibility, the case study assignments and graded quizzes in a module are all due the day before the exam. Though this format offers flexibility, it also requires a great deal of independence, organization and self-motivation. I highly recommend taking a moment each week to schedule your work (e.g. a chapter, quiz, and case study each day). Theses assignments can be turned in before the due date. Check out this guide for tips on how to be successful in an online course: https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/blog/tips-for-taking-online-classes/ Lectures are pre-recorded so students can watch them at their own pace. I will hold a live lecture review every Thursday morning, from 9:00-10:00 am. This lecture will highlight key take-aways from the assigned chapters or review difficult material. This lecture will not be recorded or posted on the Canvas site. Attendance will not be taken. Virtual Labs will be due Thursday of each week. Labs that are assigned as a collection of multiple, short labs will all have the same due date and follow a consistent naming scheme. For example, a collection of labs might be labeled as: Lab 1A, Lab 1B, Lab 1C and have the same due date. Each collection of labs is worth 30 points. So, there are 60 points to be earned in virtual labs each week. Module Exams: There will be an exam every Friday during the summer session, with the exception of Exam 1, which is due Saturday, June 5th. The exam will open at 12:00 am Friday morning and close at 11:59 pm Friday evening. Exams are untimed and open note, but must be taken individually. Zoom office hours are entirely optional. See a schedule of the open virtual office hours under the instructor information above. These office hours should be used to answer questions on lecture or lab content in an informal setting. The instructor and TA’s will have no additional presentation materials prepared. Students must come prepared with questions. Because the course and due dates are asynchronous, I cannot answer specific questions about quiz or case study questions in the general office hours until the due date has passed. If you have questions pertaining to a specific quiz or case study question, your can email me or set up an individual zoom appointment. Office hours with TA’s should be used to go over lab materials. Students are welcome to attend either/both TA office hours. Questions regarding the labs due on Tuesday of each week should be directed towards Megan, while questions regarding labs with Thursday deadlines should be directed towards Karli. If you cannot attend any of the scheduled open office hours, please email one of the instructors to set up an individual Zoom appointment. All UTK students have access to Zoom for free. Final Exam: There is no final exam in this course. Getting Started: There is a short module called “Getting Started” on Canvas that should be completed first. The materials in this section will help you register for a Connect account so that you can access the course textbook, labs and other materials. There is a graded SmartBook orientation video (1 point, participation) that will show you some of the optional study features available in your SmartBook.

Course Policies

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1. It is your responsibility to check your points earned on all assignments in the Canvas Gradebook. 2. Because the course has a high degree of flexibility built-in, there are no make-up assignments. Please stay on top of deadlines and work well in advance of the deadline in case unforeseen issues arise. 3. For an extended medical illness or health issues, inform Student Disability Services: Email: [email protected]; Phone: 865-974-6087; Video phone: 865-622-6566. Student Access and Accommodation Services will inform instructors if such health issues may lead to absences; this communication must occur before any such absences.

4. Students who experience the death of an immediate family member or relative as defined in the University Student Bereavement Policy will be extended appropriate accommodations for make-up assignments. Students are responsible for providing appropriate documentation to the Dean of Students Office and for contacting the instructor as soon as possible to make arrangements for completing missed work. More information is available here: https://dos.utk.edu/absence-notifications/ 5. No late work is accepted, unless it is late due to a documented excused absence; see above.

Technical Difficulties: ZOOM: https://oit.utk.edu/teachingtools/liveonline/zoom-getting-started/ If you encounter a technical issue during registration, graded quizzes, case studies, virtual labs, or exams you should immediately contact Connect: https://mhedu.force.com/CXG/s/ContactUs Phone: 800-331-5094 Canvas: https://oit.utk.edu/teachingtools/online/student-resources/ Phone: 865-974-9900; OIT HelpDesk Live Chat: https://help.utk.edu/footprints/contact/ If technical issues arise during a graded assignment in a manner that affects your grade, please also immediately email me saying that you are having an issue so that I have a written record of when the issue occurred. In the email, please provide documentation (screen shots etc.) of the steps you have taken to have the issue resolved via one of the above resources. Steps to resolve, document, and inform technical issues must occur immediately. I will not be able to provide make-up assignments if this documentation is not provided in a timely manner. Communicating with Parents The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) prohibits instructors from discussing a student’s grades with anyone except the student, even if the student is still a minor. If you have grading issues, all correspondence must be between an instructor and you, the student. If you would like your parents or other adult to be included in communication about your grades, you must first file a completed FERPA waiver at the Registrar. Filing a FERPA waiver means that parents can be present during face-to-face communication and/or copied on emails. A parent cannot, however, take the place of a student in communication regarding grades; the communication still must between the student and the instructor. Academic Integrity Cases of academic dishonesty will be punished in this course, no matter how small. The dishonest student’s grade will always be penalized and may result in failure in the course. Students failing to follow the code of conduct and found to inadvertently commit acts of dishonesty will receive appropriate penalties specific to the assignment and act of dishonesty in question. Students found to commit intentional acts of dishonesty will receive an academic penalty up to course failure and will be referred for appropriate disciplinary action. More information on UTK’s academic honesty policies can be found here: http://web.utk.edu/~osja/faculty_dishonesty.php....