BIO-156 General Biology for Allied Health - Cochise College

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BIO 156Tasneem AshrafCourse syllabus Fall 2009COURSE RECOMMENDATIONS:You will be required to do college level work‐ this level of performance is absolutely mandatory; a readinglevel of 110 or exemption, MAT 82 or placement in, or completion of MAT 122 or higher would berecommended.Course Specific Outcomes: Students will be able to:1. Perform activities to demonstrate improvement in the general education goals of communication and criticalthinking.2. Demonstrate biology study skills necessary for anatomy and physiology.3. Identify key components of the scientific method and apply the scientific process.4. Demonstrate the ability to safely use biological laboratory techniques.5. Demonstrate the correct use of a light microscope, metric tools for measuring length, mass, and volume, andlaboratory safety skills.6. Describe and give examples of life’s hierarchy of organization.7. Compare and contrast prokaryotes, eukaryotes and viruses.8. Explain the basic chemical processes of life.9. Describe the four categories of “macromolecules” and why each is important for cellular structure and functions.10. Explain how enzymes function.11. Describe the structure of the cellular organelles and how each functions.12. Describe specifically membrane transport mechanisms, protein synthesis and packaging, and anaerobic andaerobic cellular respiration.13. Describe the cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis.14. Describe the principles of Mendelian Genetics.15. Describe and give examples of the primary human tissues, and where in the body each can be found.16. Demonstrate knowledge of the human body and orientation terms used to describe position.17. Describe the principles of biological chemistry.18. Describe the concepts of evolution and natural selection as they apply to human diseases (e.g. antibioticresistance).COURSE LOGISTICS:Online participation and completion of electronic assignments. This web‐enhanced version of BIO 156 aims tohelp you become an independent learner. Since nearly all lectures will not take place during class time, you willneed to be able to access the internet so that you can complete the assigned weekly lectures before coming toclass. All electronic lectures are available to view and listen to on your computer or to listen to on your mp3player. You will need to have access to a computer and the internet and are expected to login within 48 hoursafter your class meets face‐to‐face each week to check announcements and assignments. You must also completeall online assignments and listen to all audio/visual lectures each week (no waiting until end of semester—eachassignment/lecture has an absolute, posted due date).1. Quizzes and Examinations: (a total of 55 % of the course grade):a. PREP QUIZZES: (10% of the course grade). PREP quizzes are planned for each class meet, unlessthere is a test scheduled for that day. All prep quizzes will be given at the beginning of each classperiod to ensure you have the read the new chapter and are ready for class lecture. There’s a second2
BIO 156Tasneem AshrafCourse syllabus Fall 2009benefit to frequent quizzing: the more you spread out your learning and review of material, themore likely you are to remember the information and retain it over time. Consult the courseschedule to anticipate what chapters you need to read for the coming class. Prep (clicker) quizzeswill be multiple choices and you will take them with your clicker. Each prep quiz will be worth 10points. Quizzes cannot be made‐up. . When final grades are calculated, I will drop two of yourquizzes towards your total final grade calculations.b. EXAMINATIONS: (45% of the course grade): Five examinations will be given during the semester.The exam includes a multiple‐choice section with somewhere between 25 and 35 multiple choicequestions, as well as a short answer section (consisting of short essay, fill‐in‐the‐blank, labelingillustrations, etc.). You must answer all essay questions with complete sentences or you will lose points.EXAM I (Biology, atoms and molecules and macromolecules)EXAM II (evolution, cell structure and function, membrane and transport)EXAM III (metabolism, cellular respiration, mitosis and meiosis)EXAM IV (genetics, DNA structure and replication)FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive includes 40% of protein synthesis, histology, mechanism ofevolution and 60% from the previous four exams.)c. Lecture exam TEST CORRECTIONS:You may correct lecture exams one through four to add up to 10% of the total value of the exam to youroriginal score. Students have until the next class after receiving their graded exam to make corrections.For example: If a test is worth 100 points then the correction rubric is as follows:Short answer portion: A student may earn a maximum of 5 pts. If s/he correctly re‐answer all missedparts of his/her short answer portion. If a student correctly re‐answers 80% of the questions she missed,I will add 0.80 X 5 pts = 4 points to her grade. If another student only correctly re‐answers 30% of thequestions he missed, I will add 1.5 points (5 pts X 0.30 = 1.5) to his grade. A student may not improvehis/her grade in excess of 100%.Multiple choice portion: A student may earn a maximum of 5 pts. if s/he correctly re‐answer all parts ofhis/her multiple choice portion. For example, if you correctly answer 95% of the multiple choicequestions on the take‐home portion, I will multiple 5 by 0.95 to determine that you will have 4.75 addedto your exam score.If you miss an exam, you lowest grades from another exam will be substituted and you can’t do testcorrections.See the “Correcting Tests” handout in this lecture packet for detailed2. Homework: (20% of the course grade) you have assigned homework for each week under WebStudy.WebStudy assignments are available from the beginning of the semester however they will endTuesdays at 11PM for each week assigned. You cannot make up any missed assignments, so please getinto the habit of taking assignments on time, no exceptions will be made! Also in mind, that you cantake the quizzes multiple times however ONLY THE LAST ATTEMPT WILL BE IN YOUR GRADEBOOK. For example you took the quiz the second time and you think you did okay, but want to go backand retake it, however now for any reason you decide not to complete it. Now your new grade is basedon this last attempt and any question you did not answer gets a zero assigned automatically.3
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