Human Anatomy and Physiology I COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Code:	SCI220
Instructor:	Dr. Charles Rushing, MD E-mail: charlesrushing@forrestcollege.edu cmandtpr@hartcom.net Phone: (864) 225-7653
Course Schedule:	This course meets in room 102 from 12:15 PM to 2:59 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays starting June 30, 2008 to September 13, 2008.
Credit Hours:	4.5 Credit hours awarded upon successful completion of course requirements.
Text:	Structure and Function of the Body, 13^th Edition, Thibodeau and Patton, Mosby, ISBN 978-0-323-04966-5 Study Guide to Accompany Structure and Function of the Body, 13^th Edition, Swisher, Mosby, ISBN 978-0-323-04965-8
Course Description:	Covers the areas of basic cellular anatomy and tissues as well as the following body systems: Integumentary, Urinary, Reproductive, and Digestive. Included are the anatomy and physiology of these areas and pathological conditions associated.
Course Objectives:	Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: · Define homeostasis. · Describe the anatomy and functions of each body system studied. · Identify the structures/major components and functions of each system studied. · Explain how the body systems work together to maintain homeostasis. · Distinguish between organic and inorganic chemical compounds. · Explain the concept of pH. · Identify and discuss the basic structure and functions of the major components of a cell. Note: You may expect that questions on your tests/exams will be based upon demonstrating your knowledge of the course objectives.
Prerequisite:	HEA 110, or Permission of Instructor
Course Outline:	Week 1: Introduction; Chapter One – An Introduction to the Structure and Function of the Body; Chapter Two – Chemistry of Life Week Two: Chapter Three – Cells and Tissue; Chapter Four – Organ Systems of the Body Week Three: Chapter Five – The Integumentary System and Body Movements Week Four: Chapter Fifteen – The Digestive System Week Five: Chapter Sixteen – Nutrition and Metabolism Week Six: Chapter Seventeen – The Urinary System Week Seven: Chapter Eighteen – Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Week Eight: Chapter Nineteen – Acid-Base Balance Week Nine: Chapter Twenty – The Reproductive Systems; Chapter Twenty-One – Growth and Development Week Ten: Review Week Eleven: Final Exam
Instruction Method:	A variety of instruction techniques will be used in this course. These practices include (but are not limited to) class lecture; small group work; discussion; group projects; out-of-class assignments; individual assignments; electronically based research; expected e-mail communications, etc.
Grading:	Class Attendance (being physically present in class)................................. 20% Test 1*.......................................................................................................... 10% Test 2*.......................................................................................................... 20% Test 3*.......................................................................................................... 10% Final Exam.................................................................................................. 20% Homework................................................................................................... 10% Group Presentation..................................................................................... 10% 100% *Missed tests: If you miss a test, you must schedule to take the test within one week of having missed it or you will not be eligible to take the test at all. Grading Scale: A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = Below 60 A more expansive explanation of the grading system is found in Section 4 of the College Catalog.
Attendance	Regular attendance is expected because it is through regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions, concerns) of others of the members of your class. You may also “attend” classes (when you are not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members of your assigned group and finding out from them what materials you have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should know about. You can also “attend” by keeping in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail. Let your instructor and members of your group know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it, etc. As you can see by the section on grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect attendance. You attend ten weeks and you receive a very positive 20% of your grade. You must be in attendance for your scheduled test dates. You must be in attendance for your scheduled group presentation dates.
Make-up work:	It is the individual student’s responsibility to find out from one of his classmates and/or group members what materials he/she might have missed as a result of having missed a class session. Call your classmates; e-mail them; keep up with them; be responsible for getting the information that you need in order to demonstrate competence in this course.
Academic Dishonesty	Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course, and/or suspension/expulsion from the college.
Resources	The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching projects through The Library & Information Resources Network (LIRN) Virtual Library Collection. The LIRN library contains a core collection that includes InfoTrac databases: Academic ASAP, Academic OneFile, Business Resource Center, Criminal Justice Center, Computer, Custom Newspapers, General Business File, Health & Wellness Resource Center, Health Academic, LegalTrac, Literature, Newsletters, One File, Opposing Viewpoints, Student Resource Center, Proquest’s Psychology database, the Electric Library and Bowker databases. It is estimated that there are over 170,000,000 articles, television and radio transcripts, photographs, video and audio clips, encyclopedias, books and reference titles in the collection. Students are encouraged to explore the following areas within the LIRN collection:
	Health & Wellness Resource Center The Resource Center gives students access to magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, with information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Health & Wellness Resource Center includes 968 journals, 700 videos, 86 reference titles and 618 pamphlets. H&WRC also contains the health articles from 1000 general interest periodicals.  There are also 300 full-text pamphlets.  H&WRC also includes the Health & Lifestyle sections of approximately 30 newspapers. Also included in this database is an alternative health module which contains 58 journals and 6 reference titles.
	Health Academic This database has articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. There are 955 journals and 62 reference titles in the database.
	Expanded Academic ASAP From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. The database provides access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers – the majority with full text and images. There are 4,341 journals in the database. Included in LIRN is the InfoTrac OneFile and Reference collection. The Reference library contains 112 titles. OneFile contains all of the Gale publications including LegalTrac, a resource for paralegal and criminal justice programs, including indexing for all major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles from general interest publications. There are over 150,000,000 articles, television and radio transcripts, photographs, video and audio clips, encyclopedias, books and reference titles in the collection.
	Research Library Complete This is a comprehensive General Reference database. The major subject areas covered are; arts, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social science and women's Issues. There are 3,851 titles in this database.
	Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Sciences Featuring more than 1 million records from 1982 to the present, The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature® (CINAHL) is a powerful database perfect for students. CINAHL contains citations for nearly 2,600 key journals, of which more than 1,800 are currently indexed. CINAHL also indexes a wide variety of other instructional and educational materials, including: · Healthcare books · Selected conference proceedings · Standards of practice · Book chapters · Pamphlets · Audiovisuals · Educational software · Legal cases · Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) guidelines All told, the database features more than 100 different subject areas grouped by discipline, including: · Nursing · Allied health · Biomedicine · Alternative/complementary medicine · Consumer health · Health services librarianship · Health services administration · And more The subject headings CINAHL uses for indexing have developed over time to reflect the terminology most used by nursing and allied health professionals. They follow the structure of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) governed by the National Library of Medicine. To further target relevant results, CINAHL also features searchable categories of literature. ProQuest offers a full-text counterpart to CINAHL. CINAHL Database with Full Text incorporates ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source™ and over 7,600 related dissertations into the CINAHL bibliographic database. Users get the unmatched indexing of CINAHL, plus ProQuest’s wealth of full-text content. It’s the total solution for nursing professionals and researchers. Instructors will provide students with appropriate resource links specific to this course within LIRN as well as those provided as instructional support material by the author and publisher of the text.
Changes	In accordance with the policy of the College, your instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course.