Bio. 1655: Human Physiology Summer
SYLLABUS
Dr. Philip J. Stephens: Tel: 519-4839.
Email: phil.stephens@villanova.edu.
Course URL: given to enrolled students
Course Format.
The course has three main components: LECTURE SYLLABUS
1. Lectures
2. Labs In-the-wound drug application.
3. Term papers. Salmonella & ion levels.
The web site will contain links for access to the Multiple sclerosis.
lectures and labs. Cocaine and synaptic function.
The two sections of the course are identical in
Analgesics & arachidonic Acid.
content, only the time frame is different. The
course is divided into four quarters (1 week for one Diabetes mellitus.
month course, and 2 weeks for the two month Circadian rhythms.
version). Exercise & autonomic function.
Data from previous courses show that the mean Mad cow disease.
grade for each class is not significantly different, Melanopsin in the eye.
but the WX rate is higher in the one month course Hair cell regeneration in the ear.
(5 to 10% of the original class) than in the two Osteoporosis.
month course (less than 5%). For some reason,
enrollment is usually higher in the 1 month course.
Malignant hyperthermia.
Exercise-induced movements.
1. Lectures: Metabolic subtypes of muscle fibers.
Lectures are delivered on-line. The following are Bradycardia and heart pacemakers.
required to play the lectures: Fetal Heart
An internet connection. Cardiac valve replacement.
A web browser. There have been problems Congestive heart failure.
with Mozilla, which I think I’ve fixed, but Exercise and cardiac function.
they work great on IE, Mac or PC.
Cardiac angioplasty.
Access to the course web site.
Raynaud's phenomenon.
The latest (Adobe) Flash plug-in – most
browsers already have this plug-in, but it Blood transfusion.
can be updated or downloaded.at no cost. Caffeine and blood pressure.
Speakers or ear phones. Carbon monoxide poisoning.
Pleural cavity.
2. Laboratories: Cystic fibrosis.
Lab exercises are simulations derived from the Asthma.
Physiology Interactive Lab Simulations package, Altitude sickness.
published by McGraw Hill. These labs are available Kidney disease & high blood pressure.
through the course web site at no cost to the
student.
Kidney disease & diabetes mellitus.
The following are required to perform the Diabetes insipidus.
simulations: ACE inhibitors.
An internet connection.
A web browser.
Access to the course web site.
The latest (Adobe) Flash plug-in – most browsers already have this plug-in, but it can be
updated or down loaded at no cost.
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Each lab program contains an introduction, a wet lab section, with diagrams and videos of the
real lab situations, and easy-to-follow instructions for the student to perform the simulation.
Students usually use fill-in tables or graphics templates to display their data. The lab report
consists of your data and then answers to a series of questions, which are designed to take the
student through an explanation of their data.
3. Term Paper.
Students are expected to complete two term papers during the course. Last semester students
did one term paper on the mechanism of (a self selected and new) drug action on a nervous or
muscle disease; this paper was due at the end of the third quarter. The second paper used a
similar format, but this time was based on a digestive or breathing disorder; this paper was due
at the end of the class.
Office Hours: There will be no required on-line LAB SYLLABUS
meetings. The course is self-paced and
asynchronous, which means you can do the work Size and metabolic rate.
at your convenience. However, the instructor will Membrane potentials and potassium.
be logged on to the course chat line from about 9 Nerve function.
p.m. through midnight, M-F to help students with Synaptic potentials.
any problems or answer any questions.
Electromyograms.
Exams:
Skeletal muscle function.
A current, online exam will be given at the end of Electrocardiograms.
each quarter. Exams are timed and will be posted Frog Heart.
on Friday night before the end of the quarter. Peripheral circulation & temperature.
Students will be expected to complete the Blood Pressure.
assigned exam some time during the weekend, Oxygen Dissociation curves.
with a deadline of midnight Sunday/Monday. Human Breathing.
Final Grade:
Work for each quarter, labs, exams and term papers (if applicable), is due midnight
Sunday/Monday at the end of each quarter. The final grade will be based on performance in
lecture exams, labs, and term papers, as follows:
Category Final % points
Lecture exams 60%
Labs 20%
Two term papers 20%
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