COURSE SYLLABUS
1. TITLE OF COURSE: Pathophysiology
PREFIX/NUMBER: BIO 216 CREDIT HOURS: 4
2. PREREQUISITES: BIO 201, BIO 202, ENG 121, MAT 060, or equivalent assessment test scores.
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT: An Introduction to Human Disease, 7th Edition, Crowley, Leonard, Jones and Bartlett, 2007.
4. COURSE GOAL:
This is a basic course in the study of the disease process.Human pathophysiology is the science that focuses on the illness of humans. It emphasizes the dynamic aspects of disease and is concerned with the disruption of normal physiology. The course is designed to assist the second year nursing student to understand the rationale for medical and surgical therapy and apply this knowledge to nursing clinical practice.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Focuses on the alterations in physiological, cellular, and biomedical processes, the associated homeostatic responses, and the manifestations of disease. Prior knowledge of cellular biology, anatomy, and physiology is essential for the study of pathophysiology.
5. COURSE COMPETENCIES:
By the end of this course the student will be able to:
a) Explain the etiology of disease states and imbalances.
b) Analyze how health deviations alter normal physiology.
c) Describe the alterations in cells, tissues, and organs that occur with disease and the effects they have on total body function.
d) Relate the manifestations of diseases to their underlying cellular mechanisms.
6. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
GRADING:
The grading scale will be:
5 Exams 500 points
2- Case Studies: 40 points
2- Unit Discussions: 20 points
Total 560 points
GRADE PERCENT LETTER GRADE
92 - 100 % A
82 - 91 % B
72 - 81 % C
65 - 71 % D
64% and below F
7. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
a) In the event that the school or building is closed during the semester, it is the student’s responsibility to contact their instructor concerning missed exams, labs or lectures.
b) It is the students’ responsibility to comply with all of the course prerequisites.
c) Teaching and learning require a team effort. The Science Department expects students to show up for class on time and be prepared for lecture (i.e. you’ve read the assigned chapters and be prepared with questions over the material). We strongly encourage cooperation among students to help each other understand the course material. The Science Faculty greatly appreciates specific feedback on any aspects of the course, both positive and negative.
d) Respect and common courtesy to your peers, staff and instructors is expected.
e) There will be no extra credit (point) projects for individuals.
f) Submitted assignments must be your own work even though you may have worked on it as a group (in your own words & handwriting). Plagiarizing other students’ work is cheating and will result in a zero for that assignment. Repeat offenders will not only lose points for the assignment, they will lose points for participating in the lab/project and are subject to disciplinary actions.
8. LECTURES:
a) Attendance is required. The lecture material is supplemental to the text. Your exams will cover both lecture and text materials. To reap your investment of time and money, please attend class. In the event that you cannot possibly attend, make arrangements with a classmate to obtained missed lecture notes or watch the appropriate videos.
9. EXAM RULES:
a) With instructor’s approval and appropriate documentation, a make up exam may be given for a missed exam. Failure to take a scheduled examination at the appointed time will result in a 10% reduction in the score of any make-up examination. A second missed exam will result in an automatic 20% reduction. Being unprepared is not a legitimate reason!!
If an emergency arises the day of the exam, appropriate documentation such as an ER admit form, police report of the accident/ticket or a doctor's excuse is required and there will be a 10% reduction of exam score. Documentation is only necessary to make up a missed exam. All make-up exams must be taken within 5 days of the original exam date and may be an essay exam.
If you have a prior obligation the day of the exam you must arrange with your instructor to take the exam prior to the scheduled date.
There are no retakes of exams if a student should fail an exam.
b) Case Studies and study guides to be handed in on the assigned date. Students need to abide by the school's policy on plagiarism. Remember that plagiarism includes other student's work. Case studies are to be typed and not to exceed 3 pages; include a bibliography on a separate page. Case studies and study guides will be accepted up to one day after the assigment due date for 1/2 credit and will not be accepted after that.
c) Cell phones, pagers, and electronic devices with sound are to be turned off, and put away during class times, unless otherwise documented. If you must use your electronic devices, please leave the classroom. This includes text messages (“txting” and “pix”) during any class time.
d) Cheating on an exam will result in a zero for that exam. No make up exam will be given.
e) On exam days, students arriving 20 minutes or more late, will not be allowed to take the exam.
12. SPECIAL REMARKS:
a) There are no extra credit (point) projects for individuals.
b) If after 20% of classes are missed, the student can be dropped from the class.
c) If a student has not met the course prerequisites, the student should not be in the class.
d) Students are expected and encouraged to spend two to three hours outside of class for every contact hour in class and in lab. This is essential in lab.
e) In the event a student receives a failing grade in this course, the student will be required to repeat BOTH the lecture and lab components
f) College policy prohibits the use of tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, snuff, and chewing tobacco, in all College buildings and facilities.
g) Lecture and lab cover the same biological concepts but often from different perspectives.
h) In the event that a problem occurs between students or students and faculty, the appropriate process for addressing student concerns is as follows
· First, address concern with course instructor.
· If your concerns are not rectified, then schedule an appointment with Department Chair.
· If your concerns are still unresolved then schedule an appointment with the appropriate divisional dean.
13. ADA NOTICE:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.
14. ACADEMIC INTEGREITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor
How to cite references for Case Studies (APA style):
1. Interviews: For APA style personnel communications are not recommended as they are not archival,
recoverable resources. You can still use a personal communications source but it can not be one of the two
major resources in your bibliography. Cite your personnel communication (face-to-face interview, phone
or e-mail interview) as a quote or in-text citation in your case study answer with initials and surname of
person being interviewed
Example: "Myasthenia gravis is a disease associated with ACh receptors where….. was discussed. (N. Alfonso,
personal communication, April 4, 2004) "
2. Book: Author. (Date of article) Title of article italicized or underlined. Publisher.
Example: Rawls, J. A. (1971) A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
3. Journal: Author. (Date of article). Title of article. Name of Journal (italicized or underlined) vol. and pgs.
Example:
Borman, W. C., Hanson, M. A., Palmer, S., & White, L. A. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in
supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-450.
4. Newspaper Article: Author. Date of Article. Title of Article. (if came from newspaper on internet, add in parenthesis Electronic version). Newspaper Title. Page(s)
Examples:
Simon, S. (2001, December 2). Lutherans accused of 'idolatry': Clergyman's role in post disaster
interfaith services attacked. [Electronic version]. The Washington Post, p. A9.
Poirot, C. (1998, March 17). HIV prevention pill goes beyond 'morning after'. The Hartford Courant, pp.
F1, F6.
5. Newspaper article (if the author's name is not available, begin the reference with the headline or title in the author position. )
Example: New exam for doctor of future. (1989, March 15). The New York Times, B-10.
6. Magazine Article: Author. (Date of article). Title of article. (if came from newspaper on internet, add in parenthesis -- Electronic version). Magazine Title, Volume, Page(s)
Example:
Posner, M. I. (1993, October 29). Seeing the Mind. Science, 262, 673-674.
7. Internet Resources: Author, I. (year of publication or most recent update). Title of article. Name of periodical (italicized or underline). Date of retrieval on on-line, or available: specify path (the specific path information should be sufficient for someone else to retrieve the material.)
Example:
Klein, Donald F. (1997). Control Group in Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy Evaluations.
Treatment, I. Retrieved November 16, 1997 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.apa.org/treatment/vol1/97_a1.html
8. Internet or world wide web no author listed: On the World Wide Web, the author's name is not always available. Begin your reference with the title, then follow the same format as above on internet resource
Bio 216 CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT FOR CRITICAL THINKING (20 POINTS/CASE STUDY)
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Criteria |
20 |
19-6 |
1-5 |
0 to -5 |
Student Score |
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Source: Bibliography shows properly APA style of citing resources
(min. of 2 resources) |
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Minimum of 2 resources & APA properly cited style with 1 textbook (1 pt max) |
Incorrectly cited sources or less than 2 resources used |
0 1 |
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Attached copy of all resources: |
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Printed attached copy of all resources used (1 pt max) |
Missing a resource |
0 1 |
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Highlighted resources |
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Resource info. used is properly highlighted
(1 max pt) |
Resource info. used is not properly highlighted no hard copies are not attached
(0 to -5 pts) |
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1
0 1 |
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In Text Citation: In text citation after each question. |
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All in-text citations included. (1pts) |
Missing in-text citations
(0 pts) |
0 1 |
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Format: Roman Times Font with 1” margins
Typed 1-2pages with numbered answered questions |
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1-3 pages typed with 1” margins and in Roman Times Font
(2 pts) |
Exceeds 1-2 pages, or incorrectly followed assignment format
(1- 0 pts) |
0 1 2 |
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Quality, Quantity & Discussion
Answers show thought critically and deeply. Information is clear and concise to the case study. |
Quality, quantity and discussion in case study questions show student has thought critically and deeply. All information is given and is clear and concise to the case study.
(9 pts) |
Quality, quantity, and discussion of case study questions use some reasoning. Information is clear and concise to the case study; however, varying items or details missing.
(8-5 pts) |
Quality, quantity and discussion of case study questions lack sound reasoning. Information is given, but numerous items or details are missing; information is somewhat confusing
(1-4 pts) |
No response to case study (0 pts) |
______ pts
(0-9 pts) |
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Grammar, Spelling, & Quotes |
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Writing shows excellent use of grammar, spelling & quote (1 per case study. Few spelling/ grammar error.
(2 pts) |
Complete sentences used. Somewhat correct to several grammar, spelling and quote errors
(0-1 pts) |
0 1 2 |
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Attached rubric & signed 0 1 2 3
Plagiarism Statement: To the best of my knowledge, my career paper contains no plagiarism. All information has been put in my own words, except where I have quoted word for word. I have cited my sources where appropriate
Student Signature: _____________________________ Date: _____________ |
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Students Total Points: __________ pts |