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Human Physiology (Biol 236) Summer Lecture Syllabus

Instructor: Tamatha Barbeau, Ph.D. This webpage was updated June 26, 2025 Office: Leatherman Science Building (LSF) 204G Phone: 843-661-4651 E-mail: This is by far the BEST way to reach me, as I always have my phone on me. Web: http://people.fmarion.edu/tbarbeau/ Office Hours: Just email me, or ask questions during class or lab. Lecture: LSF 205 Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 10:00 - 12:00pm Yes, that means lectures are 2 hrs. If you need to bring snacks, coffee, or energy drinks, feel free to do so as long as it doesn't interfere with class. Labs: LSF 208 Tue, Wed, Thu 1:00 - 4:00pm

Lecture Textbook: Updated Jun 10, 2025. The lecture textbook will be a free, open source, downloadable PDF (Human Physiology, by Wikibooks Contributors, 2017). This PDF textbook will have comments made by me, in pop-up boxes associated with highlighted parts of the text. In these comments I will tell you which sections you need to read and study, as well as which sections we will not be covering. I recommend downloading the PDF onto your computer (iPad, etc...) in order to view my embedded comments, as they don't show up well when viewing the document online.

Lab Manual : There is no published lab manual for this course. Lab exercises will be posted as a downloadable PDF on the online course syllabus (Look further down below on this page!). You must print these out and review them before coming to lab. Lab quizzes are based on these handouts.

Course Description: In this course we will investigate human physiology covering aspects of most of the major organ systems. The nature of physiology is to understand how different organ systems of the body are regulated by nervous and endocrine control, and this primarily involves negative feedback systems in order to maintain homeostasis. This course is tailored specifically towards pre-nursing students but is also relevant to students in related allied health programs. [If your major is focused on pre-medical, pre-pharmacy, pre-veterinary (or other) this might not be the appropriate level course for you. Please speak with me or your academic advisor.] This course involves A LOT of memorization of vocabulary along with more conceptual-based learning. Furthermore, this course will involve cumulative knowledge - meaning you will apply material covered earlier in the semester towards each successive newer concept and topic. Furthermore, this course involves learning many physiological pathways, and learning these pathways is often a new and challenging subject to master.

I will provide you with MANY resources online to help you practice and learn these pathways. Take advantage of the blank flow diagrams, chapter study outlines, and practice exams. I will also post blank PowerPoints online, which I will annotate over in class, so print these out or have them on your computer for class. Be prepared to study! You should spend about 1-3 hours outside of lecture studying for each hour in lecture that material is covered. Keep up with your reading of the textbook and review of lecture notes frequently. You must complete a course in Human Anatomy before taking this course, as we aim to build upon a pre-existing knowledge of anatomy.

Course Conduct : This summer course consists of four lectures per week and four lab sections. Lecture material is covered through PowerPoints, clinical apps and web links embedded within powerpoints, as well as chapter outlines, practice tests, and flow diagrams provided as links on the course webpage. The course webpage is, well, a webpage. I do not use Blackboard, and no class material will be found there.

Attendance: This is a five week-long course, so attendance to each lecture and lab is absolutely necessary to succeed in the course. There will be no more than two excused absences of lecture, and no more than one excused absence in lab. Excused absences include medical, legal, or other emergency that can be verified. Plus, summer courses are more expensive per credit hour than a regular semester, so make sure you make it worth your while economically, as well as academically.

Lecture Exams: There are 4 exams in the semester, based on material covered in each week of the course; thus, exams are not comprehensive. Exams will be mostly multiple choice, with some short answer questions. On the days we have an exam, there will be no lecture that follows.

Lecture Quizzes: There are 3 lecture quizzes given during the start of lecture on scheduled days. Quizzes contain fill-in-the-blanks, short answer, and essay answer questions. Spelling and grammar COUNT. If you come late to lecture on these days you do not take the quiz. If you miss a quiz, or arrive late on the day of a quiz, you must provide an official excuse and make-up the quiz within 2days or else you receive a zero. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Lab Reports: There will be 2 lab reports due during the semester. Spelling and grammar counts! Click HERE to see how blood glucose lab report is graded.Click HERE for blood pressure lab report grading guidelines. Click HERE for kidney lab report grading guidelines. Click HERE for general guidelines on writing lab reports and see example lab report included within. Click HERE to see an example of a nursing article published using this format.

Lab Quizzes: There are 6 lab quizzes during the semester consisting of 10 - 15 questions given during the first 15 min of lab. Quizzes contain multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, and matching questions. If you come late to lab on these days you do not take the quiz. If you miss a quiz, or arrive late on the day of a quiz, you must provide an official excuse and make-up the quiz within 2days or else you receive a zero. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Student Performance : In this course performance is assessed based on percentage of total possible points as shown below. The lab is worth 25% of the course. There are no extra credit assignments in this course, so every quiz, exam, and practical counts!

SUMMER LECTURE SCHEDULE: The following is a tentative lecture schedule of the subject material, exam, and quiz dates.
On this Syllabus page I will post narrated PowerPoints, as downloadable PDFs, as well as PDFs that you can print out and bring to lecture to annotate. I routinely give examples and information that might not be in these powerpoints, so coming to lecture is a must. This syllabus was last updated Jun 26, 2025.

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