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12:40-2:00 PM - Mondays/Fridays - Javits Lecture Center Room 100
Course Web site: http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu:82/courses/bio32801a00
If you have any condition such as a physical or mental disability which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as outlined or which will require extra time on examinations, please notify Dr. Walcott in the first two weeks of the course so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Content: This will be a course on the general principles of physiology. It will cover the major organ systems and their control mechanisms.
Staff: The course is taught jointly by Professors David McKinnon, John Cabot and Benjamin Walcott of the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. Dr. Walcott is the course director and his office is in the HSC in the Basic Sciences Tower, floor T5, room 177, telephone number 4-3130. His office hours will be held in room 530 Life Sciences.
Office Hours: Office hours for the teaching assistants will be announced in class and all will be held in room 128 (The Biology Learning Center) in the basement of Life Sciences. Faculty office hours will be announced in class and will be held in their offices and by appointment.
- Dr. McKinnon: - 2-8646 - T6 Basic Science Tower: Molecular Cardiology
Dr. Cabot: - 2-8644 - room 578 Life Sciences
Dr. Walcott: - 4-3130 - room 530 Life Sciences
Lectures: Class meets Mondays and Fridays from 12:40-2:00 PM in Javits Lecture Center Room 100. Prior to each hour examination there will be an evening review session whose time and place will be announced in class.
Examinations: There will be 3 in-class examinations over the course of the semester (Sept 29, Nov 3 and Dec 1). The final examination will be on Friday Dec. 22 at 11:00. Note that the time for the final exam is DIFFERENT from the regular class time. Each examination during the semester will be given during the regular class period and each will count 20% of your final grade; the final exam counts 40%. If you miss an exam, a written excuse must be submitted as soon as possible (ordinarily no later than 1 day after the scheduled date of the exam). If the excuse is valid, you will be permitted to take a 1-hour make-up exam given during the third hour of the final-exam period. The make-up exam will be a comprehensive test covering all material in the course. All exams will involve the selection of an incorrect statement from among a group of correct statements. BRING A PICTURE ID AND A NO.2 PENCIL TO EVERY EXAMINATION. No answer sheet will be accepted from individuals who do not present an ID card with picture and signature.
Answers to each exam will be posted in the Bio 328 display case in the basement of the Life Sciences Building the afternoon following each exam. All exams are graded by computer. The grades will be posted in the basement of the Life Sciences Building. If you believe that an error was made in scoring, see the instructor within 1 week of the posting of the scores. No changes will be made after this one week interval. Letter grades will not be assigned for each individual examination; rather grades will be determined from the cumulative curve based on the weighted sum of scores from all four exams. However, curves for each exam will be posted so that you may monitor your relative standing as the semester progresses.
Fire Alarms: During each exam, the corridors of the Lecture Center will be patrolled to monitor the fire alarms. If a false alarm is nevertheless pulled during an exam, STUDENTS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND THE EXAM WILL CONTINUE. The score for the exam will receive its full and usual weight in determining the final grade for the course.
Cell Phones and Beepers: All cell phones shall be turned off during lectures. During examinations, it is University Policy that all cell phones and beepers shall be turned off and put away in a bag or pack. Under no circumstances may a cell phone or beeper be on the person of any student taking an examination.
BIO 335 Syllabus
Fall 2000
| Class | Date | Day | Instr. | Lecture | Reading |
| 1 | 9/8 | Fri | M | Regulation of cell volume | M: Ch 1, 2, 3 |
| 2 | 9/11 | Mon | M | Membrane Potential: Equilibrium | M: Ch 4 |
| 3 | 9/15 | Fri | M | Membrane Potential: Steady State | M: Ch 4 |
| 4 | 9/18 | Mon | M | Nerve Cells: action potentials | M: Ch 5, 6 |
| 5 | 9/22 | Fri | M | Synaptic Transmission: Neuromuscular junction | M: Ch 7, 8 |
| 6 | 9/25 | Mon | M | Skeletal Muscle: Excitation - contraction coupling | M: Ch 9 |
 | 9/29 | Fri | | Hour Exam I Lectures 1 - 6 | |
| 7 | 10/2 | Mon | W | Central Nervous system | V: Ch 8D |
| 8 | 10/6 | Fri | W | Central Nervous System: Sensory systems | V: Ch 9 |
| 10/9 | Mon | | No Classes - Yom Kippur | |
| 9 | 10/11 | Wed | W | Reflexes | V: pp 337 - 341 |
| 10 | 10/13 | Fri | W | Pathways: ascending & descending | V: pp 343 - 346 |
| 11 | 10/16 | Mon | W | Autonomic Nervous System | V: pp 217 - 221 |
| 12 | 10/20 | Fri | W | Hormonal control systems | V: Ch 10 |
| 13 | 10/23 | Mon | W | Immune Systems | V: Ch 20 |
| 14 | 10/27 | Fri | C | Cardiovascular System I | V: Ch 14 |
| 10/30 | Mon | | Hour Examination II Lectures 7 - 14 | |
| 15 | 11/3 | Fri | C | Cardiovascular System II | |
| 16 | 11/6 | Mon | C | Cardiovascular System/ Respiratory System | V: Ch 15 |
| 17 | 11/10 | Fri | C | Respiratory System | |
| 18 | 11/13 | Mon | C | Kidney I | V Ch 16 |
| 19 | 11/17 | Fri | C | Kidney II | |
| 20 | 11/20 | Mon | C | Cardiac Failure & Hypertension | |
| 11/24 | Fri | | Thanksgiving | |
| 21 | 11/27 | Mon | W | Reproduction: Male | V: Ch 19 |
| 12/1 | Fri | | Hour Examination III Lectures 15 - 20 | |
| 22 | 12/4 | Mon | W | Reproduction: Female | |
| 23 | 12/8 | Fri | W | Digestive System | V: Ch 17 |
| 24 | 12/11 | Mon | W | Digestive System | |
| 25 | 12/15 | Fri | W | Metabolism | V: Ch 18 |
| 12/22 | Fri | | Final Examination 11:00am - 1:30pm | |
