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Effective Term:
Fall 2026

Course Number:
BI 233Z
Course Title:
Human Anatomy and Physiology III
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
30
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
30

Course Description

Examines the structure and function of the human body through a body systems approach. Explores anatomy and physiology of the respiratory, digestive, immune, lymphatic, urinary, and reproductive systems at the relevant levels of biological organization (chemical, cellular, tissue, organ, and organ system). Covers acid-base balance and human development. This course includes a laboratory component. This course is part of Oregon Common Course Numbering. BI 233Z and BI 233 are equivalent at PCC. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: 

  1. Explain key homeostatic mechanisms and feedback loops in the lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. 
  2. Describe anatomical structures and their relationships to function in the lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems and human development.
  3. Explain key processes of the lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems and human development. 
  4. Relate the relevant levels of biological organization to the functions of the lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.
  5. Describe how the lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems interact with other body systems.
  6. Apply physiological and/or anatomical concepts of the lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems to practical scenarios such as clinical, public health, and societal issues. 
  7. Identify major structures in the lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems using lab materials. 

Quantitative Reasoning

Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to analyze questions or problems that impact the community and/or environment using quantitative information.

General education philosophy statement

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Course Activities and Design

This course will be taught in a traditional lecture and laboratory format. Lecture will be presented utilizing a variety of multimedia and interactive presentations. Laboratory experiences will be largely hands-on and team-based, utilizing a variety of resources including (but not limited to): multimedia, prepared microscope slides, human and animal specimens.
 

Outcome Assessment Strategies

At the beginning of the course, the instructor will explain the methods used to evaluate student progress and the criteria for assigning a course grade. Instructors are encouraged to include a variety of techniques, including: examinations, quizzes, poster and/or oral presentations, interpretation of case studies, homework assignments, laboratory write-ups, research papers, portfolios and small group exercises.