Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Welcome to 232!  I am so glad you are joining me! Everyone in the class should feel valued, included and welcome.  I can't wait to meet you and learn with you!!!! Here are a few pictures of me and welcome videos

Lecture & Lab Materials:

*The Text* Feel free to use any edition of Saladin (textbook) for the class (Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, Saladin ANY edition). 

*The Lab Manual* Please do not buy anything for lab.  The lab manual is a pdf and is free inside our course shell. 

Attendance:

Lecture meets in person on Mondays. We start at 4:30 for lecture and have lab right after lecture! Make sure you are free on Mondays to come to class. Thank you!

Lab meets in person at RC, building 7, room 121 and Attendance is required.   

Optional Zoom meeting is on Wednesday or Thursday morning at 10am. We will record it if you cannot join and this is a time to go over test style questions, hard material and lab stuff. It is a great time to work together but it is optional so no problem if you cannot make it!

Weekly Routine:

Our class is divided into weekly modules.  All lecture material is recorded and the student should watch weekly videos prior to class.  Each chapter has lecture notes to use and fill in while you watch the video.  During lecture time, we will cover content that was challenging and answer practice test questions together.  During lab time, we will go over lab material together.  We will finish the lab each week with a short, shared, collaborative discussion.  We have homework due each week on Sunday night.  The course also has one project that integrates art and biology, cultural relevance and biology or information literacy.  

Tests/Quizzes:

There are two tests, two lab tests and a final exam. In addition, there are 4-5 low stakes quizzes given during the term.  Lab quizzes and tests are given in person. We will practice the type of questions on the test each week during our synchronous time together.

Lab Project: Everyone has the opportunity to make a fun project in lab, covering something we learn about in 232 (endocrine, the brain, cardiovascular, special and general sensation or blood/blood vessels/pressure). This is usually quite fun and students really enjoy it.

Participation: I will have some participation points in lecture and lab. 

See you in Spring!

Grading Criteria:

Lecture is worth 70% of the final grade and lab counts as 30% of the final grade.

Grades are assigned as follows:  90-100% A  80-89% B    70-79% C        60-69% D        <60% F

Please have access to the internet and a computer that can open Google Suite, Word and PDF (have a backup computer plan).  You will need to create documents in one of these formats. You may also need to convert images (gif, jpeg, png) to pdf files.  There are free apps to do this (I use the free Adobe to PDF converter app).