Biology 2A03 Integrative Physiology of Animals Winter Term - 2011

BIOLOGY 2A03
Integrative Physiology of Animals
Winter Term – 2011

INSTRUCTOR: Grant B. McClelland, Ph.D., LS 228, Ext 24266, grantm@mcmaster.ca

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT: Thelma Leech, LSB 118, Ext 24629, leecht@mcmaster.ca

LECTURES: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-6:20 pm; MDCL 1305

LABORATORIES: Monday to Friday, 2:30 to 5:20 pm or 8:30 to 11:20 am. Labs are held
in LS 109 or 110. Please check your lab assignment to make sure that
you know which lab room your section is assigned to. An additional lab
section may be added if needed. Students must attend the lab section to
which they have been assigned. Those with conflicts should arrange
their own lab change through SOLAR. It is your responsibility to
show up to the correct lab section and lab room.

TEXTS:
A) Lectures: Required Textbook: Principles of Human Physiology, 2nd or 3rd Edition By Germann
and Stanfield, Pearson Benjamin Cummings

B) Labs: Lab handouts will be available online.

MARKS: 30% 3 Quizzes @ 10% each (written during lecture slots; Room assignments
for quizzes will be announced online); quizzes are cumulative
30% *Laboratories (2 semi-formal lab reports @ 5% each, & 2 full lab
reports @ 8% each, 1 short questionnaires @ 4%)
40% §Final Exam; exam is cumulative and covers all topics

* No special lab notebook is required for the lab but you must have a way to record data. You should also
bring your textbook and class notes to the lab with questionnaires. In event of a storm closure check online
for alternate arrangements for those lab sections.

† IMPORTANT NOTE:

POLICY REGARDING MISSED WORK IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE:

Beginning in September 2010, undergraduate students who have missed academic work due to an absence
will use the improved on-line self-reporting tool, named the McMaster Student Absence Form (MSAF).
The MSAF can be reached at https://pinjap01.mcmaster.ca/msaf/ . The MSAF is only available to
undergraduate students whose absence is 5 days or less in duration. Such students will list the work they
have missed, by course, into the system and an email request for relief will automatically be sent to the
course instructor or designate. It will continue to be the responsibility of the student to follow up with
his/her instructor to discuss the nature of the relief. If you have missed work, it is your responsibility to
speak with Thelma Leech LSB 118, Ext 24629, leecht@mcmaster.ca as soon as possible.

IMPORTANT NOTE – Students MUST complete a minimum of 75% of the course

work (lab + quizzes) to obtain credit for Biology 2A03, even if they have approved notes
from the Associate Dean’s office.

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Missed labs:
A. Semi-formal and formal Lab reports (1, 2, 3, & 4): If you miss attending labs 1, 2, 3 or 4 and
you have a note from the Associate Dean’s office (using the McMaster Student Absence Form), you must
still do a semi-formal or formal report using data posted online OR obtained from your TA OR Mrs. Leech.
Your lab report will be due the same time as the rest of your section.
Please note:
Î If you do not obtain a McMaster Student Absence Form you will receive a mark of zero for that
lab – also see note below on missed work policy for minimum requirements for credit in the
course.

If you obtain a McMaster Student Absence Form for the due date of a semi-formal or formal lab
report, the lab report is still due. Contact Mrs. Leech to arrange a new due date.

NOTE: The McMaster Student Absence Form does not give you an exemption for
semi-formal or formal lab reports, they either excuse you from attending the lab itself or may
give you an extension of the due date. Unless you hand in a semi-formal or formal lab report for
labs 1, 2, 3 or 4 you will receive a grade of zero for labs 1, 2, 3 or 4 even though you have
completed a McMaster Student Absence Form. The semi-formal and formal lab reports can be
completed using class data posted online or obtained from Mrs. Leech or your TA.

B. Informal Lab Report (Lab 5): Lab 5 has a lab report that is due at the end of the lab period. If
you miss attending lab 5, a McMaster Student Absence Form is required. Contact Mrs. Leech as
soon as possible after the missed lab. It may be possible to arrange a make up lab. If a make up lab
cannot be arranged the value of the missed informal lab report (4%) will be added onto your final
exam.

POLICY ON LATE LAB REPORTS

i) Reports for lab 1, 2, 3 and 4 (semi-formal and formal) lab reports are due at the start of your
next lab. Hand the lab in directly to your TA. Lab 5 is a short questionnaire, due on the same
day as the lab, at the end of the lab session.
ii) Lab reports received after the above deadlines will not be marked and will receive a
grade of zero.
iii) The McMaster Student Absence Form does not excuse you from handing in semi-formal
or formal lab reports. It will only allow you to negotiate an extension in the due date. See
the note in the box above.

IMPORTANT DATES (Other)

Jan 3 – Classes begin
Jan 10 – Labs start for Odd numbered lab sections
Jan 11 – Last day to register or add, drop
Jan 17 – Labs start for Even numbered lab sections
January 31 – Test #1 – 5:30 to 6:30 pm (lecture slot) Room assignments TBA
Feb 21 - 26 – Mid-term recess
March 7 – Test #2 - 5:30 to 6:30 pm (lecture slot) Room assignments TBA
March 28 – Test #3 - 5:30 to 6:30 pm (lecture slot) Room assignments TBA
March 30 – April 6 – Test Ban
Apr 5 – Classes End

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Lecture and Laboratory Schedule*

Week Date Lecture #, Topic and Source Laboratory
1,2,3; Introduction; Cells,
Tissues, Compartments;
1 Jan. 3-7
Homeostasis; Protein activity
No Lab
Ch. 1,2,3
Introduction and Lab #1 Human
4,5,6; Transport Mechanisms I &
Nutrition & Energetics
2 Jan. 10-14 II; Signal Transduction
Ch. 4,5
(Semi-Formal lab report, worth 5%)
ODD LAB SECTIONS
7,8,9; Circulation I, II & III
(as above)
3 Jan. 17-21 Ch. 15, 16 (2nd Ed); Ch. 14,15 (3rd
Ed)
EVEN LAB SECTIONS
10,11,12; Circulation IV, V, VI Lab #2 Do-it-yourself heart
4 Jan. 24-28 Ch. 14, 15 (2nd Ed); Ch. 13,14 (3rd
Ed)
(Semi-Formal Lab Report, worth 5%)
ODD LAB SECTIONS
Quiz#1 Monday, Jan 31; 13,14;
(as above)
5 Jan 31 – Feb 4 Kidney I & II
Ch. 19 (2nd Ed.); Ch 18 (3rd Ed.)
EVEN LAB SECTIONS
Lab #3 Human Cardiovascular
15, 16,17; Kidney III, IV and V
Function
6 Feb. 7-11 Ch. 19, 20 (2nd Ed.); Ch 18, 19
(3rd Ed.)
(Formal lab report, worth 8%)
ODD LAB SECTIONS
18, 19, 20; Neurophysiology I, II,
(as above)
7 Feb. 14-18 III
Ch. 8,9 (2nd Ed.); Ch. 7,8 (3rd Ed.)
EVEN LAB SECTIONS

8 Feb. 21-24 Mid Term recess, no lectures No Labs

21; 22, 23; Neurophysiology IV,
Lab #4 Human Reflexes
Cell metabolism I, Respiration I
9 Feb. 28 – Mar. 4
Ch. 9,3,17 (2nd Ed.); Ch.
(Formal Lab Report, worth 8%))
ODD LAB SECTIONS
8,3,16(3rd Ed.)
Quiz #2 Monday Mar 7; 24, 25;
(as above)
10 Mar. 7-11 Respiration II, III Ch.17, 18 (2nd
Ed.); Ch. 16, 17(3rd Ed.)
EVEN LAB SECTIONS
Lab #5 Mouse Respiration (Short
26, 27, 28; Respiration IV, V, VI
11 Mar. 14-18
Ch.18 (2nd Ed.); Ch. 17 (3rd Ed.)
questionnaire, worth 4%)
ODD LAB SECTIONS
29, 30, 31; Respiration VII,
(as above)
12 Mar. 21-25 Hormones I, II Ch. 5, 6, 18 (2nd
rd
Ed.); Ch. 5,6,17 (3 Ed.)
EVEN LAB SECTIONS
Quiz #3 Monday Mar 28; 32,
13 Mar. 28-Apr.1 33; Muscle I, II
Ch. 13 (2nd Ed.); Ch. 12(3rd Ed.)
No Lab

34, 35; Muscle III, IV, Review

14 Apr. 4-5 Session Ch. 13 (2nd Ed.); Ch. 12
(3rd Ed.)
No Lab

*Changes to this schedule may occur; if so, you will be notified accordingly

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LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – AVENUE TO LEARN

In this course we will be Avenue to Learn as our online learning management system. Students are
encouraged to use the discussion options in Avenue to Learn to contact their TAs and professors, to post
questions regarding course material, and to discuss the content of the course. Avenue to Learn will be the
primary means to disseminate information, announcements and electronic files (course outline, lab
instructions, lecture outlines etc). Discussion folders will be set up for various topics in the course and
students are strongly encouraged to use these resources.

Students should be aware that, when they access the electronic components of this course, private
information such as first and last names, user names for the McMaster e-mail accounts, and program
affiliation may become apparent to all other students in the same course. The available information is
dependent on the technology used. Continuation in this course will be deemed consent to this disclosure. If
you have any questions or concerns about such disclosure please discuss this with the course instructor.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

Attention is drawn to the Statement on Academic Ethics and the Senate Resolutions on Academic
Dishonesty as found in the Senate Policy Statements distributed at registration and available in the Senate
Office. Any student who infringes any one of these resolutions will be treated according to published
policy.

You are expected to exhibit honesty and use ethical behaviour in all aspects of the learning process.
Academic credentials you earn are rooted in principles of honesty and academic integrity.

Academic dishonesty is to knowingly act or fail to act in a way that results in or could result in unearned
academic credit or advantage. This behaviour can result in serious consequences, e.g. the grade of zero on
an assignment, loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: “Grade of F assigned for
academic dishonesty”), and/or suspension or expulsion from the university.

It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on the various
types of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, located at
http://www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity

The following illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty:

1. Plagiarism, e.g. the submission of work that is not one’s own or for which other credit has been
obtained.
2. Improper collaboration in group work. While students may find it helpful to discuss assignments
with each other, it is not acceptable to prepare common answers. Where laboratories require
you to work in groups the data obtained will be all the same, but your treatment of it (tables,
graphs, Results & Discussion) must be your own individual work. Your answers to theory
questions, results & discussion & computer derived graphs should be your own. For example,
you and your lab partner(s) cannot print out 2 to 4 versions of the same graph(s) even
though you are working with the same data. Each student must create and print out their
own versions of the graphs in biology labs even though their data is the same as their lab
partners.
3. Copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations.

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GRADES
Please discuss any uncertainties about term grades with Thelma Leech before the final exam is written.
Grades obtained for 2A03 will be converted according to the following scheme, which is the one in general
use at McMaster University.

90-100% A+ 12 63-66% C 5
85-89% A 11 60-62% C- 4
80-84% A- 10 57-59% D+ 3
77-79% B+ 9 53-56% D 2
73-76% B 8 50-52% D- 1
70-72% B- 7 0-49% F 0
67-69% C+ 6

COURSE MODIFICATIONS
The instructor and university reserve the right to modify elements of the course during the term. The
university may change the dates and deadlines for any or all courses in extreme circumstances. If either
type of modification becomes necessary, reasonable notice and communication with the students will be
given with explanation and the opportunity to comment on changes. It is the responsibility of the student to
check their McMaster email and Biology 2A03 website weekly during the term and to note any changes.

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