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Schedule of Classes and Activities
Week I. 08/27 Introductions. Assignment: Begin reading Chapter 1. 08/29 Lecture/Discussion:
The Body as a Compartment. 08/31 Lecture/Discussion:
Cell Structure. 08/31 No laboratory session this week. Week II. 09/03 Group
Activity: Making Sense of Medical Forms. 09/05 Lecture/Discussion:
Using the Scientific Method and Homeostatic Processes. Assignment: Begin reading Chapter 2. 09/07 Lecture/Discussion:
The Heart, Blood Vessels, and Blood. 09/07 Laboratory Session I: Anatomical
Terminology. Week III. 09/10 Lecture/Discussion:
The Heart, Blood Vessels, and Blood continued. 09/12 Lecture/Discussion:
The Respiratory System. Assignment:
Prepare for Test I. 09/14 Major Test I. 09/14 Laboratory Session II: Aspects of the
Circulatory System. Week IV. 09/17 Lecture/Discussion:
The Respiratory System continued. 09/19 Lecture/Discussion:
The Movement of Materials into and out of Cells. 09/21 Lecture/Discussion:
The Lymphatic/Immune System. 09/21 Laboratory Session III: Diffusion and the
Movement of Materials Across Membranes. Week V. 09/24 Lecture/Discussion:
The Urinary/Excretory System. 09/26 Lecture/Discussion:
The Skeletal and Muscular Systems. 09/28 Lecture/Discussion:
The Skeletal and Muscular Systems continued. Assignment:
Begin reading Chapter 3. 09/28 Laboratory Session IV: The Skeleton and
Superficial Muscles. Week VI. 10/01 Lecture/Discussion:
The Nervous System and the Senses. Assignment: Prepare for Test II. 10/03 Major Test II. 10/05 Lecture/Discussion:
The Nervous System and the Senses continued. 10/05 Laboratory Session V: Group Presentations on Human Diseases. Week VII. 10/08 Lecture/Discussion:
The Nervous System and the Senses continued. 10/10 Lecture/Discussion:
The Nervous System continued. 10/12 Lecture/Discussion:
The Endocrine System. 10/12 Laboratory Session VI: Group Presentations on
Human Diseases. Week VIII. 10/15 Lecture/Discussion:
The Endocrine System continued. 10/17 Lecture/Discussion:
The Endocrine System continued. Assignment: Prepare for Test III. 10/19 Major Test III. 10/19 No laboratory session this week. Fall Break 10/20 – 10/28 Week IX. 10/29 Lecture/Discussion:
The Immune System. 10/31 Lecture/Discussion:
The Immune System continued. Assignment: Begin reading Chapter 4. 11/02 Lecture/Discussion:
The Chemistry of Life. 11/02 Laboratory Session VII: Testing the Senses. Week X. 11/05 Lecture/Discussion:
The Chemistry of Life continued. 11/07 Lecture/Discussion:
The Digestive System. Assignment: Prepare for Test IV. 11/09 Major Test IV. 11/09 Laboratory Session VIII: Enzymes and Digestion. Week XI. 11/12 Lecture/Discussion:
The Digestive System continued. 11/14 Lecture/Discussion:
Cellular Respiration. Assignment: begin reading Chapter 5. 11/16 Lecture/Discussion:
The Reproductive Systems. 11/16 Laboratory Session X: Human Inheritance. Week XII. 11/19 Lecture/Discussion:
The Reproductive Systems continued. Assignment: Begin reading Chapters 6 and 7. Thanksgiving Break – 11/21 − 11/25 Week XIII. 11/26 Lecture/Discussion:
The Chemicals of Heredity – DNA and Protein Production. 11/28 Lecture/Discussion:
Patterns of Inheritance. Assignment: Prepare for Test V. 11/30 Major Test
V. 11/30 Laboratory Session XI: Recombinant DNA
Technology. Week XIV. 12/03 Lecture/Discussion:
Patterns of Inheritance continued. Assignment:
Begin reading Chapter 8 (Our Distant Past). 12/05 Lecture/Discussion:
Our Distant Past – Evolution. 12/07 Lecture/Discussion:
Evolution continued. 12/07 No laboratory session this week. Week XV. 12/10 Lecture/Discussion:
Evolution continued. 12/12 Major Test VI. 12/18 Final Examination: 9:30 A.M. |
