PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - BIO 3203
                                                                       Fall 2008

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Diane M. Gilmore     
OFFICE: LSE 415                 PHONE: 680 -8083        E-MAIL: mgilmore@astate.edu

OFFICE HOURS: Monday and Wednesday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., and Thursday 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., or by appointment.  If you need to talk to me at another time, see me before or after class, leave a note on my door, e-mail me, call me or call the Biology Office at 973-3082. Please be sure to update your student information on web for students so that I may contact you if necessary.

WEB SITE: www.clt.astate.edu/mgilmore
This site contains web pages which I will use for posting study guides, giving hints on taking tests, PowerPoint presentations and other course related material.

LECTURE TEXT: Essentials of Pathophysiology Concepts of Altered Health States,  2nd edition, by Carol Mattson Porth, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, pub. You are also required to purchase a Quizdom clicker. This may be obtained used from the ASU bookstore.
Reading the assigned material prior to lecture is strongly suggested!
    There is a great deal of material to be covered in this course. To pass the course, it will be necessary to study often for short periods of time. Writing information onto index cards can be a portable means of studying while caught in lines at stores, movies, red lights, etc. Cramming the day before the test is a sure-fire path to failure. If you are having any problems in the course or questions over the material, please come and talk to me before exams. There is NOTHING I can do for you during the last week of class or after final grades are given. I do not allow papers for extra credit. If you wish to drop a course, you may now do this on web for students any time prior to the last day to drop.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To give the student a working knowledge of some of the pathophysiology of major body systems; incidence, cause and treatment of these conditions and corresponding terminology.

CLASSROOM POLICIES: Talking to your neighbor during class, rustling newspapers, snoring, and beeping devices such as pagers and cell phones disturb those around you as well as your instructor. Please turn these devices off before class. If your cell phone makes a noise during an examination, you will lose 10 points off your exam score. If chatting is a problem, you will be asked to leave the classroom and may be counted absent. No tobacco of any kind is permitted - chewing included.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY: Arkansas State University enthusiastically promotes academic integrity and professional ethics among all members of the ASU academic community. Violations of this policy such as plagiarism, cheating, and allowing others to cheat are considered as serious misconduct and may result in disciplinary action and severe penalties.

PLEASE NOTE: It is unlawful to give grades over the telephone or Internet where I cannot be certain of the person on the other end; please do not call me or the school for your grade.

ATTENDANCE : Class meets Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. If you must miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain the notes for that class from a fellow student. Students will not be penalized if they cannot attend class due to inclement weather, but must get notes on the information covered in class from another student. If the college cancels class on a day when an exam is scheduled, the exam will be given on the next class day. Exam dates will not be changed, please try to arrange your schedule around them. Attendance records will be maintained and taken into account when assigning final grades.

INCLEMENT WEATHER:  The University will be open except in extreme circumstances. If you commute to the University, it is up to you to use your best judgment on whether you can get here safely. You will be given the opportunity to make up any work that you may have missed without penalty.

DISABILITY SERVICES: Students who require academic adjustments in the classroom due to a disability must first register with ASU Disability Services. Following registration and within the first two weeks of class, please contact me to discuss appropriate academic accommodations. Appropriate arrangements can be made to ensure equal access to this course.

EXAMS:  There will be five exams. Four exams will be given during regular class periods and the fifth will be given during the final exam time. Exams may consist of diagrams and multiple choice, matching, and short answer questions. Test material will come from both the text and the lecture material. There will also be several "pop" quizzes, which will count as extra credit. The purpose of these quizzes is to encourage you to keep up with the material on a daily basis, give you an idea of the type of questions that will be on the exam, and to give your grades a little boost. Attendance is mandatory for exams. In case of illness or emergency you should contact me or the Biology department secretary on the day of the exam. If athletic events or other circumstances make it impossible for you to take an exam at the scheduled time, speak with me about it as far in advance as possible. Make-up exams will be given only for a documented excuse and with proper notification .

GRADING SCALE:
    Each exam will count for a total of 100 points toward your final grade.  You will also receive one point each day for attendance and another point for correctly answering at least 40 % of the in class quiz questions each day. Since there will be five exams, you could receive 550 points (plus bonus points for quizzes and possibly seminars). The grading scale will be as follows:

                            A =  495 - 550 points
                            B  = 440 - 494 points
                            C =  385 - 439 points
                            D =   330 - 384 points
                            F =   less than 330 points