The Lecture section of the Study Guide includes several parts. Each chapter corresponds to a major unit. Within each chapter, the following subdivisions are included:

Objectives - These are the major concepts to be learned.

Knowledge to bring to class - This section includes homework questions you should answer and Latin/Greek terms you should know before coming to class. You must use this manual, your textbook, and a dictionary to complete many of the questions.

Outline of the subject matter - The outline is generally written in narrative form for ease of study and usually on even numbered pages.

Figures - The figures are usually on odd numbered pages and refer to the outline on the previous even numbered page.

The cognitive domain of knowledge refers to intellectual abilities and skills (as opposed to attitudes, values, etc). Six levels of the cognitive domain exist: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Knowledge refers essentially to remembering facts. Comprehension is an understanding of something as it is presented. Application implies that knowledge can be used correctly. Analysis involves the breakdown of material into parts. Synthesis involves putting parts together into a logical whole. Evaluation involves the ability to make a judgment about the value of something.

In this course you will be expected to apply the first five of these levels: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, and synthesis.

The material in this course is not to be memorized but understood. To do this you must bring knowledge to class and become actively involved in your learning.

FEEDBACK, ASSESSMENT, AND GRADING: Effective students understand the importance of getting feedback to improve their learning. Feedback is extremely important for both instructors and students. Since the goal of the course is to help you improve your understanding of anatomy and physiology, assessments and feedback must focus on more than the memorization of facts and should occur continuously.

One type of assessment is summative assessment which involves teacher feedback intended to measure the results of learning. Your grade is determined from summative assessment. Another is formative assessment which emphasizes student understanding and teaching improvement. This type of assessment is used to review your thinking on the subject. This type of assessment is not used to determine your grade. Diagnostic assessment is given before instruction to determine student understanding.

Your course grade is determined from summative assessments, including hour exams over class and lab, smaller grades from lab assignments, quizzes, and homework, and a final exam covering the entire course. The hour exams are scheduled in the course outline. You may be assigned seats for exams and alternate forms of the exam may be given.  Hour exams weigh between 50 and 150 points and the final exam weighs 100 points. The weight other grades varies.

I.                             Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 1.1
II.                            Molecular Level of Organization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
III.                           Cell Level of Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
IV.                           Tissues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.1
V.                            Skin .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.1
VII.                          Skeleton  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7.1
VIII.                         Muscles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8.1
IX.                           Cells of the Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1
X.                            Functional Organization of the NS .. . . . . . . . . . 10.1
XI.                           Automatic nervous system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11.1
XII.                          Special senses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1