Syllabus

Science Prerequisites for Health Professionals

ANPS 1011: Anatomy and Physiology II

Credits - 4

Description

This is the second of a series of two courses in Anatomy and Physiology. It is fast-paced and designed to continue to provide the foundation for students who intend to pursue a career in healthcare or seek admission into a professional school. This course is structured to teach the anatomy and physiology of the human body by organ systems and includes a laboratory component that reinforces concepts learned in the theory component of the course, while simultaneously providing opportunities to master skills that are commonly used in healthcare practice. Emphasis is placed on clinical applications, structure, and function, integration of body systems, homeostasis, and critical thinking. Topics covered in this course include the nervous system, cardiovascular system, Immune system, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system, fluid, electrolyte and acid balance, metabolism, and nutrition.

Delivery method: fully online. Desirable background: A&P I

 

Materials

Main Texts

  • Openstax — Anatomy and Physiology, 2nd edition
  • McGraw Hill A&P digital suite — book agnostic, requires purchase
    • Note: if you are doing this course directly after ANPS 1010, your subscription may still be active

Supplementary

  • Anatomy Zone videos
  • University of Washington Nursing OER
  • University of Utah HEAL collection

Webcam

An external webcam is required for proctored exams. If you do not have one, you may order one here: External Webcam.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Apply anatomical terminology to locate, identify, and describe bodily structures
  • Describe the different levels of organization of the human body
  • Explain the different mechanisms that the body uses to maintain homeostasis
  • Outline the name, location, and functions of the organs that compose the organ systems studied in this course
  • Explain the interactions of individual organ systems with other organ systems
  • Evaluate how structure leads to function in the context of the human body
  • Apply physiology concepts in the laboratory setting
  • Analyze physiological variables to determine function

SELF PACED DESIGN

On the course start date, students will have access to orientation. This must be completed to be able to gain access to the first module in the course. Students must complete the first module to gain access to the next one. We recommend that students spend about 15 hours per week to complete a course in 16 weeks. When trying to complete the course in less than 16 weeks, we typically see students do this successfully within 12-14 weeks. Instructors will be timely in grading and feedback, but it will not be instant.

Assignments

Lab Activities and Quizzes

This course uses the labs and lab quizzes in the McGraw Hill Connect platform. You will need to purchase access to the platform that will be good for both this course and the second one in the sequence. Lab activities and quizzes are to be completed on the platform and your grade will transfer to the course automatically.

Discussions

There are three discussions in the course that ask you to think more about and provide context to the concepts learned in the course. You will need to submit both an initial post and a response post to one of your classmates that expands on the conversation. 

Assignments

There are eight assignments in the course separate from the lab activities designed to get you to engage with and transfer the knowledge learned within the course to different contexts. 

Weekly Quizzes

Each week has a multiple-choice quiz that covers the topics learned for that week. If there are multiple sections in a week, all will contribute to the quiz. These are designed to allow you to review the material and discover topics that you may need to spend more time on. Questions from the module quizzes may be present in the final exam. 

Exams

The midterm and final exams are multiple-choice proctored exams taken in Brightspace. You will be required to take it with a proctor present and it will pull from the questions from all modules. 

 

Grading Policy

Your grade in this course will be determined by the following criteria:

Grade Breakdown

AssignmentPercentage of Grade
Lab Activities and Quizzes30%
Discussions10%
Assignments15%
Content Quizzes20%
Midterm and Final Exams25%
Total100%

Grade Scale

Grade Points Grade Point Average (GPA)
A 94 – 100% 4.00
A- 90 – 93% 3.75
B+ 87 – 89% 3.50
B 84 – 86% 3.00
B- 80 – 83% 2.75
C+ 77 – 79% 2.50
C 74 – 76% 2.00
C- 70 – 73% 1.75
D 64 – 69% 1.00
F 00 – 63% 0.00

Schedule

Week Topic/Assignment
Week 1: Introduction, Nervous System, and Nervous Tissue

Sections 1.1: Nervous System, Nervous Tissue

Lab Assignments

Introductions Discussion

Week 2: Anatomy of the Nervous System

Section 1.2: Anatomy of the Nervous System

Discussion 1: Seizures

Lab Assignments

Quiz 1

Week 3: The Somatic Nervous System

Section 1.3: Somatic Nervous System

Assignment 1: Hearing Loss

Lab Assignment

Week 4: The Autonomic Nervous System

Section 1.4: The Autonomic Nervous System

Lab Assignments

Week 5: The Neurologic Exam

Section 1.5: The Neurologic Exam

Lab Assignments

Assignment 2: Conduct a Neurologic Exam

Quiz 2

Week 6: The Endocrine System

Section 1.6: The Endocrine System

Lab Assignments

Assignment 3: The Endocrine System Cheat SAheet

Assignment 4: Axes of the Endocrine System

Quiz 3

Week 7: Blood

Section 2.1: Blood

Lab Assignments

Assignment 5: Sickle Cell Disease

Week 8: The Heart & Midterm Exam

Section 2.2: The Heart

Lab Assignments

Midterm Exam

Week 9: Blood Vessels and Circulation

Section 2.3: Blood Vessels and Circulation

Lab Assignments

Week 10: Lymphatic and Immune System

Section 2.4: Lymphatic and Immune System

Lab Assignments

Assignment 6: ELISA Lab

Quiz 4

Week 11: The Respiratory System

Section 3.1: The Respiratory System

Lab Assignments

Assignment 7: Air Molecule Journey

Quiz 5

Week 12: The Digestive System

Section 3.2: The Digestive System

Discussion 2: The History of Fat

Lab Assignments

Week 13: Metabolism and Nutrition

Section 3.3: Metabolism and Nutrition

Assignment 8: HHMI Interactive Lactase Persistence

Quiz 6

Week 14: The Urinary System

Section 3.4: The Urinary System

Lab Assignments

Quiz 7

Week 15: Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance

Section 3.5: Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance

Lab Assignments

Quiz 8

Week 16: Final Exam

Final Exam

 

Student Resources

Online Student Support

Your Student Support Specialist is a resource for you - they will monitor course progression and provide assistance or guidance when needed. Please don’t hesitate to contact them for assistance, including, but not limited to course planning, course materials, billing, current problems or issues in a course, technology concerns, or personal emergencies.

Questions? Visit the Student Support Science Prerequisites page

Instructor and Support Contact Information

Check Brightspace for specific instructor and support specialist contact information.

Student Lounge

The Student Lounge Discussion Board is a designated support forum in which students may engage with each other and grapple with course content. Feel free to post questions, seek clarification, and support each other, but be mindful of UNE's Academic Integrity Policy.

Your instructor will monitor this forum. However, if you are seeking specific and timely answers to questions about course content or your personal grades, please contact your instructor via course messages. For questions about course materials, program policy, and how to navigate and proceed through the course, please contact your Student Service Advisor through the Student Portal.

Policies

Proctored Examinations

Your course may have proctored exams. The University of New England has contracted with ProctorU to provide students with the most convenient online exam proctoring system. This system provides a simple, no cost to the student, secure, online proctor for exams and allows the student to take all the exams at home and on their own schedule.

Upon enrollment into the course, each student will register with ProctorU and establish a login name and password. This will give the student access to all of ProctorU's services. When ready, students will schedule each of their proctored exams with ProctorU. Exams must be scheduled at least 72 hours in advance to avoid fees. Prior to taking their exams, students must be sure that they have downloaded any required additional software. They must also be sure their testing site's connection meets the minimum requirements by using ProctorU's "Test It Out" utility.

Upon the exam day and hour, students will log in to ProctorU and click on "exams". After following the procedures outlined at ProctorU's website, the student will log in to Brightspace and locate their correct exam. The proctor will then allow student access to that exam.

Students must use ProctorU and must follow all proctoring requirements for their exams to be credited. Please contact your instructor for specific feedback.

Exam Attempts Policy

Students will receive two attempts at all proctored examinations. The higher score of the two attempts will be calculated into the final grade. Students can schedule their second attempt by following the same ProctorU instructions as with the original exam.

All students are encouraged to utilize a second attempt on their exams in order to improve their overall performance in the course.

Course Discussions

Discussion topics cover events or materials related to this course that contribute to a deeper understanding of key concepts and allow you to interact with your classmates and the instructor. Each discussion topic may require you to conduct internet research, read additional materials, visit a specific webpage, AND/OR view a short video before writing a response following the specific guidelines in the discussion topic prompt.

To earn full credit you will need to post a response to the discussion topic, respond to the original posts of other students, and then contribute meaningfully to an ongoing discussion. You may need to post your initial response before you will see any posts from your classmates. For special cases where one or two students are accelerating faster through the course, the instructor will participate in the discussion so that everyone has the opportunity to interact.

Please see Brightspace for a full description, along with specific guidelines, for each discussion topic. Discussion board assignments should be completed, along with all other assignments in the course, in the order that they appear. Due to the course design, you may be unable to take a proctored exam if you do not complete all assignments that appear prior to that exam.

Please also refer to the Grading Policy/Grade Breakdown section of the syllabus to learn the percentage of your grade that each discussion is worth.

Technology Requirements

Please review the technical requirements for UNE Online Programs: Technical Requirements

Course Length

A schedule of lectures and assignments is included in this syllabus. This is, however a self-paced course and you can complete the course in less time.

  1. Courses in the SPHP program are equivalent to one-semester courses designed to be completed in 16 weeks
  2. Enrollment in the course begins the day your section opens which is listed in the Academic Calendar found on the Student Success Portal.
  3. Course start and end dates are in respect to Eastern Time.

Withdrawal and Refund Policies

Please visit the enrollment page to review the withdrawal and refund policies.

Grade Policy

Students are expected to attempt and complete all graded assignments and proctored exams by the end date of the course. View the incomplete grade policy..

Transcripts

Due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, only the student may request official transcripts. This may be done online by going to the University of New England Registrar website and following the directions on the page.

Academic Integrity

The University of New England values academic integrity in all aspects of the educational experience. Academic dishonesty in any form undermines this standard and devalues the original contributions of others. It is the responsibility of all members of the University community to actively uphold the integrity of the academy; failure to act, for any reason, is not acceptable.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to the following:

  1. Cheating, copying, or the offering or receiving of unauthorized assistance or information.
  2. Fabrication or falsification of data, results, or sources for papers or reports.
  3. Action which destroys or alters the work of another student.
  4. Multiple submission of the same paper or report for assignments in more than one course without permission of each instructor.
  5. Plagiarism, the appropriation of records, research, materials, ideas, or the language of other persons or writers and the submission of them as one's own.

Charges of academic dishonesty will be reviewed by the Program Director. Penalties for students found responsible for violations may depend upon the seriousness and circumstances of the violation, the degree of premeditation involved, and/or the student’s previous record of violations. Appeal of a decision may be made to the Dean whose decision will be final. Student appeals will take place through the grievance process outlined in the student handbook.