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BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES
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BIOS
345 - Human
Physiology
Four Quarter Hours
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| PREREQUISITES: This course is intended primarily for students in education, medical technology, physical education, and pre-physical therapy. Students must have completed one course in anatomy (Ohio University students must take Zoology 300, Anatomy and Physiology, or Zoology 301, Human Anatomy). |
| COURSE OVERVIEW: The undergraduate course covers functions of various systems in humans with special reference to physiological adaptations to environment. |
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METHODS
OF COURSE INSTRUCTION:
All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and
students communicate and exchange materials through postal
mail.
E-PRINT
OPTION
Students
may use e-mail to submit lesson assignments, using any e-mail
provider and any standard e-mail software. The assignments
that are submitted electronically are printed and sent to
the instructor by mail, not e-mail, so assignments may be
sent as attached documents, thus preserving the original format.
Graded assignments will be returned as printed copy by postal
mail. Instructions for the e-print option are enclosed with
the course guide.
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TEXTBOOKS
AND SUPPLIES:
ISBN
0314042725 Sherwood, Lauralee, Fundamentals of Physiology:
A Human Perspective, 2nd ed., S t. Paul: West Publishing
Co., 1995
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
| STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| NUMBER OF LESSONS: The course has twenty lessons, including three supervised examinations. |
| TYPES
OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: Each
lesson has a writing assignment consisting of several short-answer
questions covering the material of the lesson. |
EXAMINATIONS:
This
course requires three supervised examinations. Each of three
examinations covers about one-third of the course material.
Two hours is allowed for each examination; all examinations
consist of multiple-choice questions which cover both the textbook
readings and the study guide discussion. All materials are provided;
no textbooks, notes, or supplementary aids are permitted.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail. |
| GRADING CRITERIA: A numerical score is given to each lesson assignment, with scores of 85-100 equal to A, 75-84 equal to B, 65-74 equal to C, 50-64 equal to D, and below 50 equal to F. The average of lesson assignment grades and the three examinations each count twenty-five percent of the final grade. |
ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call
Independent
and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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