Spring 2025-2431 Syllabus

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2024-25 HCC Academic Calendar

INDEX

course description and overview

course information

about your instructor

learning outcomes

MODULES

COURSE POLICY AND PROCEDURES

evaluation

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course description and overview

Credit

1

Modality

100% Online

Duration and Dates

This course is 15 weeks in length and begins August 21, 2023 and ends on December 1, 2023. Drop and Add August 21-22; First day to drop from full term online course is August 23; Last day to withdraw from full term online course is November 3.

15 weeks

Language

English

Prerequisites

The following courses are listed as pre-requisites to zoology in the Hinds catalog. (Prerequisites: MAT 1133 or MAT 1134 or higher; REA 1213). Zoology is considered a course for biology and related science majors in which zoology can be used as an upper level course in a program of study upon transfer. This is the lab that must be taken with the lecture course.

Department

Biology

Course Description

Requirements

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Co-requisite

There is a lecture that must be taken with this course. The co-requisite lecture is BIO 2433.

A laboratory course that contains experiments and exercises that reinforce the principles introduced in BIO 2433 General Zoology, Lecture.

Cuatrimestral / Semestral / Anual

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This course is 16 weeks long. The start date is January 26 and the end date is May 2.

This course is 1 credit hour.

This course will be completed 100% online through Canvas.

course information

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Instructor Contact

Textbook/Materials Information

Technology Requirements

Office Hours

Instructor Name: Daniece Harris-Williams (please call me Ms Williams) Office Location: Please see my virtual office hours below; I am an adjunct instructor and do not have a physical office on campus Office Phone: 601-909-0648. You will need to state your first and last name in order to be connected to Google Voice. You may leave a message if I don't happen to answer and I will return your call. My Email Address: Daniece.Harris-Williams@hindscc.edu (don't forget the dot and the dash or I will never see your message!) Email is the preferred mode of communication for this class. Please feel free to email me anytime at Daniece.Harris-Williams@hindscc.edu. I will answer all emails within 48 hours of the received time excluding weekends and holidays. If you do not receive a reply, please resend the email to ensure that I received the correspondence.

Textbook: Zoology 12th edition by Miller with Connect., McGraw-Hill Publishing. This textbook will be found on the McGraw-Hill button in Canvas. Lab manual: Exercises for the Zoology Laboratory, 4th edition, by David G. Smith, Morton Publishing. This lab manual will be on the Course Materials button in Canvas. Online resources: hindscc.instructure.com (Canvas LMS) All Textbooks for this course are part of Barnes and Noble first day access and will be found in Canvas. You have paid for these resources in your fees unless you opted out. If you opt out of resources for the course with Barnes and Noble, you will be required to secure the resources on your own and pay the associated costs.

Virtual office hours: Monday 5-6 p.m. and Wednesday 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

The minimum requirements for an online course as listed in the Distance Learning Student Guide are:

1. Students must own or have permanent access to a computer with a consistent internet connection. Maintaining internet access is the student’s responsibility.
2. Students must activate and use their Hinds email for college related communications
3. Basic Computer Skills

Basic computer skills could include use of email, navigating search engines, use of word processing application, updating your software, ensuring password security and the like.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

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Develop laboratory skills that allow a student to perform experiments through the use of the scientific method and experimentation and analyze data based on the concepts listed in BIO 2433. (from the Uniform Course Numbering System by the Mississippi Community College Board)

modules

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mo3

mo2

mo1

We are going to start this module off with the microscope and move on to the cells and tissues from there. Part of understanding cells and their activities would be to include certain aspects such as movement across membranes and process such as mitosis. This module comprises basic biological concepts that are usually found in any biology course and certainly a working knowledge of them would be important to the modern zoologist. We will demonstrate those activities that we can or otherwise model the ones we can not. If at any time you are uncertain of a process or activity, always refer back to the lecture for tutorials and details that you are studying there. Lab is designed to reinforce concepts that are discussed in lecture. As in lecture, the topics we discuss in Module 1 will lay the foundation for us to build upon as we move throughout the further units of study even though the emphasis will be in different ways. The lab topics for this module include: the microscope, cells and tissues, osmosis, diffusion as well as mitosis, animal body plans and symmetry as well as ecology.

Now that we have built a foundation on some basic concepts, it is time to move on to Module 2 which includes: Protists, Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes and Aschelminths (Nematoda). There is a great deal of variety and diversity among the living things in this unit. To start, the protists can be plant-like or animal-like and to the zoologist, the animal-like protists have been known as the protozoans for many years. Their coverage in zoology courses stems from fact that years ago they were included in the animal kingdom in classification. What is so unique about the protists is that all functions are performed within the limits of a single plasma membrane. The Phylum Porifera contains the sponges and like all animals, they are multi-cellular. They consist of loosely organized cells with no well-defined tissues. They are asymmetrical, sessile and mostly marine. Tissue-level of organization and radial symmetry are introduced with the next Phylum Cnidaria. The Cnidarians include animals such as jellyfish, corals and sea anemones. Their name originates from cnidocytes which contain stinging cells. Phylum Platyhelminthes introduces bilateral symmetry, cephalization and a triploblastic/acoelomate body plan to include organs. The aschelminths include animals that have a common feature in the pseudocoelom. We will study such animals nematodes or roundworms from this group.

This module includes the last groups of animals to see for lab! This module includes the following phyla: Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata and Chordata. The Molluscs are a very large group of animals with a head-foot, visceral mass and mantle. You may have seen Molluscs shells before at the beach or at an aquarium. Annelids have claimed their fame in metamerism and include animals such as earthworms and leeches. The Arthropods make up the largest phylum in the animal kingdom. More than three-fourths of all known species are members of this group. Part of their diversity lies in metamerism but they also exhibit an exoskeleton and jointed appendages. Who has never seen a spider, tick, mite, centipede or insect? You have even eaten some arthropods I'm quite certain...lobster, shrimp, crab anyone? The Echinoderms share a common ancestry with chordates and are deuterostomes. Included in this group are sea stars, sea urchins and sand dollars all possessing a water vascular system and endoskeleton. Lastly the Chordates show remarkable diversity in form and function. All chordates at some point have these features: the notochord, pharyngeal slits, a dorsal tubular nerve cord, endostyle and postanal tail.

course policy and procedures

exam Policy

COURSE PROCEDURES

assignment submissions

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS

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Grading plan

There will be TWO proctored exam given in this course. See the home page in Canvas for very important information regarding proctored exams. Make sure to read the entire page on the subject so you will clearly know what to expect. Dates will be assigned for all tests in the course syllabus area of Canvas. You will receive a grade of zero for any exam that you fail to complete. You must secure an appointment to take the proctored exams in an approved proctoring lab which can be selected from the Smarter Proctoring tab. This could be a Hinds lab or one at another site depending upon your location. You may not take any proctored exams in this course virtually. The exams have been set up so you can schedule your appointment from day one to take it at an approved testing facility.

This course is 15 weeks long. You will work through the content in each of the Modules on your own time through Canvas. Each graded assignment has due dates listed in Canvas. In order to be successful in this class, I ask that you:

• Read announcements
• Create a study and/or assignment schedule to stay on track
• Complete assignments by the specified due date
• Contact me if you have questions
• Read and respond to course messages as needed

What you can expect from me:

• I regularly post announcements to Canvas as reminders to students.
• HCC requires that a response be given to emails within 48 hours. You may email me directly at Daniece.Harris-Williams@hindscc.edu or you may email me through the Canvas Inbox. Either way, the message is received through my Hinds email because my Hinds email is the default email address within the Canvas inbox. I usually respond to emails in less than 48 hours.
• Instructor generated assignments in Canvas are usually muted while I grade the class submissions. Normally, I will un-mute the assignment and release all comments and grades within a day of the closing due date. If for any reason the grading involves more time than I anticipate, I will post an announcement to Canvas.
• I always make comments on Discussion posts as I grade them. Each discussion has a rubric so not only will you see the markings on the rubric but you can also read the comments that I make to you. Not only am I making comments to you but part of the reason Discussions are encouraged at our institution is to build a sense of community in online courses. You will notice in the directions and on rubric for discussions that responding to another student post may be necessary to obtain the points for that action.

Most assignments are submitted via Canvas and must be in the format requested for the Discussion, Paper, or other file uploads. Assignments will not be accepted via email or Canvas messaging. Assignments are always due by 11:59pm on the designated due (Central Standard Time). Please use proper grammar and check your spelling in all assignments. Do not use “text-speak” in your discussions. These are college course assignments and should reflect that level of attention. Many assignments will be graded via a rubric, which can be viewed in Canvas. It is highly recommended that you review the grading criteria on the rubric before beginning the assignment in order to strive to attain the maximum number of points. You can review the rubric to see how your points were distributed as well as instructor comments.

Chapter objectives, power points, mini lectures, notes, activities, media, assignments, discussions and quizzes will be utilized for instruction within modules on Canvas. Proctored exams will be given. See the course home page for information about proctored exams. The dates for all exams proctored and non-proctored are given in the modules and syllabus tabs on Canvas. This course is not a self-paced course. Students are expected to keep up with due dates for weekly assignments which can be viewed in Canvas syllabus.

Assessment will take the form of weekly assignments, discussions, quizzes (non-proctored) and proctored tests. The course grade is based a percentage from a combination of the following: Assignments/Discussions= 30%, Quizzes (non-proctored)=20% and Proctored Exams are worth 50%. Weekly assignments are not timed with the exception of a few quizzes and can be accessed throughout the week. You may use your notes, study guides, book, etc. to complete the weekly assignments. They will be available during dates specified on syllabus and once they close, they will not be reopened. You will receive a grade of zero for any assignments, discussions, quizzes or exams you fail to complete. Make-up work is not allowed in this course since all of these items are opened for at least one week. The grading scale for the biology department is as follows: A = 90-100% B = 89-80% C = 79- 70% D = 69-60% F = below 60%. All grades for this course will be maintained within Canvas visible at all times.

EVALUATION

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION WEIGHTING

How your overall course grade is determined

Assessment will take the form of weekly assignments, discussions, quizzes (non-proctored) and proctored tests. The course grade is based a percentage from a combination of the following: Assignments/Discussions= 30%, Quizzes (non-proctored)=20% and Proctored Exams are worth 50%.

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