BI 213 Endocrinology

 Fall, 2007 - Syllabus

Dr. Donald Ross
Office: BNW 252
Phone: ext. 2034
E-mail: djross@snet.net (all evenings from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight)

Office Hours: Before or after class on Tuesdays and Fridays or by appointment

Prerequisites: BI 170-171-172, CH 11-12; CH 211-212

Course Objective: To provide life science students interested in pursuing careers in metabolic physiology, neuroscience, molecular biology, biochemistry and the health sciences, with a relevant and basic foundation in the principles of hormnal controls at the cellular and molecular level.

Grading: Three full-period exams (objective/essay) constitutes 4/5 of the class grade and a comprehensive final examination consititues 1/5 of that grade.

Class Text: Endocrine Physiology by Susan Porterfield & Bruce Wright 3rd Ed. (Mosby) © 2007 ISBN: 032303666-x

Access the Endocrinology Webliography as an additional resouce for this course.

Date       Chapter-Topics

9/4-9/11 - Lectures 1-3 - Chapter 1 pp 1-8: Homeostasis and Introduction to Hormones

9/14-9/21 - Lectures 4-6 - Chapter 1 pp. 9-22: Mechanisms and Control of Hormone Action

9/25-10/2 - Lectures 7-8 - Chapter 2 pp. 22-40: Endocrinology of the GI Tract

10/5 - Exam 1 (Lectures 1-8, both lecture notes and textbook readings)

10/9-10/19 - Lectures 10-13 - Chapters 3 pp. 43-72: Energy Metabolism and the pancreas

10/23 and 10/2 - Lectures 14 and 15 - Chpater 4 pp. 84-102: Calcium and Phosphate homeostasis

10/30-11/2 - Lectures 16-18 - Chapter 5 pp. 107-137: The Hypothalamus Pituitary complex

11/6 - Exam 2 (Lectures 10-18, both lecture notes and Textbook Readings)

11/9 and 11/13 - Lectures 20 and 21 - Chapter 6 pp. 141-159: The Thyroid Gland

11/16-11/27 - Lectures 22-24 - Chapter 7 pp. 131-152: The Adrenal Gland

11/30 - Lecture 25 - Chapter 8 pp. 197-217: The Male Reproductive System

12/4-12/7 - Lectures 26-27 - Chapter 9 pp. 223-250: The Female Reproductive System

12/11 - Exam 3 (Lectures 20-27, both lecture notes and Textbook Readings)

Wednesday, December 19; 1:30 p.m. - Comprehensive Final Exam