Lower Division University Course Form

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Lower Division University Course Form

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Type of Action

/ Lower Division University Course - Request to offer a lower academic division course from a four-year state supported college or university. See Rules of the Senate (Section III 2.5).

Notification to University

/ According to Rules of the Senate (Section III, 2.5), the college will document notification to the appropriate university department of its intent to offer the course.
Provide documentation of “notification to the appropriate university department of its intent to offer the course.”
Documentation is attached? X Yes No

General Education Status:

/ Any university course or combination of university courses that can be used to satisfy the university requirements for a general education category will also satisfy the KCTCS requirements for that general education category.
Does this course satisfy university requirements for general education status at the offering university? Yes X No
Documentation attached? Yes X No
If yes, what attribute (category) has been assigned?
1. / Name of institution and state that originally offers the course.
University of Kentucky
2. / Course Prefix and Number: / PGY 206
3. / Course Title: / Elementary Physiology
4. / Submitting Entity: Curriculum Committee: / Curriculum Review Committee
College: / Bluegrass Community and Technical College
5. / Justification for Course:
PGY 206 has been dropped from the KCTCS catalog. Bluegrass Community and Technical College, formed by the consolidation of Central Kentucky Technical College and Lexington Community College, has offered UK lower level courses on its former LCC campuses since 1983. These courses satisfy the degree requirements for the Associate in Science degrees and ease transfer for several pre-baccalaureate programs. BCTC has offered PGY 206 as a required or recommended prerequisite course for application into the following programs at the University of Kentucky: Pharmacy, Physicians Assistant, Physical Therapy, Kinesiology, Human Nutrition, and Clinical Laboratory Science and pre-professional recommendations for pre-medicine and pre-dentistry. In order to satisfy the course competencies for PGY 206, the only other courses offered by KCTCS are BIO 137 and BIO 139 which are a two-semester sequence with a lab, which would require our students to take 8 credit hours instead of the 3 that are required by the University of Kentucky. (In some cases, students are also required to take ANA 209, which would be a total of 6 credit hours.) According to the BCTC Transfer Center, the majority of our pre-baccalaureate students transfer to UK. In 2007, 74% of the 2,450 students transferred to UK. According to the 2009-2010 transfer feedback report developed by CPE, there were 324 first time BCTC transfers to UK. Also, there are currently 85 students taking UK courses as part of the BCTC blue+ program. This transfer data was pulled from summer 2009 through spring 2010. Offering UK courses helps make this transfer seamless as these courses are easily recognizable to students and advisors in determining completion or prerequisites and requirements for a UK degree. For example, PGY 206 is listed on the “BCTC to UK Pathway to Transfer Sheet” for the Associate of Science Degree for Clinical Laboratory Science, available to students and advisors from the Transfer Center (see attachment provided). The need for this course can be shown with the enrollment: we have offered one section of PGY 206 every other semester since it was first offered. It has consistently had a waitlist, so we have begun offering a section every semester since 2009 and have had to increase the cap on the course each semester.
6. / Will this course be a part of approved curriculum/curricula? X Yes No
If yes, which curriculum/curricula?
Pharmacy, Physicians Assistant, Physical Therapy, Kinesiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Human Nutrition, Associate in Science degree, pre-professional programs (pre-medicine, pre-dentistry)
7. / Person(s) Primarily Responsible for Proposal (Verify that members are still current and active prior to submission.):
Name / Teaching Area / College
Susan C. Kavanaugh / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Shirley Whitescarver / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Molly Frisbie / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Becky McCane / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Deb Davis / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Tammy Liles / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Yasemin Congleton / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Brent Eldridge / Natural Sciences / BCTC
Jean Jackson / Natural Sciences / BCTC
8. / Involvement of Others (Designate Individuals):
a. System Office Staff:
b. Others:
Fall 2011
9. / PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE: / Fall 2011
10. / Proposed Course Designations:
Credit / Contact Hours: / 10a. Credit Hours: / 3 / Minimum / Maximum
10b. Contact Hours: / 45 / If lab, etc., ratio of contact hours to credit hours. (See contact/ credit hour ratio chart)
If yes, list:
One semester of college biology
10c. Requisites:
Pre-requisites: X Yes No / If yes, list: One semester of college biology
Co-requisites: Yes X No / If yes, list:
11. / 11a. Grading Basis : / X / Letter Grades / Pass/Fail / Letter Grades/NO GPA
11b. Repeat for additional credit: Yes / X No
If yes, how many times: / Indicate total credit earned in course:
12. / Course Components (check all that require scheduling)
X / Lecture / Lab / Clinical / Practicum / On-line Course
13. / Description:
An introductory survey course in basic human physiology. Prereq: One semester of college biology.
14. / Course Competencies (Begin statement with a capital letter and end with a period.):
Upon completion of this course, the student can:
I. Communicate Effectively
q  Learning Outcome: Read and listen with comprehension.
Ø  Course objective: Comprehend basic principles of human physiological mechanisms as presented in class and in the textbook.
·  Instructional objective: Students will be able to answer exam questions that focus on basic human physiological mechanisms.
II. Think Critically
q  Learning Outcome: Demonstrate problem solving through interpreting, analyzing,
summarizing, and/or integrating a variety of materials.
Ø  Course objective: Explain the interrelationships between organ systems.
·  Instructional objective: Students will be able to answer exam questions about the interrelationships between organ systems.
III. Learn Independently
q  Learning Outcome: Apply learning in academic, personal, and public situations.
Ø  Course objective: Explain the major homeostatic mechanisms utilized in each body system in response to internal and external environmental changes.
·  Instructional objective: Students will be able to answer exam questions
explaining the major homeostatic mechanisms.
IV. Examine Relationships in Diverse and Complex Environments
q  Learning Outcome: Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship of the individual to the
biological and physical environment.
Ø  Course objective: Explain physiological mechanisms of common dysfunctions.
·  Instructional objective: Students will be able to answer exam questions
explaining the physiological mechanisms of common dysfunctions.
15. / Course outline (Two-level outline required):
I.  The Study of Body Function
A.  Homeostasis
B.  Negative feedback loops
C.  Feedback control of hormone secretion
II.  Interactions between cells and the extracellular environment
A.  Diffusion and osmosis
B.  Carrier-mediated Transport
C.  The membrane potential
D.  Cell signaling
III.  The Nervous System: Neurons and Synapses
A.  Action potentials
B.  Neurotransmitters
IV. The Autonomic Nervous System
A. Sympathetic and parasympathetic Nervous Systems
B. Adrenergic and cholinergic Synaptic Transmission
V. Endocrine Glands
A. Mechanisms of hormone action
B. Endocrine glands and hormones
VI. Muscle
A. Sliding filament theory of contraction
B. Muscle metabolism
VII. Heart and Circulation
A. Blood composition
B. Hematopoeisis
C.  Blood types
D.  Blood clotting
E.  Cardiac cycle/heart sounds
F.  Electrocardiogram/arrhythmias
VIII. Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, & Blood Pressure
A. Cardiac Output
B. Blood volume
C. Regulation of blood flow
D. Blood pressure
IX. Respiratory Physiology
A. Mechanisms of breathing
B. Gas exchange
C. Regulation of breathing
D. Oxygen & C02 transport
E. Acid-base Balance
X. Physiology of the Kidneys
A. Glomerular filtration
B. Reabsorption of salt/water
C. Renal plasma clearance
D. Electrolyte & acid-base balance
XI. The Immune System
A. Nonspecific defense mechanisms
B. Active & passive immunity
C. Inflammation
D. Autoimmunity & tumors
XII. Reproduction
A. Sex determination
B. Regulation of reproduction
C. Spermatogenesis
D. The ovarian/menstrual cycles
E. Fertilization & pregnancy
List of experiments/activities (If laboratory or clinic is involved):
17. / Indicate suggested Learning Resources
Example:
Sorrentino, S. A., & Gorek, B. (2010). Mosby’s textbook for long-term care assistant (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Mosby-Year Book, Inc.
SUGGESTED LEARNING RESOURCES FOR THIS COURSE
Fox, Stuart Ira (2009). Human Physiology (11th ed.).
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, McGraw Hill, Inc.
ISBN 978-0-07-352564-8
Submit form, documentation of notification to the appropriate university department of its intent to offer the course, and signature page or minutes of local CRC meeting to Mary Kleber at .

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