Syllabus for BME 3700:  Engineering Analysis of Biological Systems I

 

Instructor:  Michael Brown MD, PhD

                     brownm@fiu.edu

                     Rm. 2676 Engineering Center

                   305-348-1213

                   Office Hours:  M-Thur  1:00-2:30 pm

 

Text:  Human Physiology An Integrated Approach  (Third Edition) by Dee  Unglaub Silverthorn

 

May 9                  Introduction

 

May 10                Chapter 1:  Introduction to Physiology

 

May 11                Chapter 2:  Atoms, Ions, and Molecules

 

May 12                Chapter 3:  Cells and Tissues

 

May 16                Chapter 3 continued

 

May 17                Chapter 4: Cells and Tissues

 

May 18                Chapter 4 continued

 

May 19                Review

 

May 23                Test 1 (Chapters 1-4)

 

May 24                Chapter 5: Membrane Dynamics

 

May 25                Chapter 5 continued

 

May 26                Chapter 6: Communication, Integration and Homeostasis

 

May 31                Chapter 7:  Introduction to the Endocrine System

 

June 1                  Chapter 7 continued

 

June 2                  Chapter 8:  Neurons: Cellular and Network Properties

 

June 6                  Chapter 8 continued

 

June 7                  Review

 

June 8                  Test (Chapters 5-8)

 

June 9                  Chapter 9:  The Central Nervous System

 

June 13                Chapter 9 continued

 

June 14                Chapter 10:  Sensory Physiology

 

June 15                Chapter 11:  Efferent Division: Autonomic and Somatic Motor Control

 

June 16                Chapter 11 continued

 

June 20                Chapter 12:  Muscles

 

June 21                Chapter 12 continued

 

June 22                Review

 

June 23                Final Exam (Chapters 9-12)

 

 

Make up tests are given only if the student receives permission from the Department Chairman as well as the instructor.  Make up tests will not contain the same questions as the original exam.  During testing, no one may leave the classroom for any reason other than if you have finished the exam.