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Basic Radiation Biology
BI115

YEAR:

2023-2024

CREDIT HOURS:

2.00

PREREQUISITES:

BI103 Human A&P.

COREQUISITES:

None

COURSE NOTES:

For persons enrolled in the Radiologic Technology Program. Two hours lecture per week.

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Effects of ionizing radiation in biological systems and background for understanding the public right to minimal radiation exposure.

HutchCC INSTITUTION-WIDE OUTCOMES:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments by acquiring, analyzing, combining, and evaluating information.
  2. Demonstrate the skills necessary to access and manipulate information through various technological and traditional methods.
  3. Demonstrate effective communication through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  4. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and collaborative skills.
  5. Demonstrate effective quantitative-reasoning and computational skills.

COURSE OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCIES:

  1. Describe basic human biology at the atomic level and the effects of radiation on atoms.
    1. Describe the structure of an atom.
    2. Draw the Bohr diagrams for: carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen.
    3. Define the following terms:Isotope, atomic number, atomic mass, free radical, oxidation, reduction, anion, cation, ionic body, polar covalent bond, nonpolar covalent bond, hydrogen bond.
    4. Explain why some atoms are unstable.
    5. Differentiate between organic and inorganic molecules.
    6. List the kinds of inorganic molecules found in the human body.
    7. Draw a Bohr diagram of a water molecule identifying regions which are %u03B4 or %u03B4-.
    8. Define the following terms: hydrophobic, hydrophilic, soluble, insoluble, hydrolysis, dehydration synthesis, acid, base, pH, buffer.
    9. Explain how water molecules interact with other water molecules and organic molecules by forming hydrogen bonds.
    10. Know what percent of human tissue is water.
    11. Explain the role water plays in hydrolysis and dehydration synthesis reactions.
    12. Write the equation showing the dissociation of water into hydroxyl ions and protons.
    13. List the common salts found in biological tissue.
    14. List the four major groups (macromolecules) of biological (organic) molecules.
    15. Recognize the structures of each macromolecule and its building blocks.
    16. Describe the general functions of each group.
    17. List the groups which are typically soluble in water and explain why.
    18. Identify various cell structures in a picture of a cell.
  2. Describe basic human biology at the molecular level and the effects of radiation on biological molecules.
    1. Name the smallest unit of life.
    2. State the number of cells which make up the human body.
    3. Describe the following kinds of cells: somatic, gamete.
    4. Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell structures: Plasma membrane Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum Ribosome Golgi apparatus Mitochondria Cytoskeleton Lysosome Peroxisome
    5. List the common activities which all cells perform
    6. Describe the structure of enzymes
    7. Identify the component which determines the function of an enzyme.
    8. Define the following:catalyst active site substrate product activation energy allosteric site competitive inhibitor noncompetitive inhibitor enzyme pathway feedback inhibition catabolic pathway anabolic pathway amphibolic pathway intermediated denaturatio
    9. Identify the cell component which determines a cell's bag of enzymes
    10. Describe the relationship between a cell's bag of enzymes and the role the cell plays in the human body.
    11. Describe the processes of transcription and translation for each, list the ingredients needed to carry out the process and the steps of the process.
    12. Describe how a stem cell is different from a differentiated cell.
    13. Describe how cell differentiation is related to which genes are transcribed and translated.
    14. Give an example of differentiation of a stem cell in the human body.
    15. List the two sources of stem cells and their characteristics.
    16. State the number of different cell types found in the human body.
    17. List the life stages associated with specific periods of cell differentiation.
    18. Explain how cell types are different from each other (e.g., explain how a muscle cell is different from a bone cell.
    19. List the reasons why human cells undergo cellular division.
    20. Explain why a copy of the genetic material must be passed along with every new cell.
    21. Describe the genetic make-up of human cells:
    22. State the number of chromosomes in somatic cells and the number in gamete cells.
    23. Draw a picture of the cell cycle and appropriately label the following:Interphase, G1, G2, S, Mitotic phase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase.
    24. For each phase of mitosis, draw a picture of the cell showing the arrangement of the chromosomes within the cell.
    25. Illustrate when DNA replication occurs during the cell cycle.
    26. List the ingredients needed for performing DNA replication and the steps of this process.
    27. Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis.
    28. Explain why the daughter cells are genetically different from each other
    29. Identify the phase when crossing over occurs.
    30. Identify the phase when the maternal and paternal homologues are separated and randomly distributed to opposite ends of the cell.
    31. Illustrate how many chromosomes each daughter cell contains.
    32. Explain how the haploid cells become diploid cells.
    33. Describe where meiosis occurs in the female body and in the male body.
    34. Identify the group of proteins which is responsible for controlling mitosis.
    35. Describe and give examples of the four basic tissue types
    36. List and describe the 12 organ systems
    37. List the tissues in decreasing order with regard to their ability to regenerate.
    38. Identify the tissues which are actively mitotic in the adult.
  3. Describe basic human biology at the cellular level and the effects of radiation on cell structures and activities.
    1. List the kinds of radiation
    2. Describe the effects of radiation at the molecular level
    3. Describe the effects of radiation at the cellular level
    4. Describe the effects of radiation at the tissue, organ, organ system and organism levels
  4. Describe the tissue, organ and organ system levels of organization and the effects of radiation at those levels.
    1. Define tissue, organ, and organ system.
    2. Describe and give examples of the four basic tissue types.
    3. List the 12 organ systems and describe each.
    4. Describe tissue repair.
    5. Define regeneration fibrosis.
    6. List the tissues in decreasing order with regard to their ability to regenerate.
    7. Identify the tissues which are actively mitotic in the adult.
    8. Explain how x-ray damage affects these levels of organization.
  5. Explain how diagnostic x-radiation is regulated.
    1. Describe the concept of ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable).
    2. List occupational, general population and patient dose limits using the Effective Dose Limiting System.

COURSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

1. Examinations (100 points each=300 points) 2. Comprehensive final examination (100 points) 3. Worksheets (50 points) 4. Participation (10 points)

ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT:

Any student who has a documented disability and wishes to access academic accommodations (per the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disability Act) must contact the HCC Coordinator of Disability Services, at 620-665-3554, or the Student Success Center, Parker Student Union. The student must have appropriate documentation on file before accommodations can be provided.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

Education requires integrity and respect for HutchCC's institutional values. HutchCC students are required to maintain honesty through a "responsible acquisition, discovery, and application of knowledge" in all academic pursuits. Preserving and upholding academic honesty is the responsibility of Hut chCC students, faculty, administrators and staff.

I. Student Responsibilities

All HutchCC students are required to:

  • Submit all work in all courses without cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, sabotage, or academic dishonesty as defined below.
  • Provide all academic records such as transcripts and test scores that are free of forgery.
  • Refrain from participating in the academic dishonesty of any person.
  • Use only authorized notes and student aids.
  • Use technology appropriately, including refraining from submitting AI (Artificial Intelligence)-generated work without express written consent from your instructor.
  • Protect the security of passwords/login/privacy/electronic files, and maintain sole individual access for any online course information.

II. Definition of Academic Dishonesty

  • Academic dishonesty is any intentional act, or attempted act, of cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, or sabotage in academic work.
  • Cheating includes using unauthorized materials of any kind, whether hard copies, online, or electronic, such as unapproved study aids in any academic work, copying another student's work, using an unauthorized "cheat sheet" or device, or purchasing or acquiring an essay online or from another student.
  • Fabrica tion is the invention or falsification of any information or citation in any academic work, such as making up a source, providing an incorrect citation, or misquoting a source.
  • Plagiarism is the representation of words, ideas and other works that are not the student's own as being original to the student. A no n-inclusive list of examples includes work completed by someone else, work generated by an external entity (such as AI), omitting a citation for work used from another source, or borrowing the sequence of ideas, arrangement of material, and/or pattern of thought of work not produced by the student, even though it may be expressed in the student's own words.
  • Dissimulation is the obscuring of a student's own actions with the intention of deceiving others in any academic work, such as fabricating excuses for absences or missed assignments, or feigning attendance.
  • Forgery of academic documents is the unauthorized altering, falsification, misrepresentation, or construction of any academic document, such as changing transcripts, changing grades on papers or on exams which have been returned, forging signatures, manipulating a digital file of academic work, or plagiarizing a translation.
  • Sabotage is any obstruction or attempted obstruction of the academic work of another student, such as impersonating another student, stealing or ruining another student's academic work.
  • Aiding and abetting academic dishonesty is considered as knowingly facilitating any act defined above.
  • Academic honesty violations can also include the omission or falsification of any information on an application for any HutchCC academic program.

III. Sanctions for Academic Dishonesty

Students who violate the Academic Honesty Policy may be subject to academic or administrative consequences.

Instructor Sanctions for Violation:

Students suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy may be charged in writing by their instructor and any of the following may apply:

  • Assign Avoiding Plagiarism Bridge Module
  • Receiving written warning that could lead to more severe sanction if a second offense occurs
  • Revising the assignment/work in question for partial credit
  • Voiding work in question without opportunity for make-up
  • Reducing the grade for work in question
  • Lowering the final course grade
  • Failing the work in question

Institutional Sanctions for Violation:

Students charged with academic dishonesty, particularly in instances of repeated violations, may further be subjected to an investigation and any of the following may apply:

  • Instructor recommendation to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) to dismiss the student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA to dismiss student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs with a grade of 'F." Student will not be allowed to take a 'W' for the course
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA that the student be suspended and/or dismissed from the program
  • Student barred from course/program for a set period of time or permanently
  • May be recommended by the instructor (after documented repeated offenses) to the VP AA that the student be placed on probation, suspended and/or dismissed from the institution.

IV. Procedure

  • Instructor will communicate in writing via the student's HutchCC email account and/or LearningZone email account to the student suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy.  That communication may include sanction(s). Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • For each violation, the instructor will submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form to the Department Chair. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation form.
  • Should the instructor choose to pursue institutional sanctions, the instruct or shall notify the student in writing via the student's HutchCC email account.  Instructor shall also submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form and all prior completed forms regarding said student to the Department Chair and the office of the VPAA with recommendation to proceed with specific Institutional Sanctions. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • The decision of the VPAA on Institutional Sanction is final. The VPAA will notify the student's academic advisor of any institutional sanctions.

V. Due Process Rights

Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

Academic Honesty Appeal Process

I. Due Process Rights: Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

  • If an instructor has recommended course or program dismissal, the student may continue in coursework (provi ding there are no threatening or security behavioral issues) until appeal processes are concluded. However, if an issue has been documented at a partnership location (e.g., clinical sites, secondary institutions, correctional or military facilities), then the student is no longer eligible to continue participation in internships, apprenticeships, and/or clinical-based practice. For clinical sites, this sanction is immediate.

II. Process

If the student disagrees with the charge of a violation of academic honesty, the student has the right to due process as described in the Academic Honesty Appeal process below:

  • If the matter is not resolved upon communicating with the instructor about the violation, the student shall, within five business days of the issuance of the written notice of violation, submit a completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form and supporting documentation to the appropriate department chairperson to initiate an Academic Honesty Appeal.
  • Within two business days of receiving the student's completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form, the Department Chair and VPAA will review and the VPAA will render a decision.
  • Within two business days, a response will be sent to the student's HutchCC email address. The VPAA's decision is final.

INCOMPLETE GRADE:

Instructors may give a student a grade of Incomplete (I) under the following conditions:

  1. The student must initiate the request prior to the time final course grades are submitted to Records.
  2. The request must be made because of an emergency, illness or otherwise unavoidable life-event.
  3. The instructor must agree to the request before a grade of Incomplete can be submitted.
  4. A written contract between the instructor and student, signed by both, will document the work required and date needed to complete course work.
  5. If a student does not complete the course requirements within the time frame established by the instructor, a grade of "F" will be recorded on the student's transcript at the end of the next semester.

HLC ACCREDITATION:

Hutchinson Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The Higher Learning Commission is one of six regional institutional accreditors recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Last Revised: 06/06/2019