Florida International University

Department of Biological Sciences

Biscayne Bay Campus

PCB4805 – Endocrinology

UPDATED February 28th

Dr. Richard Brinn

Student      Subject Date
1484278 ???? 7-Mar
2436590 Oxitocin 7-Mar
3827731 Gigantism 7-Mar
3485909 Obesity and Hormones 9-Mar
1413087 Insulin resistance 9-Mar
2435544 Diabetes 9-Mar
2227722 Endocrine Disruptor BPA 19-Mar
3016046 Corticosteroids and TMJ 19-Mar
2645177 PCOS 19-Mar
3521613 Breast Cancer 21-Mar
2351204 Osteoporosis 21-Mar
1575151 Alzeihmers 21-Mar
2986561 Steroids 23-Mar
3500359 Steroids and gyms 23-Mar
1728490 Sports 23-Mar
2317237 HCG 26-Mar
2921104 Hormones and fertility 26-Mar
2338285 Andropause 26-Mar
3767134 Hashimotos 28-Mar
2418988 Cushing syndrome in dogs 28-Mar
2251540 Cushing in Humans 28-Mar
2070568 Graves 30-Mar
3614436 Aldosterone 30-Mar
2254895 Turner Syndrome 30-Mar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Email:  brinnr@fiu.edu When sending email please include student name and panther ID in the subject.

 

Webpage :   www.fiu.edu/~brinnr

 

Lecture Notes: All lecture notes will be posted as PowerPoint presentations in Moodle.

 

Text: There is no required text for this course but there are 4 major references I will use during the semester:

Vertebrate Endocrinology – David Norris – Academic Press Ed., 2007

Endocrinology – Hadley and Levine – Pearson Ed., 2007

The Endocrine System at a Glance – Blackwell Publishing., 2006

Harrison’s Endocrinology – Larry James Editor - McGrawHill

 

Reading assignments: You will be required to read  and understand several scientific articles during the semester.

 

Attendance:  Be prepared to participate in ALL the course as scheduled

 

Help: If you need additional assistance with the information presented in this course, seek the assistance of the professor. If the office hours on the Biscayne Bay Campus are inconvenient, other arrangements can be made.

 

Sexual Harassment Policy: The Faculty Senate voted to require each professor to include a statement about this in the syllabus. FIU’s sexual harassment policy is available online: http://www.fiu.edu/hr/eop/Forms/Policies/Sexual_harassment.pdf

 

Cheating or plagiarism will not be tolerated!!! : Students caught cheating during an examination or plagiarizing will be subject to the Academic Misconduct procedures and penalties

 

Exams: There will be 3 major exams, article discussions and student presentations.

 

Learning Outcomes: After completing this course students are expected to know basic, anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of the endocrine systems of vertebrates and be able to understand how hormones affect reproduction, behavior and other physiological mechanisms of vertebrates.

 

Emergency: This section covers situations that prevent you for attending the class or/and exams. For this course, “Emergency” is determined as an unpreventable event that prevents attendance to class or/and an exam.

Emergency situations are:

1.Medical emergency with Medical Doctor’s note/emergency room.
2.Automobile accident with police report (lack of ride is NOT an emergency case).
3.Death of immediate family members.

Emergency also includes natural events such as hurricanes, floods, or fires that causes the closure of FIU-BBC.

 

IMPORTANT : If you miss any exam on the scheduled dates you must send an email to the main professor within 48 hours after the exam and show proper documentation within 96 hours to be eligible for a makeup. If these rules are not followed your grade will be a zero for that exam.

Grades:

Exam 1, 2 and 3

Presentations

Other Activities (participation, article discussion)

 

Exam 1,2, and 3

60 %

Presentations

25%

Other Activities

15 %

 

Letter Grade

Range

Letter Grade

Range

Letter Grade

Range

   A

above 93

   B-

81 - 83

   D+

67 - 70

   A-

91 - 92

   C+

77 - 80

   D

64 - 66

   B+

87 - 90

   C

74 - 76

   D-

61 - 63

   B

84 - 86

   C-

71 - 73

   F

< 61

Schedule may be subject to change when deemed necessary.

Jan 9

Syllabus, Finding Scientific Articles

Mar 2 Review
Jan 11

Syllabus, Finding Scientific Articles

Mar 5  Exam 2
Jan 13

Introduction to the Science of Hormones

Mar 7 Student presentations
Jan 16

No classes - Martin Luther King Holiday

Mar 9 Student presentations
Jan 18

Article Discussion

Mar 12 No classes Spring Break
Jan 20 Introduction to the Science of Hormones Mar 14 No classes Spring Break
Jan 23

Article Discussion

Mar 16 No classes Spring Break
Jan 25

Principles of Endocrinology

Mar 19 Student presentations
Jan 27

Homeostasis

Mar 21 Student presentations
Jan 30 Article Discussion Mar 23 Student presentations
Feb 1 General Mechanism of Hormone Action Mar 26 Student presentations
Feb 3

Review

Mar 28 Student presentations
Feb 6

Exam 1

Mar 30 Student presentations
Feb 8

Vertebrate Endocrine Systems

Apr 2

Article discussion

Feb 10

Vertebrate Endocrine Systems

Apr 4

Pineal Gland

Feb 13

Article Discussion

Apr 6 Thyroid Gland
Feb 15

Endocrine Methodologies

Apr 9 Article discussion
Feb 17

Hormonal Control of Calcium Homeostasis

Apr 11 Reproduction
Feb 20 Article Discussion Apr 13

Comparative Endocrinology

Feb 22 Hormonal Control of Calcium Homeostasis Apr 16 Comparative Endocrinology
Feb 24

Pituitary Hormones

Apr 18 Review
Feb 27

Article Discussion

Apr 20 Exam 3
Feb 29

Thyroid Hormones