Bio240 Fall 2014 1 
BIO 240
BIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Fall 2014
College of Staten Island
Instructor: Dr. Janto Tachjadi
Email: Janto.tachjadi@csi.cuny.edu
Office: 6S – 134
Face to face time: by appointment
Office hours: Monday (2:30 – 3:30 pm) & Tuesday (10:00 – 12:00 pm)
Textbook (mandatory): Ahmed N, Dawson M, Smith C, and Wood E (2007) Biology of Disease. Taylor
& Francis Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7487-7210-0. CSI Bookstore $79.00
Course Description. The course in which you are enrolled is designed to enlighten you on the diseases that affect human mammals. So, this course is designed to provide you the introduction to diseases common to humans. This course is design with the notion that you already familiar with basic human anatomy physiology and human biology. You will have a hard time understanding diseased human body if you are not familiar with the normal one, although on each chapter, there will be introduction to some basic knowledge of the related topics.
Course objectives and assessments
To understand the disease processes that affect human
To understand the concept of homeostasis
To apply the above understandings to clinical aspect of the disease
Assessments for all objectives will be through the weekly summary paper required for submission each week, online comprehensive exam
The online experience. This may be the first time in which you are experiencing an on-line course.
Well then, welcome! This course will require a great level of independence in your part in reading and actively looking for answers that you have about the topics in the syllabus. You will need to work with Blackboard, a nice feature-laden program available on the CUNY Portal (www.cuny.edu).
Log on and find this course. Besides reading the required text independently week-by-week, topicby-topic, you are also required to read or listen to additional materials that I will post on Blackboard that will support your understanding of the materials you are assigned to read. The additional materials could be
BIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Fall 2014
College of Staten Island
Instructor: Dr. Janto Tachjadi
Email: Janto.tachjadi@csi.cuny.edu
Office: 6S – 134
Face to face time: by appointment
Office hours: Monday (2:30 – 3:30 pm) & Tuesday (10:00 – 12:00 pm)
Textbook (mandatory): Ahmed N, Dawson M, Smith C, and Wood E (2007) Biology of Disease. Taylor
& Francis Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7487-7210-0. CSI Bookstore $79.00
Course Description. The course in which you are enrolled is designed to enlighten you on the diseases that affect human mammals. So, this course is designed to provide you the introduction to diseases common to humans. This course is design with the notion that you already familiar with basic human anatomy physiology and human biology. You will have a hard time understanding diseased human body if you are not familiar with the normal one, although on each chapter, there will be introduction to some basic knowledge of the related topics.
Course objectives and assessments
To understand the disease processes that affect human
To understand the concept of homeostasis
To apply the above understandings to clinical aspect of the disease
Assessments for all objectives will be through the weekly summary paper required for submission each week, online comprehensive exam
The online experience. This may be the first time in which you are experiencing an on-line course.
Well then, welcome! This course will require a great level of independence in your part in reading and actively looking for answers that you have about the topics in the syllabus. You will need to work with Blackboard, a nice feature-laden program available on the CUNY Portal (www.cuny.edu).
Log on and find this course. Besides reading the required text independently week-by-week, topicby-topic, you are also required to read or listen to additional materials that I will post on Blackboard that will support your understanding of the materials you are assigned to read. The additional materials could be