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Graduate Endocrinology Course:

ANS 6704: Endocrinology

Spring Semester, 2007

MWF; 3rd period (9:35 to 10:25 AM)

Lab: F, 6-7th periods (12:50-2:45 PM)

201 Dairy Science Building (#499)

 

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Instructor:                     Office:                                                 Contact Information:

Dr. Alan Ealy                   Department of Animal Sciences             352-317-6322

                                       122D Dairy Science Bldg (#499)          ealy@ufl.edu

                                       PO Box 110910                                  

 

Office Hours:  No formal office hours are scheduled for the instructor.  Appointments can be made by e-mail or telephone.  Saturday morning appointments are available.  Students may e-mail questions to the instructor.  Please allow 24 hours to receive a response.    

 

Textbook (required): Endocrinology. ME Hadley (ed.); 6th Edition; 2007; Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN#0-13-187606-6.

 

Course website: http://www.animal.ufl.edu/ealy/   Look under “Graduate Endocrinology Course” on the menu bar.  Links for outlines of lectures will be placed onto this site no later than the evening before the lecture is to be presented.  Updates will be made to this site as needed. 

 

Overall Course Description:  This class will discuss ways that hormones affect whole body functions in animals.  Emphasis will be placed on gaining an understanding of how various hormones affect homeostasis, development, growth, metabolism, and reproduction from a physiologic and cell biology perspective.  The course will use the human as the model species for most material and numerous examples from a various mammalian species will be included in discussions. 

 

Course Objectives:

  1. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of endocrinology from a physiological, cellular, and molecular standpoint.

 

  1. Students will be able to incorporate knowledge learned from this course to critically evaluate clinical and research case problems relating to endocrinology.

 

  1. Students will develop independent thinking skills and written and oral communication abilities.