Life Sciences 2 (Section 1)
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Life Sciences 2
Cells, Tissues, and Organs
Spring 17
Instructor: Joseph Esdin, Ph .D.
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00-2 :50 pm and Friday 7:40-8:40 am
Office: 316 Hershey Hall
Phone: (310) 825-4118
Email: yezzeddi@ucla.edu
Course Time: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:00-12:50 pm in Lakretz 110
Teaching Assistants:
Rehan Karmali (rehan_karmali@hotmail.com)
Su-yin Kok (skok@ucla .edu)
Shayan Moazeni (smoazeni500@gmail.com)
Shervin Sarji (sherv@ucla.edu)
Website:
https://ccle .ucla.edu
LS Core Office: Veintimilla, Michelle. 222 Hershey Hall, 310-825-6614 (mveintimilla@lifesci.ucla.edu)
Textbook:
Russell, Hertz, and McMillan, Biology, The Dynamic Science, 4th Edition.
Cengage Learning; Brook/Cole.
I clicker plus or I clicker 2
Options about the Textbook: Russell, Hertz, and McMillan, Biology, The Dynamic Science , 41h Edition.
No MindTap required .
You may use either a hardcopy of the textbook, a loose leaf version . or the online e-book version of the
textbook for this course.
The book is on reserve in the College Library (Powell).
Course Description:
Introduction to basic principles of cell structure, organization of cells into tissues and organs, and
principles of organ systems. Lecture, three hours; discussion, 75 minutes.
Enforced requisite: Chemistry 14A or 20A.
Flipped Classroom: This offering of LS2 will be taught as a flipped classroom . You will be required to
watch assigned videos before arriving to the Lecture. In the Lecture you will work with your fellow
students to answer and analyze problems proposed by the instructor. A website that explains the
advantages of a flipped classroom can be found at: http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flippinq-theclassroom/
Grading:
Total points for this class will be 632 points:
Exam 1 on Thursday 4/27 (5:00-6:50 pm)
Exam 2 on Thursday 5/18 (5 :00-6:50 pm)
Discussion
Video quizzes
Lecture Attendance and Participation
Final Exam on Monday 6/12 (11 :30-2 :30 pm)
Total:
100 points
100 points
80 points
80 points
72 points
200 points
632 points
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Exams:
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will be held on
There will be two midterm examinations and a final exammat1on. The first midterm exam
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Thursday 4/27 (5:00-6:50 pm). The second exam will be on Thursday 5/18 (5:00-6:50 pm) . The_ fina
exam will be held on Monday 6/12/ (11 :30-2:30 pm). Rooms for the exams wiU be announced prior t~
each exam . Examinations will cover material from the lecture, lecture videos , dIscuss1on _sections,_ an
assigned textbook reading . The final exam is cumulative. All exams may have multiple cho1ce_que stI ~ns,
fill-in type questions, true/false questions, and short answer-type questions. Students must arrive on time
to take the exams. Late arrivals are subject to the discretion of the proctors. Requests for regrades ~US t
be submitted in writing with a detailed explanation and justification . Regrade policy for each exam will be
posted on the class webpage .
Exam Scheduling:
Students in LS2 must take all the exams at its normally scheduled time , even if another class has an
exam scheduled at the same time . In the first week of class, check whether the time and date of the
exams for LS2 conflicts with the time of exams for any other class. Any conflict must be resolved by your
other class. If you cannot get accommodation from your other instructor, you should withdraw from one
of the classes with the exam conflict. Deadline for documents submission is Friday of 4/7 at 3:00 pm .
Make-up Policy:
No make up examinations will be given. If you are unable to take an examination due to illness or other
emergency, you are responsible for contacting the Life Sciences Core Curriculum Office located in
Hershey Hall 222 before the examination. You are required to have written verification from a physician
regarding the illness or emergency. Deadline for documents submission is no later than one week after
the missed date.
Lecture Notes:
Lecture notes (PowerPoint slides) are available on the class webpage: (https://ccle.ucla.edu). Make sure
you download the lecture notes before watching the videos. Having the lecture notes with you will
facilitate taking notes. It is recommended that you bring the notes you took while watching the videos to
class. Another set of lecture notes will be posted after every lecture .
Video Quizzes: Video quizzes will be available on CCLE for a specific period of time. Please note that
you can take the quiz ONCE only during the listed dates and times (quiz will open 5 pm two days before
class and will be due at 11 pm the day before the class). You will have to take the quiz in one
setting. You CANNOT save your work and logout and then come back to the quiz later. You will have 10
minutes to complete the qu iz. The quiz will include 5 multiple-choice questions related to the assigned
lecture video. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have reliable internet connection . Any
interruption of the internet service will result in automatic submission of the quiz. Once your work is
submitted , you cannot undo. Under NO circumstances, you will be allowed to take the quiz again. The
quizzes are open video/book but are not meant to be done collaboratively with other students in the
course. You are expected to work alone while completing each quiz. Video quizzes due dates will posted
on CCLE
Clickers: You are required to bring your clicker every day to class beginning Wednesday of week 1. You
can use the iClicker, iClicker+, or iClicker 2 for participation . After you purchase a clicker, you must
register your iClicker ID on the CCLE course website before the start of class. There is a link on the left
panel of the course webpage for iClicker registration . Each day is worth 3 points (all or nothing) towards
your Lecture attendance and participation score. You will need to answer 75% of the questions on each
day in order to receive credit. You are awarded points based on correct answers. You will be given one
"free" day of participation points . This should account for any technical difficulties, absences, or forgetting
your clicker. Please note that participation points will be posted the same day on CCLE. To ensure you
have received credit for attendance, it is YOUR responsibility to check CCLE the day of each lecture. If
there is a discrepancy, you should bring it up immediately to your instructor. I will not discuss
attendance grades after two days of a lecture .
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Discussion Section:
course. The discussion section
A~endance at the discussion sections is an important component of the
you understand the lecture
help
will
that
sets
problem
and
issues
tal
will c~ncentrate on experimen
worth 8 points toward your final
material to succeed when taking the exams. Each discussion section is
absences will not be tolerated.
grade. Attendance at the discussion sections is mandatory. Tardiness and
on points.
If you are late or absent from the discussion section you will not get participati
No Honors Contracts will be offered.
Peer Learning Program:
enrolled undergraduate students
The Life Sciences Department offers free learning support to currently
is aimed at developing
Program
Learning
Peer
The
Program.
Learning
Peer
through the Life Science
in LS1, LS2, LS3, or
enrolled
students
help
academic skills, critical thinking, and independent learning to
Facilitators, who are
Learning
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undergrad
trained
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selected
Carefully
LS4 with their subject.
Program.
Learning
Peer
the
staffs
skills,
ation
chosen for their academic excellence and communic
a free 1 hour and 20 minute
Once enrolled in the Peer Learning Program, you are committed to attending
Facilitators may offer additional
session once a week, from Week 2 to Week 10. Some Peer Learning
in this program is limited , and it
review sessions before exams. Please note that the cap for enrollment
sessions.
available
the
for
basis
first-serve
first-come
can only accommodate students on a
cla .edu/lsplf.php . You can sign
For more information about the program, please visit: https://www.lscore.u
er 29th (15 1 week) at 8:00pm
Septemb
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says Life Sciences and not
(http://tinyurl.com/9agvykc). NOTE: Make sure that the grey bar on top
Academic Advancement Program [AAP)):
Sessions will begin on Monday, 4/10 (Second Week)
UCLA Student Conduct Code
102.01: Academic Integrity
fabrication, plagiarism , multiple
All forms of academic misconduct, including , but not limited to, cheating,
submissions or facilitating academic misconduct.
For the purposes of the UCLA Code, the following definitions apply:
102.01a: Cheating
information, or study aids in
Cheating includes, but is not li~ited to, the use of unauthorized materials,
s or instructions of an academic
any academic exercise; or the failure to observe the expressed procedure
, or conversation during an
exercise (e.g., examination instructions, disregarding alternate seating
examination).
102.01b: Fabrication
information or citation in an
Fabrication incl~des, but is not limited to, falsification or invention of any
academic exercise.
102.01c: Plagiarism
as if they were one's own,
:lagia_rism include~, but is not limited _to , th~ use of another's words or ideas
or by the omission of the true
including , but not llmited _to, representing, either with the intent to deceive
obtained by purchase or
source: part of or an ent1~e work produced by someone other than the student,
ideas, data, or writing
altered
but
e
identifiabl
the
ng
representi
th
oterwise , as e students original work or
work.
o another person as 1f those ideas, data, or writing were the student's original
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102.01d : Multiple Submissions
Multiple submissions includes , but is not limited to, the resubm
ission by a student of any work that has
been previously submitted for credit in identical or similar form
in one course to fulfill the requirements of
a second course, without the informed permission/consent of
the instructor of the second course; or the
submission by a student of any work submitted for credit in identica
l or similar form in one course to fulfill
th e requirements of
a concurrent course, without the permission/consent of the
instructors of both
courses.
102:01e_: Facilitating Academic Dishonesty
.
Facilitating academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to ,
knowingly helping another student commit
an act of academic misconduct (e.g ., cheating , fabrication, plagiaris
m, multiple submissions) .
102.02: Other Forms of Dishonesty
Other forms of dishonesty, including, but not limited to, fabricati
ng information or knowingly furnishing
false information or reporting a false emergency to the Univers
ity.
Lecture Schedule :
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Life Sciences 2 (Section 1)
Week 1:
4/3
Introduction (syllabus and introduction)
4/5
Biological Molecules
Chapter 3 (48-69)
4/7
Biological Molecules
Cell: The Working Units of Life
Chapter 3 (48-69)
Chapter 4 (73-100)
Week 2:
4/10
Cell : The Working Units of Life
Chapter 4 (73-100)
4/12
Cell Membranes & Signaling
Chapters 5 & 9
(104-122; 192-194; 201-203)
4/14
Cell Membranes & Signaling
Chapters 5 & 9
(104-122; 192-194; 201 -203)
Chapter 6 (126-140)
Energy , Enzymes & Metabolism
Week 3:
4/17
Energy , Enzymes & Metabolism
Chapter 6 (126-140)
4/19
Pathways That Harvest Chemical Energy
Chapter 7 (146-165)
4/21
Pathways That Harvest Chemical Energy
Chapter 7 (146-165)
Week 4:
4/24
Photosynthes is: Energy From Sunlight
Chapter 8 (169-184)
4/26
Review for exam 1
Exam 1 on Thursday 4/27 (5:00-6:50 pm)
4/28
Neurons and Nervous Systems
Chapter 39 (930-947)
Week 5:
5/1
Neurons and Nervous Systems
Chapter 39 (930-947)
5/3
The Mammalian Nervous System :
Structure and Higher Function
Chapter 40 (953-963)
5/5
Sensory Systems
Chapter 41 (972-974; 977-985)
Sensory Systems
Chapte r 41 (972-974; 977-985)
Week 6:
5/8
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5/10
Physiology, Homeostasis & Temperature
Regulation
Musculoskeletal Systems
Chapter 38 (912-914 ; 924-926)
Musculoskeletal Systems
Chapter 43 (1016-1024)
5/15
Animal Hormones
Chapter 42 (942-1008)
5/17
Review for exam 2
Exam 2 on Thursday 5/18 (6 :00-6:50 pm)
5/19
Circulatory Systems
Chapter44 (1035-1044)
5/22
Circulatory Systems
Gas Exchange
Chapter 44 (1035-1044)
Chapter 46 (1080-1087)
5/24
Digestive system
Chapter47 (1098-1109; 1111-1112)
5/26
Digestive system
Renal System
Chapter 47 (1098-1109; 1111-1112)
Chapter 48 (1123-1128)
5/12
Chapter 43 ( 1016-1024)
Week 7:
Week 8:
Week 9:
5/29
Memorial Day Holiday. Enjoy the breakl
5/31
Renal System
Chapter 48 (1123-1128)
6/2
The Cell Cycle and Cell Division
Chapter 10 (214-233)
6/5
Animal Reproduction .
Chapter 49 (1152-1158)
6/7
Immunology: Animal Defense Systems
Chapter 45 (1052-1064; 1067-1070)
6/9
Review for Final Exam
Week 10:
Final Exam on Monday 6/12/ (11 :30-2:30 pm)
Course Syllabus Subject to Update by the Instructor