Life Sciences 1
Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity
Spring 2010
Instructor:
Joseph Esdin, Ph.D.
yezzeddi@ucla.edu
Office Hours:
Slichter Hall 2847
Wed: 10:00-11:00 am
Friday: 10:00-11:00 am
TAs:
Sedano, Raul (rsedano@ucla.edu)
Watanabe, Mika (mikaw295@ucla.edu)
Zimmer-Faust, Amity (amityzf@gmail.com)
Class Time:
Mon, Wed, & Fri 9:00-9:50 am, Lakretz 110
Websites:
http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/spring10/
http://lslab.lscore.ucla.edu/
LS Administrator: LSB 2305, (310) 825-6614 (lscore@lifesci.ucla.edu)
Biological Science, Freeman, 4th edition.
The textbook will be on reserve in the Powell Library.
Textbook:
Grading:
Total points for this class will be 500 points:
Exam 1 on Thursday 4/22 (5:00-6:50 pm)
Exam 2 on Thursday 5/13 (5:00-6:50 pm)
Demonstrations
Final Exam on Monday 6/7 (3:00-6:00 pm)
Total:
100 points
100 points
100 points
200 points
500 points
Exams:
There is going to be two exams and a final examination during this quarter. The first
exam will be held on Thursday 4/22 (5:00-6:50 pm) and the second exam is on
Thursday 5/13 (5:00-6:50 pm). The final exam will be held on Monday 6/7 (3:00-6:00
pm). Rooms for the exams will be announced prior to each exam. Examinations will
cover material from the lecture, reading, and laboratory sections. The final exam is
cumulative. All exams may have multiple choice type questions, fill-in type questions,
and short answers type questions. Requests for regrades must be submitted in writing
with a detailed explanation and justification. Regrade policy for each exam will be
posted on the class webpage.
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Make-up Policy:
No make up examination 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 LSB 2305 before the examination. You are required to
have written verification from a physician regarding the illness or emergency.
Lecture Notes:
Lecture
notes
are
available
on
the
class
webpage
(http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/spring10/). Make sure you download the lecture notes
before coming to class. Having the lecture notes with you will facilitate taking notes in
class.
Demonstration Sections:
The weekly two-hour demonstration sections with your TA allow you to make direct
observations and contact with materials and organisms discussed in lecture and in the
book. The demonstration sections are an essential and crucial component of the
course; you are required to attend. You should carefully go over the reading for each
week’s demonstration before coming to class. There will be weekly quizzes, worth 10
points each week.
Enrollment for these sections is confirmed during the first week of class. To ensure that
you are enrolled, you must attend the first week’s demonstration section. Be on time.
You should attend only the section in which you are enrolled. Should you have to miss
a section due to illness or other compelling reasons, it may be possible for you to attend
another section on a one-time basis. If you find yourself in this situation, please check
with the administrative office in LS 2305 and make sure you identify yourself to the TA
of the section you do attend. The demo website is http://lslab.lscore.ucla.edu
UCLA Student Conduct Code
102.01: Academic Integrity
All forms of academic misconduct, including, but not limited to, cheating, fabrication,
plagiarism, multiple submissions or facilitating academic misconduct.
For the purposes of the UCLA Code, the following definitions apply:
102.01a: Cheating
Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the use of unauthorized materials, information,
or study aids in any academic exercise; or the failure to observe the expressed
procedures or instructions of an academic exercise (e.g., examination instructions
regarding alternate seating or conversation during an examination).
102.01b: Fabrication
Fabrication includes, but is not limited to, falsification or invention of any information or
citation in an academic exercise.
102.01c: Plagiarism
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the use of another's words or ideas as if they
were one's own, including, but not limited to, representing, either with the intent to
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deceive or by the omission of the true source, part of or an entire work produced by
someone other than the student, obtained by purchase or otherwise, as the student's
original work or representing the identifiable but altered ideas, data, or writing of another
person as if those ideas, data, or writing were the student's original work.
102.01d: Multiple Submissions
Multiple submissions includes, but is not limited to, the resubmission by a student of any
work which 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 identical or similar form in one course to fulfill
the 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,
plagiarism, multiple submissions).
102.02: Other Forms of Dishonesty
Other forms of dishonesty, including, but not limited to, fabricating information or
knowingly furnishing false information or reporting a false emergency to the University.
Lab Schedule:
Week 1 (3/30-3/31)
Demonstration 1
The Scientific Method, Research Tools, and Techniques
Week 2 (4/6-4/7)
Demonstration 2
Natural Selection
Week 3 (4/13-4/14)
Demonstration 3
The Fossil Record and Horse Evolution
Week 4 (4/20-4/21)
Demonstration 4
The Microbial World
Week 5 (4/27-4/28)
Demonstration 5
The Photosynthetic World: From Algae to Angiosperms
Week 6 (5/4-5/5)
Demonstration 6
Shoots of Vascular Plants: The Botanical Garden
Week 7 (5/11-5/12)
Demonstration 7
The Fungi & Animal Diversity I: Sponges, Cnidarians &
Worms
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Week 8 (5/18-5/19)
Demonstration 8
Animal Diversity II: Mollusks, Arthropods & Echinoderms
Week 9 (5/25-5/26)
Demonstration 9
Animal Diversity III: Phylum Chordata
Week 10 (6/1-6/2)
Demonstration 10
Conservation of Biological Diversity
Lecture Schedule:
Week 1:
3/29
Introduction to Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity
3/31
Evolution by Natural Selection
Chapter 24
4/2
Evolution by Natural Selection
Chapter 24
Week 2:
4/5
Evolutionary Processes
Chapter 25
4/7
Evolutionary Processes
Chapter 25
4/9
Speciation
Chapter 26
Week 3:
4/12
Speciation
Chapter 26
4/14
Phylogenies and the History of Life
Chapter 27
4/16
Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 28
Week 4:
4/19
Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 28
4/21
Bacteria and Archaea
Review for Exam 1
Chapter 28
4/23
Protists
Chapter 29
Week 5:
4/26
Green Algae and Land Plants
Chapter 30
4/28
Green Algae and Land Plants
Chapter 30
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4/30
Fungi
Chapter 31
Week 6:
5/3
An Introduction to Animals
Chapter 32
5/5
Sponges and Cnidarians
Chapter 32
5/7
Flatworms and Lophophorates
Chapter 33
Week 7:
5/10
Nematodes
Chapter 33
5/12
Mollusks
Review for Exam 2
Chapter 33
5/14
Annelids
Chapter 33
Week 8:
5/17
Arthropods
Chapter 33
5/19
Echinoderms
Chapter 33
5/21
Chordates
Chapter 34
Week 9:
5/24
Chordates
Chapter 34
5/26
Chordates
Chapter 34
5/28
Ecology and Ecosystems
Chapters 50 & 54
Week 10:
5/31
Memorial Day Holiday
6/2
Population and Community Ecology
6/4
Review for Final Exam
Chapters 52 & 53
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