. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
L IFE S CIENCES 1
E VOLUTION , E COLOGY , AND B IODIVERSITY
É
C OURSE I NFORMATION
instructors:
office:
phone:
email:
office hours:
Deb Pires
Slichter Hall 2877
825.0376
debpires@ucla.edu
Mon: 11-12pm, Wed: 2-3pm
Jay Phelan
Slichter Hall 2867
825.0149
jay@ucla.edu
Tues: 1-2pm, Thurs: 3-4pm
course web address: www.lsic.ucla.edu
teaching assistants:
Ryan Ferrer
Sara Painter
Katherine Pease
Hanna Shohfi
Thea Wang
rferrer@ucla.edu
sealily@ucla.edu
kpease@ucla.edu
shohfi@ucla.edu
eebtwang@ucla.edu
lecture meets: Tuesday and Thursday, 11am – 12:15pm, LaKretz 110
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
TEXTBOOK
Freeman, S. 2005. Biological Science, 2nd Edition.
LS1 Demonstration Manual. On sale at Course Reader Materials, 1141 Westwood Blvd.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
200
$ Midterm Exam 1
200
$ Midterm Exam 2
90
$ Calibrated Peer Review (CPR); 2 writing assignments and 2 editing assignments
90
$ Section
Each week: 8 point quiz + 2 points for participation. Week with lowest score
will be dropped.
76
$ Participation (based on in-class exercises)
300
$ Final Exam (comprehensive)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
956
$ Total Points Possible
EXAMS
The midterms in this classCtwo of themCare given in the evening. They are from 5PM to 7PM on
Monday evening of the 4th and 8th weeks of the quarter. They will cover material from the lectures,
readings, and demonstration sections. Approximately half of the exam will be multiple choice
questions and half will be short answer questions. The final exam is comprehensive but will
emphasize material covered after the second midterm.
Makeup exams are NOT given. If you are unable to take an examination or have an illness or other
emergency, you are responsible for contacting the Life Science Core Office. (LS Building, Room
2305, 825-6614) before the examination. You are required to have written verification regarding the
illness or emergency. If you feel that an error was made in the grading of your exam, submit your
exam with a typed explanation of the issue stapled to the front of the exam to the Life Sciences Core
Office by the Wednesday two weeks following the exam. Late regrades will not be accepted.
Regrades will only be considered if the change in point value will change your final grade.
THE LIFE SCIENCES CORE OFFICE
For any administrative problems relating to this course, see Lily Yanez or Armita Parvizi in the Life
Sciences Core Office in Life Sci. Bldg. 2305, 825-6614. They will be able to assist you with copies of
lecture handouts, scheduling difficulties, or other LS core class matters.
CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW (CPR)
This is the portion of the course that asks you to read documents related to a topic with relevance to
the course and then write a short essay. CPR is a web-based program. You will be reviewing and
evaluating other student’s essays as well as your own for each assignment. You will complete four
assignments, but only the three highest scores from those assignments will be used to calculate your
grade for the CPR portion of the class.
DEMONSTRATION SECTION AND THE QUIZZES
$ Demonstration section will last 2 hours each week.
$ During each of your section meetings (except week 1), there will be an 8-point quiz on that week=s
section material, drawn from the demonstration manual reading for that week, and on the
previous week’s demonstration. If you are not present for this quiz you will not be allowed to
make it up. No exceptions.
$ Each week, your TA will give you 0, 1, or 2 points, based on your participation in section. They
will review their procedures for allocating these points in section during the first week.
$ During the first week of section, you will be given a library assignment worth 10 points.
$ For each week of section, based on the quiz and your participation (or based on the library
assignment during week 1), you can earn up to 10 points. Your lowest week=s score will be
dropped. If you miss section for any reason, that is the score dropped. No makeup points.
WEEK DATE
ASSIGNMENT
1
April 3-7
Research Tools and Techniques: Using the Library
2
April 10-14
Organic Evolution and Natural Selection
3
April 17-21
The Fossil Record and Horse Evolution: A Case Study
4
April 24-28
The Microbial World
5
May 1-5
The Photosynthetic World: From Algae to Angiosperms
6
May 8-12
Plants II: An Investigation in the Botanical Garden
7
May 15-19
The Fungi & Animal Diversity I: Sponges, Cnidarians and Worms
8
May 22-26
Animal Diversity II: Molluscs, Arthropods, and Echinoderms
9
May 29 - June 2
Animal Diversity III: Chordates
10
June 5-9
Conservation of Biological Diversity
LECTURE SCHEDULE FOR LS1: EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND BIODIVERSITY
LECTURE TOPIC
DATE
READING (CHAPTER)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Apr 4
Tu
JP
1. Evolution and natural selection
1, 23
Apr 6
Th
JP
2. Agents of evolution
24
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Apr 11
Tu
JP
3. Darwin and adaptation
Apr 13
Th
DP 4. Species, speciation, and extinction
23
25
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Apr 18
Tu
DP 5. The origin of life and the earliest organisms
26. 27, 28
Apr 20
Th
DP 6. The green world: photosynthetic organisms
29
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Apr 24
M
Exam 1. 5 - 6:30pm. Covers lectures and labs from weeks 1 - 3
Apr 25
Tu
JP
7. Fungi evolution & Major events in animal evolution
30, 31
Apr 27
Th
JP
8. Arthropod diversity
32
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
May 2
Tu
DP 9. Vertebrate diversity
33
May 4
Th
DP 10. Proximate and ultimate causes of animal behavior
51
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
May 9
Tu
May 11 Th
DP 11. Getting the message across: communication
51
DP 12. Energy acquisition in animals
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
May 16 Tu
JP
13. Sexual selection and mating strategies
24
May 18 Th
JP
14. Kin selection and social evolution
51
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
May 22 M
Exam 2. 5-6:30pm. Covers lectures and labs from weeks 4 - 7
May 23 Tu
JP
15. Demography and population dynamics
52
May 25 Th
JP
16. Competition and predation
53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
May 30 Tu
JP
June 1
DP 18. Ecosystem dynamics
Th
17. Biogeography
50 (p.1160-4)
53, 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
June 6
Tu
DP 19. Conservation biology
June 8
Th
DP 20. Humans and the environment
55
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
June 14 W
6:30pm - 9:30pm: Final Exam