1 Life Sciences 2 Cells, Tissues, and Organ Systems Fall 09 Instructor: Joseph Esdin, Ph.D. [email protected] Office Hours: Slichter 2847 Wed: 9:30-10:20 am Thu: 2:00-2:50 pm TAs: Zachary Burkett ([email protected]) Haodong Chen ([email protected]) Anna Frid ([email protected]) Aditi Iyengar ([email protected]) Soo Kyung Lee ([email protected]) Asif Razee ([email protected]) Diana X Tran ([email protected]) Class Time: Mon, Wed, & Fri 11:00-11:50 am, Lakretz 110 Website: http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/fall09/ http://lslab.lscore.ucla.edu/ Lab Management: Dr. Gaston Pfluegl. Slichter 2875 ([email protected]) LS Administrator: Lily Yanez. LSB 2305, x5-6614 ([email protected]) Jane Park. LSB 2305, x5-6614 ([email protected]) Textbook: Purves, Orians, and Heller, Life, The Science of Biology, 8th edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc.; Sunderland, Freeman and Co. The textbook will be on reserve in the Powell Library. Life Sciences 2, Laboratory Manual, 9th edition. Available at ASUCLA Bookstore. Grading: Total points for this class will be 530 points: Exam 1 on Thursday 10/22 (5:00-6:50 pm) 100 points Exam 2 on Thursday 11/19 (5:00-6:50 pm) 100 points Lab Experiments and quizzes 80 points Discussion quizzes 40 points Attendance and Participation 10 points Final Exam on Wednesday 12/9 (8:00-11:00 am) 200 points (20 points from the lab will be on the final exam) Total: 530 points2 Exams: There is going to be two exams and a final examination during this quarter. The first exam will be held on Thursday 10/22 (5:00-6:50 pm) and the second exam is on Thursday 11/19 (5:00-6:50 pm). The final exam will be held on Wednesday 12/9 (8:00-11:00 am). Rooms for the exams will be announced prior to each exam. Examinations will cover material from the lecture, reading, and discussion 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. 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 or parent regarding the illness or emergency. Lecture Notes: Lecture notes are available on the class webpage (http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/fall09/). Make sure you download the lecture notes before coming to class. Having the lecture notes with you will facilitate taking notes in class. Discussion Section: Attendance to the weekly discussion/lab sections is an important component of the course. For the discussion sections, there is going to be four assigned papers to read. For each paper, you will be given a quiz to test your understanding of the scientific concepts. Each quiz is worth 10 points. In addition, the discussion sections will concentrate on experimental issues and problem sets that will help you understand the lecture material to succeed when taking the exams. For, each lab section, you will be conducting an experiment where you have to take a quiz, write a report, or both. About thirty percent of your final grade comes from discussion section, lab, attendance, quizzes, and class participation. Attendance to the discussion and lab sections is mandatory. Tardiness and absences will not be tolerated. If you are late or absent from the discussion section you will not get participation points. Assigned Papers: 1-How Cancer Arises. (10/6-10/9) Robert A. Weinberg. Scientific American, September 1996, Vol. 275 Issue 3, p62, 9p 2-Building a Brainier Mouse. (10/20-10/23) Joe Z. Tsien. Scientific American, April 2000, Vol. 282 Issue 4, p62, 7p 3-Infectious Diseases and the Immune System. (11/3-11/6) Paul E. William, Scientific American, September 1993, Vol. 269 Issue 3, p90, 8p3 4-Cystic Fibrosis. (12/1-12/4) Michael J. Welsh and Alan E. Smith. Scientific American, December 1995, Vol. 273 Issue 9, p52, 8p Instructions to Download Papers: These instructions will work from on-campus computers only or on computers that has Bruin On Line Proxy Server Set Up. Go to http://www2.library.ucla.edu Place mouse cursor on Search and Find (upper left) Move mouse cursor to E-resources Click on E-Journals On the Search for e-journals titles, type Scientific American and hit enter From the right side menu, select v.268 (1993) Scientific American Archive, Restricted to UC campuses Type in the title of the desired article in the find box Download the PDF file 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. 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