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1 Life Sciences 2.1 Cells, Tissues, and Organs, 5 credits Course Outline Winter 2008 This course is designed for students interested in the life sciences and is part of a four-course sequence (LS1-LS4). This course has three hours of lecture per week, a three hour laboratory component alternating with an 1 ½ hour discussion section each week. INSTRUCTORS: Dean Bok, Ph.D. E-mail: [email protected] Phone : 310-825-6737 Office Hours: Slichter Hall 2855 Tuesday 11 - noon Thursday 3 - 4 pm Ronald Cooper, Ph.D Office location: Life Sciences 1812. E-mail: [email protected] Phone : 310-206-3201 Office Hours: LS 1812 Tues 3:45-4:45 pm, Wed 10-11 am LECTURE: Tues & Thurs 9:30-10:45 am - LaKretz 110 CLASS WEB SITE: http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/winter08/ LAB WEB SITE: http://lslab.lscore.ucla.edu/ STUDY GUIDE: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/ LSCORE POLICIES: http://www.lscore.ucla.edu/policies/ TEACHING Christiane Abouzeid [email protected] ASSISTANTS: Janet Byun [email protected] Renee Chen [email protected] Michelle Kim [email protected] Kate Moore [email protected] Sherry Soliman [email protected] Mike Wygant [email protected] LAB COORDINATOR: Dr, Gaston Pfluegl [email protected] 2875 Slichter 310-794-4113 COURSE Lily Yanez [email protected] ADMINISTRATORS: Mark Katayama [email protected] 2305 Life Sciences 310-825-66142 REQUIRED TEXTS: 1. Textbook may be purchased at the ASCULA Bookstore. Sadava, Heller, Orians, Purves and Hillis, Life, The Science of Biology, 8th edition, 2008. Sinauer Associates, Inc.: Sunderland, Freeman and Co.: Gordonsville, VA . ISBN – 13: 978-0-7167-7671. 2. LS 2 Laboratory Manual may be purchased at the ASCULA Bookstore. Pfluegl, Life Sciences 2, Cells, Tissues and Organs, 7th edition, 2006-2007. Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc.: Plymouth, MI. ISBN #978-0-7380-2129-4. 3. A set of ScientificAmerican articles can be downloaded from the UCLA library (see page 5). 4. Chemistry CD comes with the laboratory manual. Cooper, LS2, Cells-Organs-Tissues: The Nature & Properties of Biologically Important Molecules, edition 2.1, 2000-2005. The Regents of UCLA. RESERVE MATERIALS: Textbooks are on reserve in Powell Library. EXAMS: The exams will be given in the evening and cover material from the Textbook, the Lectures, the Scientific American readings and Discussion Sections. Midterm I: Thursday, Jan 31 5:00P-6:50P TBA Midterm II: Thursday, Feb 21 5:00P-6:50P TBA Final Exam: Thursday, Mar 20 6:30P-9:30P Location TBA There are NO make-up exams. If you cannot take an exam because of an emergency, you must contact the Life Sciences Core Curriculum office (LS 2305; 825-6614) before the exam with written verification of the emergency. There will be an opportunity to review your graded midterms in the Discussion section following the relevant exam. If you feel that there was an error in the grading of your exam you must submit a written explanation to your TA in that Discussion section. All exams must be returned to the TA at the end of the Discussion section. Finals will not be returned to the students and are available for viewing at the LS-Core office (see http://www.lscore.ucla.edu/policies.html for details). Grading: Your grade will be based on total points. There are 500 possible points for the course: Midterm Exams........................200 pts 2 @ 100pts each Final Exam................................170 pts Comprehensive, including 20pts from lab questions. Discussion…………………...….50 pts Three worksheets on Scientific American articles 10pts plus 2 participation points for worksheet 1 15pts plus 4 participation points for worksheet 2 15 pts plus 4 participation points for worksheet 3 Lab Reports................................80 pts Scientific Methods: group lab report/Proposal 15 pts Photosynthesis: quiz and group lab report 19 pts Metabolism: quiz and individual lab report 22 pts Rat dissection: in class assignment 8 pts Histology lab: in class assignment 16 pts The Midterm exams will include multiple-choice type questions (30 @ 2pts each) as well as fill-in-the-blank, true-or-false, and short-answer questions (collectively worth a total of 40 pts). The Final exam will be comprehensive but emphasize material covered after the second midterm exam and will also include questions from the laboratory. The Final exam will be comprised of3 multiple-choice type questions (75 @ 2pts each, 10 lab @ 2pts each). Any score below 250 points receives a failing grade (letter grade F). Effort: Like most other universities, the University of California expects three hours of work each week/credit, or 15 hours each week for a five credit course. For this class, that means five hours in class and ten hours outside of class. If you cannot devote this amount of time (or more!), consider taking fewer courses, working fewer hours on your job, or dropping the course! To understand the material and enjoy the course you should skim the textbook before lecture, attend lecture and reread the text carefully after lecture. Then, answer the conceptual questions in the Study Guide CD. If you are confused, get help right away. Do not delay! In addition, before coming to class each day, print out the powerpoint version of the lecture. which will be posted on the website under “Course Materials”. IMPORTANT NOTICES: Academic Integrity Students are expected to be aware of the University policy on academic integrity in the UCLA Student Conduct Code (www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu). Please note sections on (1) plagiarism, (2) cheating and (3) unauthorized study aids. Evidence of plagiarism or cheating during examinations will be referred to the Dean of Students. Please do not cheat. The penalities can be very harsh. Do not believe it if you hear that “everyone does it.” You generally do not hear about the punishments because they are kept confidential. If you are


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