Neuroscience 101L Syllabus Winter 2008 DATE WEEK TOPIC READING LECTURES ON MONDAY AND THURS. Monday 1/7 1 Molecular Neurobiology Boulter/Weinmaster See Reader on Molecular Biology Monday 1/14 2 Molecular Neurobiology Boulter/Weinmaster See Reader on Molecular Biology Monday 1/21 3 Molecular Neurobiology Boulter/Weinmaster No lecture on 1/21 MLK Day—LABS MEET First write-up due AT START OF LAB. See Reader on Molecular Biology Monday 1/28 4 QTL Module Dr Grisham Attendance Required Thurs 1-31—meet in A456 Franz Reader on QTL Monday 2/4 5 QTL Module Dr Grisham Second Molecular Write-ups due START OF LAB Reader on QTL Monday 2/11 6 Virtual Neural Circuits Dr. Krasne QTL write-up due START OF LAB Reader on Swimmy Monday 2/18 7 Virtual Neural Circuits Dr. Krasne No lecture 2/18 but LABS HAPPEN Reader on Swimmy Monday 2/25 8 Human Neuropsychology Dr. E. Zaidel Swimmy Write-ups due Start of lab Reader on NeuropsychologyMonday 3/3 9 Hormone effects on Development of CNS Sex Differences Dr. Grisham SWIMMY write up due start of respective labs Reader on Neuropsychology Monday 3/10 10 Human Neuropsychology Dr. E. Zaidel Reader on Neuropsychology Monday 3/17 Final FINAL (Dr. ZAIDEL’s UNIT ONLY) Friday, March 21, 2008 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Instructors Dr. Bill Grisham ([email protected]) 825-7990 Office: Franz 8425 D Office Hours: As Announced IN LAB and by Appointment Dr. Jim Boulter ([email protected]) Dr. Frank Krasne [email protected] Dr. Gerry Weinmaster ([email protected]) Dr. Eran Zaidel ([email protected]) TAs Tara Murphy: [email protected] Andrew Vosko: [email protected] Helpful web sites: Writing in general: http://www.diku.dk/students/myth/EOS/index.html APA Style: http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htmPolicies Attendance is mandatory and will be taken. Failure to attend lab will result in a 30% grade penalty for that module. Students will only come to the lab section in which they are enrolled. Lab doors will be locked ten minutes after class starts. Work must be turned in to Dr. Grisham. There will be a late penalty of 10% of total possible points for each day late--exceptions only for illness WITH appropriate DOCUMENTATION, or death in immediate family WITH DOCUMENTATION. The full late penalty will be assessed 10 minutes after the start of class. Penalty will go to 20% after 8 hours late and compound 10% with each subsequent day late. Computer trouble, printer trouble, or traffic will not be an acceptable reason for an extension. Assignments are due at the start of lab period. All assignments must be typed and partial assignments will not be accepted. Email assignments will not be acceptable. Dr Grisham will handle re-grades. If a student requests a re-grade, their entire assignment will be regarded, and the student’s grade can go up OR GO DOWN. Students have one week after receiving their paper back to request a re-grade, after one week, requests will not be considered. Plagiarism and Cheating All work MUST be the student’s own individual work. We will use TURNITIN, accessible from your MyUCLA, and an electronic copy of your assignment is due at the same time as your hardcopy is due. Collaborative efforts (explicit or implicit) will not be acceptable. Do NOT work together on any assignment. Sharing your work on a paper or take home exam will be considered the same as sharing an answer in an in-class exam. Using papers from previous terms meets the definition of plagiarism. Do not use templates from previous courses. You have an obligation to behave in an ethically responsible manner. We have a ZERO TOLERANCE for plagiarism and cheating in this course. Cheaters and plagiarists will be referred to the Dean of Students. Academic Honesty: Cheating including plagiarism: http://www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/Before%20You%20Begin%20That%20Paper.htm Plagiarism: To PLAGIARIZE is to "steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own without crediting the source; present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source," (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1973, 870.).Grading Grading will be straight scaled. Modules will be weighted in proportion to the number of weeks of duration. That is three week modules = 30% of grade and two week modules = 20% of grade. Grading scale 97-100 A+ 93-96 A 90-92 A- 87-89 B+ 83-86 B 80-82 B- 77-79 C+ 73-76 C 70-72 C- 67-69 D+ 63-66 D 60-63 D- BELOW 60