12/23/04 LIFE SCIENCE 2: Cells, Tissues, and Organs (Lecture 1), 5 credits WINTER 2005 Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 - 10:50 AM Fowler A103B Description of the course: Designed for students interested in the life sciences and as part of a four-course sequence (LS1-LS4), this course has three hours of lecture and an average of two hours of discussion per week, including labs. It covers structure from molecules to cells to systems and physiology from cells to systems. Professor Stan Schein: Office hours: Mon. and Wed. 4:00 - 5:30, and by appointment Franz Hall Room 8522 phone 825-0505; email [email protected] Class Website: http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/winter05/ Books Textbook (available in the UCLA Bookstore): WK Purves, D Sadava, GH Orians, HC Heller. Life, The Science of Biology, 7th Ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc.: Sunderland, MA and WH Freeman and Co.: Gordonsville, VA, 2001. ISBN # 0-71679-856-9. Study Guide (CD included with the textbook). Laboratory Manual (available in the UCLA Bookstore): Chen, K. Life Sciences 2 Cells, Tissues and Organs Winter 2004-2005 Lab Manual. Hayden McNeil: Plymouth, MI, 2003. ISBN # 0-73801-342-0. The Chemistry CD comes with the Laboratory Manual. Powerpoint slides and Lectures The slides for each lecture (in pdf format) will be posted on the Class Website under Course Materials. With luck, the lectures will also be posted as MP3 files. Important notices 1. Exams and Reviews will be given in the evening for several reasons. First, you will be able to have more lectures. Second, you can have more time to complete your exams. Third, when it comes time to take the exams, you won't have to wait anxiously for the previous class to leave the lecture hall or feel the pressure of the students in the next class trying to get into the room. If you cannot be available during those times, you might consider taking this course in another quarter. If you must take this course now and cannot be available during those times, contact Prof. Schein by email without delay. 2. Enrollment. If you are not but want to enroll, you should keep trying URSA, in case someone drops the course. If you have other enrollment concerns, go to the Life Science Office, Life Science Building, Room 2305, where you can contact Mark Gray ([email protected]) or Tammy Johnson ([email protected]). Neither the professor nor the LS Core office have any PTEs to distribute.3. Discussion Day Lab Discussion Time TA Section room room A Tuesday Young Hall South 2336 MS 3915G 9-12 IB B Tuesday Young Hall South 2336 MS 3915G 12-3 IB C Tuesday Young Hall South 2336 MS 3915G 3-6 DT D Tuesday Young Hall South 2379 Slichter 2834 10-1 SS E Tuesday Young Hall South 2379 Slichter 2834 1-4 AN F Tuesday Young Hall South 2379 Slichter 2834 4-7 PJ G Wednesday Young Hall South 2370 MS 3915H 11-2 PJ H Wednesday Young Hall South 2370 MS 3915H 2-5 AN I Wednesday Young Hall South 2379 Slichter 2834 11-2 NM J Wednesday Young Hall South 2379 Slichter 2834 2-5 NM K Thursday Young Hall South 2336 MS 3915G 9-12 JS L Thursday Young Hall South 2370 MS 3915H 10-1 DT M Thursday Young Hall South 2379 Slichter 2834 10-1-3 SS N Friday Young Hall South 2336 MS 3915G 12-3 JS Teaching Assistants (TAs) Ilona Bebenek [email protected] Peter Jindra [email protected] Natalia Mattan [email protected] Ali Naghibi (AN) [email protected] Jessica So [email protected] Sheila Soleymani [email protected] Diana Tran [email protected] 4. Grading. All grades are posted in my.ucla. The course has 450 total points and is graded on a curve. All exams are based on the Textbook, the Study Guide, the Lectures, the Discussion sections, and the Articles. The final includes questions from the last lab. The exams are NON-CUMULATIVE. The grading is on a curve, so it won't matter if you find the exams easy or difficult, since everyone else will have the same experience. First exam, 100 points (50 multiple-choice questions): Thursday, February 3, in the EVENING, from 5:00 - 6:50 PM in Room TBA. This exam covers Chapters 1-7 the text, lectures 1-11 covering those chapters, the chemistry CD, and the first article. Second exam, 100 points (50 multiple-choice questions): Monday, February 28, in the EVENING, from 5:00 - 6:50 PM in Room TBA. This exam covers Chapters 8, 15, 41-43, and 48-50 of the text, lectures 12-20 covering those chapters, and the second and third articles. Final exam, 100 points (50 questions) + 20 points (10 lab 5 questions): Wednesday, March 23 (Finals week), from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM in Room TBA. This exam covers Chapters 44-46 and 51 of the text, lectures 21-28 covering that material, the fourth and fifth articles, and the last laboratory. Labs, 100 points: 80 points for lab write-ups and 20 points for questions added to the final. Discussion sections, 50 points: 10 points for each of 5 quizzes.Effort Like most other universities, the University of California expects 3 hours of work each week/credit, or 15 hours each week for a 5-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, 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, print out the notes from the webpage, attend the lecture, read the text carefully after lecture, and answer the questions in the Study Guide. Discussion section meetings Discussion sections meet during weeks 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10. The first five minutes will be taken up by a quiz with five questions, two from the Study Guide and three from the Scientific American article which was assigned for that week. (Please go on-line to get these articles and print them out at the start of the quarter!) This is a good time to get your own questions answered! If you miss your own Discussion section, you may ask your TA for permission to attend a different one that week. Articles: #1. W. Ford Doolitte (2000) Uprooting the tree of life. Sci Am 282 (February), 90-95. #2. Edward O.