This syllabus may change to accommodate scheduling conflicts Please visit the course website for updates EEB 100 Introduction to Ecology and Animal Behavior Summer 2008 Instructor Dr Terence Lee Life Science 3112 Office Hours WF 11 30 12 30pm TL ucla edu Phone x66599 TA Ben Rossi LS 3125 TBA ben12 ucla edu Phone x64983 TA Josh Cary TBA OH Th 2 4pm jcary84 gmail com TBA Lecture MWF 1 2 20pm in Botany 325 Section 1A 1B 1C Time Day 3 4 50pm MW 9 10 50pm MW 11 12 50pm WF Location Bot 133 Bot 133 Bot 133 TA Josh Josh Ben Course Web Page www lsic ucla edu classes summer08 Turn it in www turnitin com Grading Ecology Exam Animal Behavior Exam Discussion Section Assignments Total 400pts 400pts 400pts 1200pts Reading The course reader will contain excerpts from these texts Alcock J Animal Behavior 8th ed Krebs C J Ecology 5th ed Pechenik J A short writing guide about biology 5th ed Grading Policy Attendance is mandatory for both the lectures and the discussion sections Each person is responsible for turning their own work Failure to do so will be reported to the dean There will be no make up exams or assignments All requests for regrades must be made in writing within one week after the exam has been returned Simple errors such as miscalculating points do not require written requests Plagiarism is unacceptable You are responsible for turning in your own work You may bring one 3 x 5 note card with you to each exam 1 This syllabus may change to accommodate scheduling conflicts Please visit the course website for updates Week 1 Date Lecture Topic 6 23 Intro to Animal Behavior 6 25 Natural Selection Genetics and Heredity 6 27 Predation and Optimal Foraging 2 6 30 Social Evolution and Parental Care 7 2 Social Behavior and Kin Selection 7 4 Holiday 3 7 7 Sexual Selection 7 9 Mate Choice 7 11 Introduction to Ecology Exam Review 4 7 14 Midterm Exam 400pts 7 16 Distribution due to abiotic and biotic limits 7 18 Species Interactions 5 7 21 Population Biology 7 23 Community Ecology 7 25 Ecosystem Ecology 6 7 28 Conservation Endangered Exotic Species 7 30 TBA Exam Review 8 1 Final Exam 400pts Exams will be given in the same time and location as lecture Discussion Sections Week First Section 1 No section 2 Library Demonstration 3 Measuring Behavior JWatcher 4 5 6 Article Critique Data collection Discuss statistics and graphs Review for Final Discussion Assignment Attendance Hypothesis Testing Write up Library Exercise Measuring Behavior Write up Article Critique Ecology Proposal Ecology Paper Group Power Point Presentation Total Due NA Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 4 Week 4 Week 6 Week 6 Second Section Introduction Hypothesis Testing No section Holiday Sampling Techniques Discuss Proposal Review for Midterm Proposal Due Start data collection Data collection Group Power Point Presentation Points 20 20 5 20 35 50 200 50 400 2