EEB 115 Mammalogy Summer 2009 Professor Jeff Thomas Ph D Text Mammalogy Adaptation Diversity Ecology 3rd edition Feldhammer et al Lectures MWF 9 10 20 Botany 325 Office hours By appointment Email jfthomas ucla edu TA Kim Pollard kpollard ucla edu Lectures Book 22 June Introduction 24 June Evolution 26 June Evolution 29 June Methods 1 July Feeding 3 July Holiday 6 July Feeding and locomotion 8 July Feeding and locomotion 10 July Lit review Midterm 13 July Environment 15 July Environment and physiology 17 July Habitats 20 July Sex 22 July Sex 24 July Phylogeography 18 July Zoo 27 July Biogeography 29 July Conservation 31 July Final Exam Family report due Additional readings may be posted on the course website They will be announced in class and you will be responsible for the material in those readings as well Labs M T 1 4 20 9 12 20 LS 1113 LS 1113 Grading Midterm 100 Participation 20 Homework 80 Lab Practical 100 Final exam 100 400 The midterm and the final exam will both be given during class time You should have no other scheduling complications with those times There will be no make up exams so make sure to arrange your schedule to be there for the exams In general letter grading will follow a 90 80 70 60 curve If the class average is below a 75 overall grades may be curved If you want an estimate of how you re doing in class look at the class mean for that assignment If you re at the mean you are right around a C or C If you feel that an error was made in the grading you have 2 class meetings from the time the test was returned to submit your exam for regarding You must state VERY CLEARLY why you believe you should have received more credit for your answer Exams will be multiple choice true false and short answer You will NOT do very well if all you do is memorize While there is a lot of factual information to learn you must also be able to understand concepts and make connections Take notes my powerpoint slides are not enough practice thinking about the concepts try explaining them to someone who is not in the course If you can t make a friend parent understand what you re saying then you probably won t do very well on the exam If you can explain a concept to someone else AND they can follow you then you will probably do well assuming of course that you explained it correctly The website There is a website for the course I will post the syllabus lecture terms and midterm answers on the website There is a discussion board on the website where you may post questions for us In general I recommend posting material questions to the message board rather than emailing them to us By putting your questions out for everyone to see other people can learn from your questions too We will be checking it to get answers for you as quickly as possible The website address is www lsic ucla edu classes summer09 You will need a bruin online ID to access the system If you have questions go to 2127 LS and ask for help