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Quarter: Summer 2010<strong>UCLA</strong> LS1Office: 3369B YH (310) 206–5062<strong>LECTURE</strong> <strong>SCHEDULE</strong> & <strong>SYLLABUS</strong>LS1:Introduction to Evolution and BiodiversityINSTRUCTOR: TODD C. LORENZ, Ph.D.Email:tlorenz@microbio.ucla.eduCLASS HOURS: MWF 9:00 AM – 10:50 AM,ROOM: Franz 1178OFFICE HOURS: R 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM & F 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM 3369B Young HallDATE<strong>LECTURE</strong>S AND EXAMS*TEXTCHAPTERAug. 2 Intro/Origin of Life 1,4Aug. 4 Origin of Life Cont’d/A Brief History in Time 25Aug. 6 Phylogenies/Genome Evolution 22,24Aug. 9 Evo Devo 20Aug. 11 Mechanisms of Evolution 21Aug. 13 Speciation 23Aug. 16 Bacteria/Archaea 26Aug. 18 Protists; Diversification of Eukaryotes 27Aug. 20 MIDTERM EXAM (9 – 10:50AM)Aug. 23 Fungi 30Aug. 25 Plants 28,29Aug. 27 Animals Form & Function 31Aug. 30 Protostome Animals/ Deuterostome Animals 32,33Sept. 1 Poulation Ecology and Ditribution 54,55Sept. 3 Community/Global Ecology 57,58Sept. 6 HOLIDAYSept. 8 Conservation Biology 59Sept. 10 FINAL EXAM I (9 – 10:50AM)REQUIRED TEXT:Life, The Science of Biology, 9 th Ed. by Sadava, Hillis, Heller, and Berenbaum. 2009W.H. Freeman Publ.REQUIRED PREP-U:The website www.prep-u.com is designed to help you practice with multiple choice questionsfor the exams. Instructions for logging on to the site are on an access card that comes withyour book. If you purchased a used book, you may purchase access to the site directly fromwww.prep-u.com website.CORE OFFICE: 2305 Life Sciences Buildinglscore@lifesci.ucla.eduThe Life Sciences Core Office will assist you with all matters pertaining to enrollment,absences, and emergencies.THIS <strong>SYLLABUS</strong> MAY BE REVISED OR UPDATED DURING THE QUARTER. CHANGESWILL BE ANNOUNCED IN <strong>LECTURE</strong> AND POSTED ON COURSE WEBSITE.COURSE WEBSITE: http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/summer10/1
Quarter: Summer 2010<strong>UCLA</strong> LS1Office: 3369B YH (310) 206–5062GRADES:Points (%)MIDTERM I (Friday, August 20, 2010, 9 -10:50 PM) 100 (20%)FINAL EXAM (September 10, 2010, 9 - 10:50 PM) 200 (40%)DEMOS 200 (40%)Total: 500 (100%)Grades will be assigned according to the following scale:A 90-100%B 80- 89%C 70- 79%D 65- 69%F 64% or belowClass scores may be curved if the mean for the class falls below 75%. In no instance,however, will the grades be curved downwards. You may use the above grading scale,therefore, as an indicator of your minimum grade in the class.EXPLANATION OF GRADE COMPONENTS:This course will consist of 15 lectures (110 min. each meeting 3X/ wk), 1 mid-term, 1cumulative final exam and 7 quizzes 1 written assignment and 1 worksheet. The final gradewill depend on one midterm (20%), demo section (40% total) and a cumulative final (40%).EXAMS:There will be one midterm exam and one final exam. The first exam will be from 9:00 – 10:50AM on Friday, August 20, 2010. The final exam will be from 9:00 – 10:50AM on September10, 2010. Students must bring a photo ID to each exam. All exams will be held in class.Re-grades are permitted on the midterm exam, but not on the final exam. No ‘make-up’exams will be given. Any missed exam or request to take an early exam must be approved inadvance by Dr. Lorenz.QUIZZES:Teaching Assistants will give a total of 7 quizzes during the quarter. Quizzes will focus onmaterial covered in the current and previous lectures and demo sections. These quizzes willbe given during the first 15 minutes of demo sections, so please be punctual. No extra timewill be given to complete the quiz for late arrivals.ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Instances of academic dishonesty will be referred withoutexception to the Dean of Students.2
Quarter: Summer 2010<strong>UCLA</strong> LS1Office: 3369B YH (310) 206–5062OFFICE HOURS:Dr. Lorenz and Teaching Assistants will each hold office hours each week. Attendance isoptional but highly recommended. Come prepared with questions pertaining to current andprevious lectures. No additional review sections will be offered.TA: Chris Chabot email: c.l.chabot@ucla.eduOFFICE HOURS: M 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM & W 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Life Science A806TA: Cord Kirshner email: cord.ucla@gmail.comOFFICE HOURS: M 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM, LSB 5323You will be able to attend office hours for either TA (even if he/she is not your regular demoinstructor), as well as office hours for the instructor, Dr. Lorenz. Please make abundant use ofthese TAs; they are a great resource for discussing and clarifying subject material.DEMO SECTIONS: There are ten demonstration sections scheduled for the term. Attendanceat your sections is mandatory. There will be no make-up sections if you miss a demo. In theevent of a documented medical absence, your score for that week will be prorated based onyour other scores. These medical absences must be cleared through the Core Office. Aschedule of the sections can be found below.DEMONSTRATION <strong>SCHEDULE</strong>:WEEK DEMO # ACTIVITY1 DEMO 1 Scientific Method; Research ToolsDEMO 2 Computer Simulations of Natural Selection2 DEMO 3 The Fossil Record and Horse EvolutionDEMO 4The Microbial World3 DEMO 5 The Photosynthetic WorldNO DEMO4 DEMO 6 The Botanical GardenDEMO 7Fungi & Animal Diversity I5 DEMO 8 Animal Diversity IIDEMO 9Animal Diversity III6 NO DEMODEMO 10Conservation BiologyThese demonstration sections are designed to reinforce the concepts covered in the lecturesand will also allow you explore the subject in greater depth in smaller groups with your TA.You will have the chance to see (and in many cases, touch) some of the organisms discussedin lecture. Use the sections as a forum to explore the issues we cover in the class.3
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