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TA Course Descriptions For 2017-2018for courses in the following academic unitswithin the UCLA Division of Life Sciences:Department of Ecology And Evolutionary BiologyLife Sciences Core Curriculumpp. 1 – 5pp. 6-7Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular GeneticsDepartment of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental BiologyDepartment of Integrative Biology & Physiology(Courses under Physiological Science)pp. 13-15pp. 8 – 9pp. 10 – 12
TA COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FOR 2017-2018Courses in the Department ofECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGYLowerDivision17. Evolution for Everyone. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Exploration in detail of Darwinian natural selection, withemphasis on evidence and implications for modern problems people and societies face, including antibiotic resistance, insectresistance to pesticides, and coevolution of pollinators with crop plants. Nature of science in context of questions about ongoing realtime Darwinian processes. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 201818. Why Ecology Matters: Science Behind Environmental Issues. (5) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Basic ecologicalconcepts, scientific method, and ecological basis for local and global environmental issues. Major challenges to be faced in thiscentury, including need to find interdisciplinary and collaborative solutions to world’s worsening environmental problems (e.g., globalclimate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, pollution, declining water resources, declining fisheries). Environmental literacy toequip students to become leaders in growing green economy and to help forge solutions to current and future environmental crises thatthreaten natural resource base. P/NP or letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 201725. Living Ocean. (5) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour; field trips, three hours. Not open for credit to students with credit forEarth, Planetary, and Space Sciences 15. Physical and chemical processes that take place in oceans, with emphasis on their effects onorganisms. P/NP or letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018; SPRING 2018UpperDivision100. Introduction to Ecology and Behavior. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Not open forcredit to students with credit for course 118, C119A, C119B, 122 through C126, 129, 132 through 134B, 136, or 151B. Introduction tomethods and topics in ecology and behavior. Growth and regulation of populations, organization of communities and ecosystems,biogeography, and behaviors animals use to find food, choose mates, and interact in social groups. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017; WINTER 2018; SPRING 2018100L. Introduction to Ecology and Behavior Laboratory. (4) Laboratory, four hours. Enforced requisites: course 100 (may betaken concurrently), Life Sciences 1. Introduction to research methods in ecology and behavior, resulting in independent researchproposals and to gain understanding of scientific method, critical evaluation of research papers, and development of scientific writingskills. Involves work outside and off-campus meetings. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017; WINTER 2018; SPRING 2018101. Marine Botany. (6) Lecture, four hours; laboratory, six hours; three to four field trips. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Introduction tobiology and ecology of marine plants, including algae, sea grasses, and mangroves, with focus on form and function of marine plantsand their ecological role in different marine habitats and ecosystems. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 20181
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY COURSES (Continued )109. Introduction to Marine Science. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Stronglyrecommended for prospective Marine Biology Quarter students. Introduction to physical and biological world of 70 percent of planet:oceans. Designed to be integrative, with focus on geological evolution of seas, physical and chemical properties of water, and howthese abiotic processes shape ecology and evolution of marine organisms and environments. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017109L. Introduction to Marine Science Laboratory. (2) Laboratory, three hours. Enforced requisites: course 109 (may be takenconcurrently), Life Sciences 1. Introduction to marine environments and methods used to study them. Exploration of variety ofconcepts in marine science, ranging from oceanography to behavior, primary productivity, and marine biodiversity, with emphasis onexperimental design and scientific writing. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017110. Vertebrate Morphology. (6) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, five hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, 23L. Study ofvertebrate morphology, function, and evolution from viewpoint of comparative anatomy of adult forms, biomechanics, development,and paleontology. Laboratory study of selected vertebrates. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018111. Biology of Vertebrates. (5) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; four one- to two-day field trips. Requisite: LifeSciences 1. Adaptations, behavior, and ecology of vertebrates. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017112. Ichthyology. (6) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, six hours; field trips. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Highly recommended: courses110, 111. Biology of freshwater and marine fishes, with emphasis on their evolution, systematics, morphology, zoogeography, andecology. Field trips to examine fishes of Southern California shoreline, tidepools, and coastal streams. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017114A. Ornithology. (5) Lecture, three hours; laboratory/field trips, three hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course100. Systematics, distribution, physiology, behavior, and ecology of birds. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018115. Mammalogy. (5) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Topics in mammalian biology,including evolution, ecology, behavior, functional morphology, systematics, physiology, and biogeography. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018116. Conservation Biology. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course 100.Not open for credit to students with credit for Environment 121. Study of ecological and evolutionary principles as they apply topreservation of genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity. Discussion sections focus on interactions of science, policy, and economicsin conserving biodiversity. Oral and written student presentation on specific conservation issues. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018120. Evolution. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, 23L, Mathematics 3A and 3B, or31A. Designed for departmental majors specializing in environmental and population biology. Introduction to mechanics andprocesses of evolution, with emphasis on natural selection, population genetics, speciation, evolutionary rates, and patterns ofadaptation. P/NP or letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 20182
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY COURSES (Continued )121. Molecular Evolution. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Life Sciences 3, 4, 23L. Molecular biology,with emphasis on evolutionary aspects. DNA replication, RNA transcription, protein synthesis, gene expression, and molecularevolution. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017; SPRING 2018122. Ecology. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1, Mathematics 3B or 31A.Highly recommended: Mathematics 31B, 32A. Designed for departmental majors specializing in environmental and populationbiology. Introduction to population and community ecology, with emphasis on growth and distributions of populations, interactionsbetween species, and structure, dynamics, and functions of communities and ecosystems. P/NP or letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017C126. Behavioral Ecology. (4 or 8) (Formerly numbered 126.) Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1, Mathematics 3C or 32A.Recommended: course 129. Offered either as 4-unit quarter-long course or as 8-unit Field Biology Quarter course. Four-unit coursehas lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Evolutionary perspective of behavioral ecology, with extended consideration of selfishDNA, conflict with genomes, natural selection and coevolution, kin selection and diversity in group functioning and cooperation,social learning, game theory and alternative life histories, and human behavioral ecology. Eight-unit course covers several major areasin animal behavior more broadly, including foraging, sexual selection and predator-prey interactions in five intensive weeks, followedby extended field trip where students do individual projects. Concurrently scheduled with course C242. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018M127. Soils and Environment. (4) (Same as Environment M127 and Geography M127.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour;field trips. General treatment of soils and environmental implications: soil development, morphology, and worldwide distribution ofsoil orders; physical, chemical, hydrologic, and biological properties; water use, erosion, and pollution; management of soils as relatedto plant growth and distribution. P/NP or letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018129. Animal Behavior. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1. Introduction tobehavioral ecology. Methods and results of evolutionary approaches to study of animal behavior, including foraging strategies, socialcompetition, sexual selection, mating systems, cooperation, and social organization. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017135. Population Genetics. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: Life Sciences 4. Strongly recommended: course100, Mathematics 31A, 31B. Basic principles of genetics of population, dealing with genetic structure of natural populations andmechanisms of evolution. Equilibrium conditions and forces altering gene frequencies, polygenic inheritance, molecular evolution,and methods of quantitative genetics. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018137. Chemical Communication. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Chemistry 14A, 14B, 14BL, 14C, 14CL,and 14D, or 20A, 20B, 20L, 30A, 30AL, 30B, and 30BL, Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 23L. Chemical signals are most important means bywhich organisms communicate. Exploration of how chemical signals are produced, transported, and influence behavior of microbes,plants, and animals. Synthetic approach, with emphasis on applications to cell biology, physiology, and ecology. P/NP or lettergrading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 20183
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY COURSES (Continued )M139. Introduction to Chemical Oceanography. (4) (Same as Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences M105.) Lecture, three hours;discussion, one hour. Introductory course for physical sciences, life sciences, and engineering majors interested in oceanicenvironment. Chemical composition of oceans and nature of physical, chemical, and biological processes governing this compositionin past and present. Cycles of major and minor oceanic constituents, with focus on those that are most important for life (i.e., carbon,nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, and oxygen). Investigation of primary production, export production, remineralization, diagenesis, airsea gas exchange processes. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018151A. Tropical Ecology. (4) Lecture, one hour; discussion, two hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Broad introduction to biodiversity,community structure, and dynamics and ecosystem function of range of tropical forest habitats. Discussion of such themes asbiogeography, forest structure, plant growth forms, animal communities, herbivory, forest dynamics, and disturbance regimes. P/NP orletter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018155. Community Ecology. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: Life Sciences 1. Recommended: course100 or 122. Community ecology is study of biodiversity in ecological context: structure and dynamics of natural species assemblagesin space and time, and ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that determine which species are present or absent from particularassemblages. Examination of existing theories of community organization and evidence, both observational and experimental, bearingon these theories. Consideration of diverse array of communities--plant, animal, microbial, terrestrial, and marine--to give appreciationof extraordinary natural history and diversity of life on Earth as it exists in its living ecological context. Discussion of how ecologicalcommunities are responding now and will respond in future to anticipated global change, and conservation implications of thesechanges. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018162. Plant Physiology. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 23L. Basic aspects of plantfunction, including photochemical, biochemical, and physiological aspects of photosynthesis. Carbon and nitrogen metabolism and itsregulation; organellar interactions and compartmentation. Water relations, ion transport, flowering, hormone action, and plantresponses to stress. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018162L. Plant Physiology and Ecophysiology Laboratory. (2) Laboratory, four hours. Enforced requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 23L.Enforced corequisite or requisite: course 152 or 162. Focus on whole-plant physiology and ecophysiology from biochemical andmolecular processes to whole-plant function and field performance to gain understanding and appreciation of plant function, includingdynamic processes of growth, development, and reproduction. Exercises provide training in approaches and instrumentation such thatstudents become scientists, applying physiological techniques to answer questions on plant function. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018170. Animal Environmental Physiology. (6) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, six hours. Requisites: Chemistry 14D, or 30B and30BL, Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, 23L, Mathematics 3C or 32A, Physics 1C and 4BL, or 6C or 6CH. Not open for credit to students withcredit for Physiological Science 166. Designed for Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution majors. Introduction to physiology (function) ofanimals’ organs and organ systems, with emphasis on environmental interactions and ecological adaptations. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 20184
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY COURSES (Continued )CM173. Earth Process and Evolutionary History. (4) (Formerly numbered C173.) (Same as Earth, Planetary, and Space SciencesCM173.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisites: Chemistry 14A, 14B (or 20A, 20B),Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4. Recommended: one course from Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences M100, 101, 102, 103, M105, Ecologyand Evolutionary Biology 109, 116, 120, 121, 122, M131, 135, 142, 152, 154, Geography 100, 101, or 103. Exploration ofrelationship between physical processes affecting surface of Earth, such as tectonics and climate, and biological evolution. Geologichistory of Earth from its formation and history of scientific advancement. Changes through time in Earth/atmosphere/ocean systemdiscussed in terms of their effects on biological process and biodiversity. Climate issues considered in this historical context of globalprocess. Modern anthropogenic climate change placed in context of geologic record of climate change. Concurrently scheduled withcourse CM228. P/NP or letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017C174. Comparative Biology and Macroevolution. (4) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 1.Recommended: one introductory statistics course. Modern comparative biology provides framework for studying broad questions inevolution--How do body shapes evolve? What are dynamics of evolutionary arms race? Why are there so many species in tropics?Why are there so many beetles and so few crocodiles? Did dinosaurs put brakes on diversification of mammals? Examination of whytree of life is essential to understanding patterns of biological diversity and how phylogenetic comparative methods are used to testmacroevolutionary hypotheses. Concurrently scheduled with course C230. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):WINTER 2018175. Evolutionary Dynamics of Sex. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: Life Sciences 1. Fitnessdynamics of reproduction when females and males are in conflict over reproductive decisions, with focus on animals with humanexamples as appropriate. Emphasis on natural selection thinking, sexual selection, and origins of sexual conflict, including Fisheriansex allocation, evolution of manipulation through deceptive communication, and theory of Darwinian sexual conflict. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018C179. Communicating Science to Informal Audiences. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory or fieldwork, twohours. Enforced requisite: one course from course 25, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences M10, Chemistry 2, 14A, 20A, Earth,Planetary, and Space Sciences 1, 15, Environment M10, or Life Sciences 1. Designed for juniors/seniors. Combined instruction ininquiry-based teaching methods and learning pedagogy, with six weeks of supervised teaching experience at Santa Monica PierAquarium. Students practice communicating scientific knowledge and receive mentoring on how to improve their presentations todevelop ocean science literacy at all levels and to encourage broad public understanding of science and environmental stewardship.Need for young scientists to learn how to communicate about their science to audiences is especially critical when considering thatAmericans are expected to comprehend and respond to increasingly complex issues, such as global climate change, with limitedunderstanding of how natural world works. Concurrently scheduled with course C237. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 2018186. Evolutionary Medicine: Clinical Perspective on Medical, Surgical, and Psychiatric Disorders. (4) Lecture, three hours;discussion, one hour. From breast cancer and heart failure to self-injury, obsessive-compulsive and eating disorders, all contemporarymedical issues have evolutionary roots. Understanding of application of evolutionary thought to issues faced by physicians,veterinarians, psychologists, and other healthcare providers. Development of awareness and understanding of evolutionary roots ofthese disorders provides future healthcare providers with expanded perspective that enhances their practice and benefits their patientsin whatever field they enter. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):SPRING 20185
TA COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FOR 2017-2018COURSES in the LIFE SCIENCES CORELowerDivision1. Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity. (5) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours; one field trip. Introduction to principles andmechanisms of evolution by natural selection; population, behavioral, and community ecology; and biodiversity, including major taxaand their evolutionary, ecological, and physiological relationships. P/NP or letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017; WINTER 2018 (Possibly also Spring 2018. yet to be determined)2. Cells, Tissues, and Organs. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, 75 minutes. Enforced requisite: Chemistry 14A or 20A.Introduction to basic principles of cell structure, organization of cells into tissues and organs, and principles of organ systems. Lettergrading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017; (Possibly also Winter 2018. yet to be determined)3. Introduction to Molecular Biology. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, 75 minutes. Enforced requisites: course 2, and Chemistry14C or 30A. Corequisite: course 23L (students must take 23L concurrently with course 3 if they do not plan to take course 4).Introduction to basic principles of biochemistry and molecular biology. Letter grading.QUARTER(S):FALL 2017; WINTER 2018; SPRING 20184. Genetics. (5) Lecture, three hours; discuss
Department of Ecology And Evolutionary Biology pp. 1 – 5 Life Sciences Core Curriculum pp. 6-7 Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics pp. 8 – 9 Department of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology pp. 10 – 12 Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology pp. 13-15
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