BILD 2/Multicellular Life

Fall 2005

York 2722

Instructor:  William Schafer

wschafer@ucsd.edu     Office hours:  10 am - 12 pm Thur., CMG 223

Reading:  The text is Biology, 7th Edition (1999), by Campbell and Reece.

Students using earlier editions are responsible for identifying the chapters corresponding to the assigned reading.

Lecture   Topic/Reading
Thurs 9/22   Introduction to Multicellular Organisms
    Chapter 32 (also 25.2 and 26.6)
Tues 9/27   Animal Physiology
    Chapter 40
Thurs 9/29   Excretion
    Chapter 44
Tues 10/4   Animal Hormones
    Chapter 45
Thurs 10/6   Neurons and Nervous Systems
    Chapter 48
Tues 10/11   Mammalian Nervous System Structure
    Chapter 48
Thurs 10/13   Sensory Systems
    Chapter 49
Tues 10/18   Motor Systems
    Chapter 49
Thurs 10/20   Midterm Examination I
Tues 10/25   Animal Behavior
    Chapter 51
Thurs 10/27   Animal Nutrition
    Chapter 41
Tues 11/1   Circulatory Systems
    Chapter 42
Thurs 11/3   The Immune System
    Chapter 43
Tues 11/8   Animal Development
    Chapter 47
Thurs 11/10   Animal Reproduction
    Chapter 46
Tues 11/15   Midterm Examination II
Thurs 11/17   Plant Structure and Transport
    Chapters 35, 36
Tues 11/22   Plant Nutrition and Reproduction
    Chapters 37, 38
Thurs 11/24   Thanksgiving Holiday
Tues 11/29   Plant Hormones
    Chapter 39
Thurs 12/1   Discussion and Review

Sections:  Please sign up for a section on the TA’s sign-up sheet on the first day that the section meets.  It is permitted to switch sections, but TA’s have the right to limit section size by refusing to take additional students.  There will be no grade assigned for section attendance.

Internet:  The course web page is at http://www.biology.ucsd.edu/classes/bild2.FA05.  It will (eventually) contain syllabi, exam keys, and any other course handouts.

Grading:  Exams will be based on the lectures; the reading assignments are designed to aid in interpretation of the lecture material.  Midterms will be in class on the day indicated on the syllabus; the final will be 3 hours long on the day indicated in the UCSD schedule of classes.

      Midterm 1             25%      
      Midterm 2           25%      
    Final   (comprehensive)   50%    

There will be no make-up midterms.  For students with an excused medical absence from a midterm, the final will count for 75% of the grade.  Forging or altering a doctor's excuse note will be considered cheating and dealt with as described below.  Completion of all assignments is required to receive a passing grade!

Academic dishonesty:  Cheating and academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in this course.  According to UCSD policy, academic dishonesty includes:
Providing or procuring answers to future exams or assignments.
Taking an exam for another student or doing another student's problem sets.
Allowing another student to complete an exam or problem set for you.
Plagiarizing or copying another student's work.
Employing unauthorized aids (textbooks, cheat sheets) during an exam.
Altering graded assignments and submitting them for regrading.

Any student caught cheating on any assignment will not receive credit for that assignment.  Since all assignments must be completed to pass the course, this will result in a failing grade for the course.  All suspected incidents of cheating will also be reported to the appropriate dean.  No exceptions will be made.