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=== Course Web Site === | === Course Web Site === | ||
This is the course web site and wiki, hosted by [http://www.OpenWetware.org OpenWetWare.org]. You will need to register with OpenWetware.org to be able to edit the wiki and complete coursework. Updates to the course schedule and electronic copies of all handouts, assignments, and readings will be posted to that site. You will also use the site to keep an electronic lab notebook/journal for the course. In addition, students have been automatically enrolled in BIOL 398-01 on MyLMUConnect (formerly known as Blackboard). The MyLMUConnect site may be used for materials that cannot be made public on the OpenWetware.org wiki. | |||
=== Required Materials === | === Required Materials === |
Revision as of 14:55, 10 January 2011
Note that this site is under construction and that the information posted here is subject to change. — Kam D. Dahlquist 16:10, 21 December 2010 (EST)
Announcements
There are no current announcements.
Schedule
Updates to the schedule will be posted here. Readings need to be completed in preparation for class.
Week | Date | Reading | Topic | Assignment |
1 | Tues
Jan 11 |
Introduction to Biomathematics
Introduction to the OpenWetware Wiki |
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Thurs
Jan 13 |
Jan 14: last day to add or drop a class without a grade of W | Week 1 Assignment
Due midnight 1/17 | ||
2 | Tues
Jan 18 |
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Thurs
Jan 20 |
Week 2 Assignment
Due midnight 1/24 | |||
3 | Tues
Jan 25 |
Journal Club 1 | ||
Thurs
Jan 27 |
Week 3 Assignment
Due midnight 1/31 | |||
4 | Tues
Feb 1 |
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Thurs
Feb 3 |
Week 4 Assignment
Due midnight 2/7 | |||
5 | Tues
Feb 8 |
Research Presentation 1 | ||
Thurs
Feb 10 |
Week 5 Assignment
Due midnight 2/14 | |||
6 | Tues
Feb 15 |
Journal Club 2 | ||
Thurs
Feb 17 |
Week 6 Assignment
Due midnight 2/21 | |||
7 | Tues
Feb 22 |
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Thurs
Feb 24 |
NO Week 7 Assignment
Have a Happy Spring Break! | |||
Mar 1, 3 | Spring Break | |||
8 | Tues
Mar 8 |
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Thurs
Mar 10 |
Week 8 Assignment
Due midnight 3/14 | |||
9 | Tues
Mar 15 |
Research Presentation 2 | ||
Thurs
Mar 17 |
Mar 18: Last day to withdraw or change to credit/no-credit status | Week 9 Assignment
Due midnight 3/21 | ||
10 | Tues
Mar 22 |
Journal Club 3 | ||
Thurs
Mar 24 |
Week 10 Assignment
Due midnight 3/28 | |||
11 | Tues
Mar 29 |
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Thurs
Mar 31 |
Cesar Chavez Day, no class | Week 11 Assignment
Due midnight 4/4 | ||
12 | Tues
Apr 5 |
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Thurs
Apr 7 |
Week 12 Assignment
Due midnight 4/11 | |||
13 | Tues
Apr 12 |
Journal Club 4 | ||
Thurs
Apr 14 |
Week 13 Assignment
Due midnight 4/18 | |||
14 | Tues
Apr 19 |
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Thurs
Apr 21 |
Easter Break, no class | Week 14 Assignment
Due midnight 4/25 | ||
15 | Tues
Apr 26 |
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Thurs
Apr 28 |
Final Research Presentation | |||
Finals | Final Written Report due 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 5 |
Course Information
Instructors
- Kam D. Dahlquist, Ph.D.
- Phone: (310) 338-7697
- Email Dr. Dahlquist through OpenWetWare
- Office: Seaver 218
- Office hours: MW 1:00PM - 3:00PM and by appointment
- Ben G. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
- Phone: 310-338-7892
- Email Dr. Fitzpatrick through OpenWetWare
- Office: UH 2726
- Office hours: MW 2:00 - 3:00PM, TR 1:30 - 2:30PM
Prerequisites/Recommended Background
MATH 123 (Calculus for Life Sciences II) or MATH 132 (Calculus II); BIOL 201 (Cell Function); CHEM 220 (Organic Chemistry I), or consent of instructor
Class Meetings and Attendance
TR 9:25 – 10:40 AM, Seaver 120
This is a hands-on, participatory course, thus attendance at all class meetings is required. An unexcused absence from class will result in a 5% deduction from the overall course grade. The instructors should be notified as soon as possible, electronically or by phone, of the reasons for all absences.
Mutual Responsibilities
This course is designed to foster your development as a scientist and mathematician and to give you an authentic research experience. We will be engaged together in discovering, examining, and practicing the personal qualities, technical skills, and community standards of the scientific community. While you are ultimately responsible for your own learning, you are not alone. Our class constitutes a team where we will be learning from each other. The role of the instructors is to provide the expert coaching to support and assist you on your journey. All of the exercises, readings, assignments, and policies detailed below have been designed with this purpose in mind.
Classroom Conduct
As an LMU Lion, by the Lion’s Code, you are pledged to join the discourse of the academy with honesty of voice and integrity of scholarship and to show respect for staff, professors, and other students. Refer to LMU’s Community Standards for the Student Conduct Code, Section IV. D, or to the Lion’s Code. Disruptive behavior which is persistent or significantly interferes with classroom activities may be subject to disciplinary action. A student may be referred to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs if their behavior constitutes a violation of the conduct code. Specifically for this course, the following rules apply:
- You are responsible for your own learning and for being a good class citizen.
- We will act with honesty and integrity at all times.
- We will always treat individuals with respect.
- Class will start promptly on time.
- You are expected to come to class having done the assigned reading and preparatory work.
- You are expected to bring the required materials to each class session.
- Cell phones, pagers, and other communication or music devices must be turned off and put out of sight during class sessions.
Course Web Site
This is the course web site and wiki, hosted by OpenWetWare.org. You will need to register with OpenWetware.org to be able to edit the wiki and complete coursework. Updates to the course schedule and electronic copies of all handouts, assignments, and readings will be posted to that site. You will also use the site to keep an electronic lab notebook/journal for the course. In addition, students have been automatically enrolled in BIOL 398-01 on MyLMUConnect (formerly known as Blackboard). The MyLMUConnect site may be used for materials that cannot be made public on the OpenWetware.org wiki.