Life Sciences 15 - Life: Concepts and Issues (Fall 2007, UCLA). Instructor: Professor Jay Phelan.
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September 23, 2023
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This is a General Education Course introducing non-Life Science Majors to the Life Sciences, challenging them to explore and understand important issues in the field. Topics include chemistry of life, genetics, physiology, evolution, and ecology - all explored in lecture and debates.
Course Curriculum
- Lecture 01 – Science as a Religion Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Darwin’s Dangerous Idea Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Nurturing Nature: the Power of Culture Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – What did Mendel Discover? Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Modern Genetics and Biotechnology: DNA Fingerprinting Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Kindness to Our Kin Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Friend and Foe are Fluid Categories Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Unexpected Conflict, Unexpected Cooperation Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Proteins, Carbs, and Fats: the Molecules of Life Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Extracting Fuel from Food: Digestion Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Nutrition and Health Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – The Trouble with Testosterone: Hormones and Sex Differences Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Eggs are Big, Sperm are Small, and Men are Dogs Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Polygamy and Monogamy among the Animals Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Neurons and Brains Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Sensory Systems, Why are Drugs so Good? Caffeine: a Case Study Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Culture at Its Best? Technology’s Influence on Our Biology Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Happiness Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Review Unlimited
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