Course Description
Life Sciences 15: Life: Concepts and Issues, LIFESCI 15
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introduction to important concepts and issues in the field for non-life sciences majors. Topics include chemistry of life, genetics, physiology, evolution, and ecology--all explored in lecture and debates, with a writing component. P/NP or letter grading.
Key Information
Credit: 5 quarter units /
3.33 semester units credit
UC Los Angeles, Life Sciences
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Foundations of Scientific Inquiry: Life Sciences
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: Muir: 1 course in a Natural Sciences theme in "Biological Sciences"; TMC 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major;
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
General Education: Area C - Science, Mathematics, and Technology
UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: SI
More About The Course
Course Creators
Frank Laski
J.P. Phelan
Jay Phelan has been on the faculty of the UCLA Life Sciences Core Program since 1997, specializing in evolutionary biology, human behavior, and genetics. He received a Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard, and master's and bachelor's degrees from Yale and UCLA. He is co-author of the international bestseller, Mean Genes (Basic Books; translated into nine languages), the author of the textbook What is Life? A Guide to Biology (Macmillan; now in its 4th edition), and dozens of technical publications both in biology and science education. Jay has given numerous training presentations for the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Program and Behavioral Analysis Unit since 2007. He has appeared on ABC's Nightline, CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio. His work has also been featured in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, a TEDx talk, and Elle magazine, as well as in more than a hundred newspapers. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards, including UCLA's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2011.
Jay Phelan has been on the faculty of the UCLA Life Sciences Core Program since 1997, specializing in evolutionary biology, human behavior, and genetics. He received a Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard, and master's and bachelor's degrees from Yale and UCLA. He is co-author of the international bestseller, Mean Genes (Basic Books; translated into nine languages), the author of the ...
Jay Phelan has been on the faculty of the UCLA Life Sciences Core Program since 1997, specializing in evolutionary biology, human behavior, and genetics. He received a Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard, and master's and bachelor's degrees from Yale and UCLA. He is co-author of the international bestseller, Mean Genes (Basic Books; translated into nine languages), the author of the textbook What is Life? A Guide to Biology (Macmillan; now in its 4th edition), and dozens of technical publications both in biology and science education. Jay has given numerous training presentations for the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Program and Behavioral Analysis Unit since 2007. He has appeared on ABC's Nightline, CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio. His work has also been featured in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, a TEDx talk, and Elle magazine, as well as in more than a hundred newspapers. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards, including UCLA's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2011.
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