Animal Behavior.

Catalog description

A course in the study of animal behavior in the field. Topics include: natural selection and evolution of behavior, behavioral genetics, neural and physiological mechanisms of behavior, communication, aggression, sexual reproduction, and mating systems. The course is an upper-level biology restrictive elective appropriate for junior and senior biology majors and others interested in zoology, animal science, entomology and experimental psychology. Concurrent enrollment in the laboratory is required. Prerequisites: BIOL 205 Integrative Organismal Biology. Co-requisite: BIOL 405 Animal Behavior laboratory Lab The study of animal behavior in the field to be taken as a co-requisite with BIOL 405 Animal Behavior lecture course. This course will emphasize methodology for collecting and analyzing animal behavior data. We will cover collection, statistical analysis, interpretation and written and oral presentation of behavioral data. Co-requisite: BIOL 405 Animal Behavior lecture.