BI - 374 Animal Behavior

Credits: 3

Explores the major categories of adaptive behavior demonstrated by animal life including communication, aggression and defense, courtship and reproduction, parental care and social behaviors. Special focus is placed on understanding the proximate and ultimate causation of behaviors across a variety of taxa, including humans. Connections are made across the fields of comparative psychology, ethology, behavioral ecology and sociobiology.

Prerequisite(s): BI 151 and BI 152