Investigation of functional behavior of animals, such as migration, parental behavior, or mate choice, using an interdisciplinary approach that attempts to integrate the perspectives of developmental psychology, ecology and evolutionary biology, neural science, and the science of learning and memory. Topic will vary. Students make presentations and interact with visiting scholars. May be repeated for credit.

Evolutionary theory and concepts, with emphasis on natural selection, evolutionary game theory, life-history evolution, gender-allocation theory, variation strategies, co-evolution, population structure, speciation, species selection, and comparative methods.

An interdisciplinary study of the morphological, functional, and clinical aspects of the human nervous system.

Basic introduction and current trends in cellular neurophysiology, neurocytology, synaptic processes, and neuroanatomy. Laboratory demonstrations. Vertebrate brain dissection and microscopy.

Graduate introduction to sensory, motor, and integrative functions. Neural filtering and coding in sensory systems. Specialization and localization of brain function. Laboratory and demonstration.

Prerequisite: graduate standing in Psychology or consent of the instructor.
Introduction to theory and experimental literature in learning and motivation. Focus on nonhuman behavior.

Ontogeny of sensory-motor behavior and its underlying anatomical and physiological development.

Mechanisms underlying sleep, hunger, thirst, sex, etc. Effects of manipulations of the nervous system upon learning and memory.

Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
The function of nerve cells in controlling the natural behavior of animals. Sensory, integrative, and motor processes underlying selected behavior patterns of invertebrate and vertebrate animals.

Examines learning as an evolved ability which equips organisms to deal with predictable variability in the environment. Compares ethological, comparative, and general process approaches to the study of learning.

Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Study of behavioral adaptations and evolutionary constraints; topics include cooperative behavior, mate choice, animal communication, habitat selection.

Introduces students to research opportunities in animal behavior. Faculty will present overviews of their research programs, emphasizing the integrative aspects of their work and its application to functional and mechanistic explanations of behavior.

Readings and case-based discussion dealing with general ethical issues in science, with a particular focus on animal behavior. Topics include treatment and protection of animals; the acquisition, analysis, and use of data; student-mentor and student-teacher relations; credit, authorship, and peer review.

For biological and other science majors; preference will be given to freshmen and sophmores.
Processes of evolution (selection, speciation, macroevolution, origin and early history of life) and organismal function (morphology, physiology, and behavior.)

Prerequisite: high school or college chemistry. For biological and other science majors; preference will be given to freshmen and sophmores.
An integrated picture of the manner in which organisms at diverse levels of organization meet problems in maintaining and propagating life.

Credit by examination for demonstrating an understanding of basic facts and concepts of the lecture content of L111.

Credit by examination for demonstrating an understanding of basic facts and concepts of the lecture content of L112.

Introduction to psychology; its methods, data, and theoretical interpretations in areas of learning, sensory psychology, and psychophysiology.

Prerequisite: P101 or P151. Continuation of P101. Developmental, social, personality, and abnormal psychology.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor of Honors Division
Intensive introduction to psychology. Lectures and demonstrations, laboratry exercises, and student projects. (Combines material from P101 and P102, or P151 and P152.)

Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing in psychology or biology and consent of instructor.
Introduction to the zoological study of animal behavior. Emphasizes both internal and external factors involved in the causation of species-typical behavior of animals (from protozoa to primates) in their natural environment.

Prerequisites: P101, P151, or P106. Methods, findings, and interpretations of recent investigations of animal behavior.

Prerequisite: P311 or S311. Provides a rigorous exploration of the thteory of evouition -- the conceptual core of biology. Topics include origins and history of life; the interplay of heredity and environment in shaping adaptations; molecular, behavioral, and social evolution; patterns of speciation, extinction, and their consequences; methods for inferring evolutionary relationships among organisms. (Credit not given for both L318 and S318, or both S318 and L479.)

Prerequisite: L311 or S311. Provides a rigorous exploration of the thteory of evouition -- the conceptual core of biology. Topics include origins and history of life; the interplay of heredity and environment in shaping adaptations; molecular, behavioral, and social evolution; patterns of speciation, extinction, and their consequences; methods for inferring evolutionary relationships among organisms. (Credit not given for both L318 and S318, or both S318 and L479.)

Prerequisite: P101 and P102, or P151 and P152, or P106.
Facts and principles of animal and human learning, especially as treated in theories attempting to provide frameworks for understanding what learning is and how it takes place.

Prerequisite: P326. Examination of the interaction of the developing brain with the behavior it mediates. Cellular, systems, and organismal levels of analysis will all be considered in the organization of structure - function relationships in the neural basis of behavior.

Prerequsites: P101, P151 or P106 and L100, L111, L112, A215, or P215.
An examination of the cellular bases of behavior, emphasizing contemporary views and approaches to the study of the nervous system. Neural structure, function, and organization are considered in relation to sensory and motor function, motivation, learning, and other basic behaviors.