Biology
| Ethology
Z460 | 0661 | Phillips
Course format: Lecture: 9:30A-10:45A, TR, JH 248.
Requirements: Upper-class standing or consent of instructor.
Course description: This course gives an introduction to ethology, the
biological approach to the study of animal behavior. It surveys the study
of behavior at a variety of levels and in a broad diversity of taxa.
Required text: Goodenough, McGuire and Wallace, "Perspectives on Animal
Behavior".
Weekly assignments: Two chapters (or equivalent) of readings from primary
literature. One-two paragraphs of critique literature every other week.
Exams/papers: Three or four exams, each counting equally, and a term
paper. Graduate students present their papers orally to class.