BIOL 3701 - Animal Behavior

3 hours

Prerequisites: BIOL 1107, BIOL 1108. This course exposes students to evolutionary and ecological processes that promote the diversity of behaviors found in animals. A strong emphasis on natural selection and the adaptiveness of behaviors pervades the course. This course addresses How animals behave (Ethology) and why they behave as they do (Behavioral Ecology). 3 hours of lecture per week.