Biology (BIOL) Courses>Animal Behaviour

BIOL345 - Animal Behaviour

Description

Evolutionary and comparative analyses of animal behaviour. Topics include foraging behaviours, evolution of sex, mate choice, sociality, empathy, conflict and play, nature/nurture controversies, sensory modalities, communication and the evolution of language, hemispheric dominance and laterality, taxonomic diversity of nervous systems, proximate and ultimate mechanisms for interpreting behaviour. Laboratory includes observational and experimental approaches to behaviour of representative invertebrate and vertebrate taxa and a field research project.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-3-0

Note(s)

  • Students with credit in MRNE 446 may take this course for credit.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete 1 of:
      • BIOL184 - Evolution and Biodiversity (1.5)
      • BIOL190B - General Biology II (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
      • BIOL186 - Physiology and Cell Biology (1.5)
      • BIOL190A - General Biology I (1.5)
    • minimum third-year standing
    • Complete 1 of the following
      • Complete all of:
        • BIOL215 - Principles of Ecology (1.5)
      • declared Honours or Major in Anthropology or declared Honours or Major in Combined Biology and Psychology.

Course offered by

Department of Biology

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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