BIOL272-07S2 (C) Semester Two 2007

Principles of Animal Behaviour

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2007
End Date: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 29 July 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 October 2007

Description

Biological mechanisms underlying animal behaviour and the evolutionary functions of these behaviours. Sensory processing, learning, feeding, predator avoidance, communication, sociality, game theory, and cognition are explored from a comparative standpoint.

This course provides a broad introduction to the study of animal behaviour. In this course we will investigate many ways in which behaviour can be studied by concentrating on two major classes of questions: those that focus on the stimuli and mechanisms of behaviour (how questions) and those that explore the evolutionary or fitness related consequences (why questions). You will learn that the study of animal behaviour is a truly integrated discipline, encompassing everything from physiology to psychology and evolutionary biology.

Prerequisites

BIOL112 or PSYC104, or
PSYC105 and PSYC106

Course Coordinator

Robert Jackson

Lecturer

Jason Tylianakis

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final examination 50%
Tutorial report 15 Aug 2007 10%
Class Test 20 Aug 2007 20%
Essay 18 Sep 2007 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Manning, Aubrey. , Dawkins, Marian Stamp; An introduction to animal behaviour ; 5th ed; Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $420.00

International fee $1,862.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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