ZOO 4513 Animal Behavior - Credits:

This course teaches how and why animals behave the way that they do. How animals behave is the realm of proximate causation, which incorporates physiological, developmental and genetic bases of behavior. Why animals behave a certain way is ultimate causation, which investigates the adaptive value of behavior. The adaptive component of behavior also introduces the sub-discipline of behavioral ecology, where the animal’s behavior is studied in an ecological and evolutionary context. This allows us to merge concepts from Animal Physiology, Genetics and Ecology with behavior to provide a highly integrated program of study. (Note: Credit is only given for ZOO 4513C or (ZOO 4513/ZOO 4513L)).

Pre- or Co-requisite: ZOO 4513L PCB 3043, PCB 3063,