BIOL 353 - Comparative Behavior

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Two hours lecture; two hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in BIOL 131, BIOL 132, BIOL 231, and BIOL 232; or a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 111, BIOL 112, and BIOL 222.
Cross-Listed: PSYC 353

Study of animal behavior from viewpoints of zoology, ethology and comparative psychology. Topics may include, but are not limited to, animal sensory capacities, motor capabilities and coordinating mechanisms; classification of behavioral traits; analysis of instinctive behavior, learned behavior, social behavior, animal communications and evolutionary significance of social organization.