BIOL 305 - Animal Behavior

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years, usually in the fall semester

An examination of principles and methods of the study of animal behavior based on ethology, comparative psychology, and neurobiology. Topics include methods, evolution, genetic control, learning, physiology of the senses and nervous system, orientation and migration, biological rhythms, communication, and sociobiology. Lecture and laboratory.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 271, BIOL 271L.