EEB3412W
EEB 3412W - Introduction to Animal Behavior, Writing Intensive (4 Cr.) Writing Intensive
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (10869)
TCBS - College of Biological Sciences
EEB 3412W - Introduction to Animal Behavior, Writing Intensive (4 Cr.) Writing Intensive
Course description
EEB 3412W is a lecture/lab writing-intensive course. Why do animals behave the way they do? This question is relevant to conservation, agriculture, human health, veterinary medicine, developing artificial intelligence, and understanding the origins of human behavior. This writing intensive course provides a broad introduction to animal behavior. As one of the most interdisciplinary fields in all of biology, understanding animal behavior requires an understanding of cell biology, physiology, genetics, development, ecology, endocrinology, evolution, learning theory, and even physics and economics! This course will draw on questions and methods from each of these disciplines to answer what on the surface appears to be a very simple question: Why is that animal doing that? The course will review such key topics as feeding behavior, reproductive behavior, perception, learning, animal conflict, social behavior, parental care, and communication. Throughout the course, students will be immersed in the scientific process, reading scientific literature, thinking critically, formulating their own research questions, and answering them in an independent project. This is a writing intensive course that covers scientific process and how to formulate research questions.
prereq: BIOL1951 or one of the following: BIOL1001, BIOL1003, BIOL1009, BIOL1012, BIOL1015, BIOL1052, BIOL1055, MATH1241, CHEM1081, CHEM1061, CHEM1071H, PHYS1221, PHYS1301W, PHYS1401V or instructor consent. Credit granted for only one of the following: EEB 3411, EEB 3412W or EEB 5412.
prereq: BIOL1951 or one of the following: BIOL1001, BIOL1003, BIOL1009, BIOL1012, BIOL1015, BIOL1052, BIOL1055, MATH1241, CHEM1081, CHEM1061, CHEM1071H, PHYS1221, PHYS1301W, PHYS1401V or instructor consent. Credit granted for only one of the following: EEB 3411, EEB 3412W or EEB 5412.
Minimum credits
4
Maximum credits
4
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPN - Student Option No Audit
Laboratory
Lecture
Requirements
013174
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
03197
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
Yes
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring