BIONB 2210

Neurobiology and Behavior I: Introduction to Behavior

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2019-2020 Catalog.

General introduction to the field of animal behavior. Topics include evolution and behavior, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, chemical ecology, communication, orientation and navigation.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: two majors-level biology courses.

Permission Note Priority given to: students studying Neurobiology and Behavior. Not open to: freshmen. Enrollment limited to: 15 students per 4-credit disc.

Outcomes

• To acquire a greater awareness of, and curiosity about, your own behavior and the behavior of other living things.
• To gain mastery at asking and answering questions about the mechanisms and evolution of behavior by performing observations, generating hypotheses, deriving predictions, and developing tests to investigate the causes of behavior.
• To appreciate the similarities and differences between the behaviors of humans and non-human animals, and to understand how the study of behavior is relevant to your other courses, to your own life, and to the world around you.

Distribution Category (OPHLS-AG, PBS-AS)

When Offered Fall, Summer.

Satisfies Requirement Four-credit option required of students in Neurobiology and Behavior program of study.

Comments May be taken independently of BIONB 2220.

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