This is a course on the biology of animal behavior relating principles to examples. The topics covered are behavioral phylogeny, behavioral adaptations, behavioral neuroscience, and behavioral development. Migration, habitat selection, feeding, communication, aggression, mating, parenting, social behaviors are considered in a wide range of animals including jellyfish, worms, mollusks, insects, spiders, lobsters, crabs, fish, frogs, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Extensive use is made of videotapes of animal behaviors.
Also, there is consideration of the relevance of research on animal behavior to that of humans. Students are provided with an outline for each lecture. W. C. Brown Publishers. There are three examinations which are each worth 20 percent of the grade and a final examination which is worth 35 percent of the grade.