Level: III
Semester: 1
Number of Credits: 3
Anti-Requisite: BIOL 3861 Animal Behaviour
Prerequisites: BIOL 2867 

 

Course Description 

Approaches to animal behaviour. The description and measurement of behaviour, and the design of experiments. The evolution of behaviour. Physiological behaviour; stimulus perception, processing, and the organization of behaviour. Instinct and learning, and the development of behaviour in the individual. Signals, communication, and language in animals. Behavioural ecology of feeding, defence, territory and social behaviour, reproduction, and parental care.

 

Assessment

Coursework            50%
Final Examination  50%

 

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