Course Info: CS-0220
| Course | CS-0220 Animal Behavior II |
| Long Title | Animal Behavior II: Evolution, development, and neural bases of behavior - theory and field work |
| Term | 2017S |
| Note(s) |
Satisfies Distribution Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Adele Simmons Hall 221 on F from 9:00-11:50 |
| Faculty | Laela SayighüMark Feinstein |
| Capacity | 40 |
| Available | 31 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) |
Mind, Brain, and Information |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Writing and Research Quantitative Skills Independent Work |
| Additional Info | In this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes reading, writing, research. This course will have field trips and there will be a $30 cost per student. |
| Description | This is the second of a two-course sequence exploring the main theoretical ideas and methods of ethology, the scientific study of animal behavior. In this second semester we continue to explore the functional and evolutionary bases of animal behavior and cognition, including mating systems, parental care, development of behavior, and the influence of neural systems on behavior. Students also continue to put into practice some of the ways that ethologists observe, record, and measure behavior outdoors in the natural world. The main reading and discussion material for the course continues to be drawn from John Alcock's textbook, Animal Behavior, supplemented by journal articles from the professional scientific literature. Requirements include weekly responses to discussion questions on the reading and a research project of the student's choice pertaining to pig behavior that involves hands-on work with pigs at the Hampshire College farm. This project is written up as a full-length term paper and presented orally to the whole class. Prerequisite detail: Animal Behavior I, or instructor permission. |