Bio 169: Animal Behavior

Lecture: Monday, Wednesday 1pm to 2 pm (2 hours total)
Lab: Monday 2pm to 5pm (3 hours total)

This course is an introduction to the incredible world of animal behavior, in other words, why animals do the things that they do.

Prerequisite: BIO 1 or permission of instructor
Scheduling: Spring only, next offered Spring 2010
Units: 3 units.

Texts: Krebs, J.R., Davies, N. (1993) An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology. 3rd Edition. Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN 0-632-035463. Required

AND

Dawkins, R. (1989) The Selfish Gene. (Updated Edition) Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-286092-5. Required.

 

 

Field Trip (February 7, 2010):

We have a field trip to Ano Nuevo to see the Elephant Seals, on Sunday, February 7th, 2010. This is a whole day trip and is required. It costs $6 per student. We will leave at 7:15am and get back around 7pm. Please plan your schedules accordingly.

Online version of Dawkins, R. (1976) Selfish Gene.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3812/The-Selfish-Gene-Richard-Dawkins?ga_related_doc=1

Working with Excel 2007:

This handy page helps you understand how to do things in Microsoft Excel 2007 that you knew how to do in Microsoft Excel 2003.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA101491511033.aspx

Behavior Project Ideas:

Critter Page: Here are some of the animals which we keep in the Department on a regular basis. Many of these make excellent subjects for behavioral experiments.

Checking for Open Computer Labs

  http://www.csus.edu/irt/acr/cls/resources/availability.stm

 

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