PSY 329 - Animal Behavior

Description

Hours: Four hours lecture per week Prerequisite: Upper Division standing Explores how animals interact with each other and their environment to solve problems related to survival and reproduction. Emphasizes the mechanisms of solving problems like finding food while not becoming food, reproduction and parental care, when and how animals communicate, navigation over short and long distances, and the tension between cooperation and competition that arises in social living. The class provides perspective on the relationship between organisms and their environment, the neurological and hormonal mechanisms of behavior, the role of learning and cognition, and the origins of human behavior.

Meeting Information

Status: Open
Class Number: 2259
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 4.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/27/2016 - 12/23/2016
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 33
Available Seats: 2
Wait List Capacity: 15
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Enrollment Information

• Upper Division