Animal Behavior
Spring Quarter 2003
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Syllabus & Texts
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On this page you can find the: syllabus, book list, and download the table of contents for the required coursepack.
Download the most up-to-date version of the syllabus here.
| Week 1 (March 31 - April 4) | |||
| Monday a.m. | Introduction and program logistics | Background readings Sign up for "animal presentations" | |
| Monday p.m. | Big questions in animal behavior | K&D chaps 1 & 2 | |
| Tuesday a.m. | Animal diversity, part 1 of 2 | CP (=Coursepack) (Janzen) | |
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar and short film | CP (De Waal, Martel), K&D chap 6 | |
| Thursday all day | Field trip to Point Defiance Zoo | ||
| Week 2 (April 7-11) | |||
| Monday a.m. | "Organism" presentations by students | ||
| Monday p.m. | Animal diversity, part 2 of 2 | Pianka chap 10 | |
| Tuesday a.m. | Methods lecture and workshop | M&B chaps 2-4 | |
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar | CP (Goodall, Cheney & Seyfarth) | |
| Thursday all day | Field trip to Nisqually, McClane Creek | ||
| Week 3 (April 14-18) | |||
| Monday a.m. | Remaining "Organism" presentations by students, plus film | ||
| Monday p.m. | Kin selection, origin of sex, sex determination, competition | K&D chap 5, 13; Pianka chap 8, 11 | |
| Tuesday a.m. | Guest lecture: Amy Cook on feeding ecology | Pianka chapter 5 | |
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar | Nisa (Intro, chapters 1-7) | |
| Thursday | All day Field trip | ||
| Week 4 (April 21-25) | |||
| Monday a.m. | Sexual selection | K&D chap 8; CP (Smuts) | |
| Monday p.m. | Stats workshop (1 of 3) | ||
| Tuesday a.m. | Return and discuss project proposals; group feedback | ||
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar | Nisa (chapters 8-14, epilogue) | |
| Friday-Saturday | Overnight field trip: Columbia River Gorge Receive 1st take-home exam | ||
| Week 5 (April 28-May 2) | |||
| Monday a.m. | Mating systems, male-female conflict, genomic imprinting | K&D chap 9; CP (Emlen & Oring) | |
| Monday p.m. | Workshop on Prisoner's Dilemma and game theory | K&D chap 11 | |
| Tuesday a.m. | Territoriality and male-male competition; film | K&D chap 7; CP (animal conflict) | |
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar | Hrdy: part 1 (chaps 1-5) First exam due | |
| Thursday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Wednesday or Friday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Week 6 (May 5-9) | |||
| Monday a.m. | Communication and female choice | K&D chap 10, 14; CP readings | |
| Monday p.m. | Statistics workshop (2 of 3) | TBA | |
| Tuesday a.m. | Parental care, parent-offspring conflict, sibling rivalry | CP readings (Trivers, etc.) | |
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar | Hrdy ch 7, 9-11 (pp146-174, 205-287) | |
| Thursday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Wednesday or Friday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Week 7 (May 12-16) | |||
| Monday a.m. | Convergent evolution, and the importance of history | Pianka chap 16; CP (Heying) Methods section of Paper due | |
| Monday p.m. | phylogeny workshop | TBA | |
| Tuesday a.m. | Guest: Bret Weinstein on bat diversity and behavior | TBA | |
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar | Hrdy ch 13, 15 (pp318-350, 383-393) | |
| Thursday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Wednesday or Friday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Week 8 (May 19-23) | |||
| Monday a.m. | Arms Races: Predation and parasitism; and film | K&D ch 4; Pianka ch 15; CP readings Introduction section of Paper due | |
| Monday p.m. | Stats 3 of 3: lesson and workshop | ||
| Tuesday a.m. | Cooperation, mutualisms, plant-animal interactions; and film | K&D chap 12; CP readings | |
| Tuesday p.m. | Seminar | Hrdy ch 17-20 (pp 408-474) Receive 2nd take-home exam | |
| Thursday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Wednesday or Friday all day | Field research (independent student projects) | ||
| Week 9 (May 26-30) | |||
| Data analysis and putting together of talks from independent research projects | |||
| Tuesday | 2nd take-home exam due by Tuesday, May 28 | ||
| Week 10 (June 2-6) | |||
| Monday all day | All day conference: student oral presentations | Research papers due in their entirety | |
| Tuesday a.m. | No Class | ||
| Tuesday p.m. | Final seminar | CP: Alexander 1990 Schedule evaluation conferences | |
| Thursday a.m. | Potluck | ||
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