Basic Animal Behavior Theory

Basic Animal Behavior Theory is a Cognitive Science class taught by Kathryn Lord.

Course Description
This course will survey the main theoretical ideas in animal behavior. We will cover physiological, developmental, functional, and evolutionary explanations of behavior. The reading will be John Alcock's "Animal Behavior: an Evolutionary Approach" text. This class will serve as a prerequisite for subsequent upper level animal behavior classes. This course satisfies Division I distribution requirements.

Learning Goals

 * Reading
 * Writing