Advanced Field Methods in Animal Behavior

Advanced Field Methods in Animal Behavior is a Cognitive Science class taught by Mark Feinstein.

This course requires prerequisites.

Course Description
This course involves hands-on study of animal behavior (and cognition) in the field. Taking advantage of varied habitats in the vicinity of the college -- our own woodlands, the Holyoke range, the Quabbin reservoir, the Berkshire hills and elsewhere -- we will learn techniques for observing, recording, describing and analyzing the behavior of some local (primarily mammalian) species, including coyotes, deer, moose, black bear and fishers. Students will collect and analyze data and submit a final written report on one species of their choosing, and should be prepared to spend a lot of time outdoors. Prerequisite: Animal Behavior Theory or equivalent.