MARN 3361 - Animal Behavior

Prerequisites: BIOL 3320 or MARN 2260 , junior or senior standing. This course will introduce upper-level undergraduates to the biological study of animal behavior. Students will learn how animals respond to and interact with the changing conditions in the world in which they exist. The course will be structured around Niko Tinbergen's classic four questions, in which behaviors are considered from the perspective of 1) mechanism, 2) ontogeny, 3) survival value, and 4) evolution. Examples will be drawn from across the animal kingdom, with a special emphasis on the behavior of marine organisms when appropriate. 3 credits