BIOL 115 - Animal Behavior

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): None

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course is an overview of the fundamental principles of animal behavior, including patterns of behavior and evolution of behavior, as well as the influence of structure, physiology, heredity, learning, experience, and emotion on behavior.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical analysis.
Students will apply scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural sciences.