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Nov 21, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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AGS 282 - Zoo and Domestic Animal Behavior
Description: Assessment of animal behavior in a variety of species including domestic and exotic animals. Includes internal and external factors influencing animal behavior, social organization, genetics, communication, conflict, mating systems, and biological rhythms.
Credits: 4
Lecture: 3
Lab: 3
Course Content:
- Behavioral genetics
- Evolution and behavior patterns
- Nervous system
- Hormones and immunology behavior
- Biological rhythms
- Communication
- Migration
- Habitat selection
- Conflict
- Sexual reproduction
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze the history of behavioral genetics and evolution. (1)
- List the design features in animal behavior studies. (1,2)
- Determine the basic principles of genetics in animals. (1,5)
- Distinguish between macroevolutionary and microevolutionary changes in behavior. (2,7)
- Identify the parts of the nervous system and their associated functions. (3,4)
- List the biological rhythms and their significance in animal behavior. (5,6)
- Determine how communication conveys information between animal and human interaction. (6)
- Analyze and identify migration patterns and navigational mechanisms for a given set of animals. (7,8)
- Recognize the signs leading to animal conflict. (9)
- Calculate the costs and benefits of sexual reproduction and selection in the animal kingdom. (10)
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