ZL3061 - Topics in Animal Behaviour
Credit points: | 03 |
Year: | 2008 |
Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
An analysis of selected current topics in animal behaviour, emphasizing the formulation and testing of hypotheses within field and laboratory situations. Selected topics include: the organization of complex systems, artificial life, population genetics and selection, sensory ecology, sexual selection and human sociobiology.
Learning Outcomes
- familiarity with the process of natural selection and evolution;
- further develop written, verbal and presentation skills;
- understand how ecological and behavioural processes operate within an evolutionary framework;
- understand how to propose and evaluate alternative hypotheses concerning the evolution of ecological and behavioural characteristics.
Prerequisites: | (BS2001 OR BZ2400) AND (BZ2440 OR MB2060 OR ZL2007 OR ZL2102) or permission of HOS |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ZL5061 |
Availabilities | |
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Simon Robson. |
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Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (40%); essays (20%). |
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