BZ3061 - Behavioural Ecology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
Understanding the evolution of animal behaviour is a key component of the successful biologists tool kit. Students will learn the necessary theoretical and practical skills enabling them to conduct, interpret and report a diversity of behavioural studies, with an emphasis on the implementation in tropical systems.
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.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
- The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
- The ability to work individually and independently.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have a good background in level 2 biology. |
| Prerequisites: | 6CP of Level 2 BZ |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BZ5061 ZL3061 ZL5061 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Simon Robson |
| Lecturers: | Professor Glen Chilton, Dr Justin Welbergen, Professor Mark McCormick, Professor Lin Schwarzkopf, Dr Stefan Walker, Professor Simon Robson. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (40%); essays (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.