Natural Horse Behavior

This course will cover the equid ethogram under natural conditions to not only examine the behavior of horses and other equids, but to gain a robust understanding of a comprehensive ethogram. A book will be the framework for the course. A practical field guide to horse behavior: the equid ethogram. The first week will be an introduction to the course and an in-depth examination of the concept of the ethogram and general related ethological concepts. The following 6 weeks will each examine a section of the book and the accompanying video clips illustrating each behavior entry within a specific category of behavior Students will be responsible for a particular behavior entry each week which they will present for discussion at the weekly synchronous session. Prerequisite: VCSP 6330 AND VCSP 6390 AND VCSN 6390 AND VCSN 6500 3 Credit Hours