PRIMATE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ANTHRO 105 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 , ( BIOCORE 381 and 382 ), ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/ENVIR ST 260 , ZOOLOGY/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL 360 , PSYCH 450 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge about primate behavior and ecology and the major threats to primate survival Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Compare models of past and present diversity of primates as well as evolutionary and ecological models of primate behavioral and ecological adaptations, including primate cognition, life histories, and community ecology, and their conservation status Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically evaluate theoretical predictions about primate behavioral and ecological adaptations using examples derived from empirical studies of primates Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply informed perspectives about the potential and constraints on primates to adapt in a rapidly changing world Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate capacity to research and critically evaluate contemporary knowledge by producing a concise, synthetic written review of the importance of new empirical studies on a topic of choice Audience: Graduate 6. Apply principles of primate adaptive flexibility to ethical methods of research in primate behavioral ecological, behavioral genetics, behavioral endoncrinology, microbiomes, and behavioral energetics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge about primate behavior and ecology and the major threats to primate survival Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Compare models of past and present diversity of primates as well as evolutionary and ecological models of primate behavioral and ecological adaptations, including primate cognition, life histories, and community ecology, and their conservation status Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically evaluate theoretical predictions about primate behavioral and ecological adaptations using examples derived from empirical studies of primates Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply informed perspectives about the potential and constraints on primates to adapt in a rapidly changing world Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate capacity to research and critically evaluate contemporary knowledge by producing a concise, synthetic written review of the importance of new empirical studies on a topic of choice Audience: Graduate 6. Apply principles of primate adaptive flexibility to ethical methods of research in primate behavioral ecological, behavioral genetics, behavioral endoncrinology, microbiomes, and behavioral energetics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad