Lecture topics in Animal Behavior at Austin College


In approximate order of appearance:

Introduction

Historical perspective
Methods, conceptual and practical
Genetics, heredity, and behavior
Basics of vertebrate neurobiology
Biological rhythms and biological clocks
Orientation, navigation, and migration
Foraging
Communication
Sexual selection
Mate choice and reproductive competition
Mating systems
Human mating behavior
Living in groups
Colonial breeding
Communal breeding
Sociality
Eusociality

The Powerpoints (will go live as we come to them):

Introductory material
Methods and experiments
Behavior genetics
Genetics and development
Basic neurobiology
Biological rhythms
Orientation, navigation, and migration
Foraging behavior
Communication
Sexual selection
The evolution of sex
Mating systems
Human mating

Introduction to social behavior
Social behavior part 2 
Murder
Eusociality
Naked Mole Rats