ANIMAL
BIOLOGY: A BEHAVIORAL VIEW
Integrative
Biology 31, Spring, 2002
Lecture:
9:00-10:00, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 155 Dwinelle
Instructor: Roy
Caldwell, 5017 VLSB
Instructor’s
Office Hours:
11:00-12:00, Monday and Thursday
Course
Web Site: http://ib.berkeley.edu/courses/ib031/
Discussion
Sections: One hour
per week. All students will be assigned
to a section by the end of the first week.
Sections will begin meeting the second week of classes. Sections will be
used to present biological background material pertinent to the behavioral
topics covered in lecture and to explore the implications of the research
surveyed. Specific questions on lecture
and reading material are best handled during office hours with your GSI.
Lecture
Format:
Professor Caldwell will normally lecture two days a week. The third day will be used for films, guest
lectures and exams. Major contributions
to the study of behavior covered in the films and guest presentations will be included on exams.
Text: We will
use Goldsmith and Zimmerman’s Biology, Evolution and Human Nature.
Appropriate chapters for each lecture are listed in the lecture
schedule. Chapters in Brackets are
optional. The text assumes some background in biology. If you are unfamiliar with specific
material, see your GSI for recommended additional readings. For a more advanced treatment of many of the
behavioral topics covered in the course, a good supplementary text is Krebs and
Davies’ An Introduction to Behavioral
Ecology. We will place a few copies
on reserve in the Moffitt Library.
Examinations
and Grading: The
course grade will be based on the total number of points awarded out of a
possible 400. Each of the two midterms
will be worth 100 points. The final exam will be worth 200 points. Approximately one-half of the final will
cover material presented since the second mid-term; one-half will cover the
entire course. Examinations will be
approximately 80% objective and short answer, 20% short essay. Exams will include material from films, the
text and lectures with emphasis on lecture topics.
General
Course Policies:
Students missing an exam will be given the opportunity to take a make-up exam only with written verification of
illness or personal emergency or if prior
approval was granted by the instructor.
Students requiring special arrangements during examinations must provide
written confirmation of this need at least one week before the scheduled
examination. Cheating on exams will not
be tolerated. Students found cheating
will have their exams confiscated and they will receive a zero for that exam.
Study
Guides: Each
Friday after lecture we will post on the web site a list of important concepts,
definitions, scientists, etc. These may
be used as guides for preparing for exams.
While the examinations may cover a broader range of material, mastery of
the study guides should be sufficient to ensure passing the course.
Lecture
Schedule: On the
following page is a list of topics to be covered with approximate dates. We will try to keep to this schedule,
although some topics may be expanded or contracted as your, and the
instructor’s, interests dictate. The
examination dates are firm. The
“teasers” refer to examples or ideas that will be discussed during lecture.
They are not intended to represent all of the material to be covered.