| Week of | Day | Topic |
| 19 Jan | M W Lab |
No class Organization No lab |
| 26 Jan | M W Lab |
What is behavioral ecology? Testing adaptive hypotheses Discussion: identifying adaptation |
| 2 Feb | M W Lab |
Sexual vs natural selection Bateman’s principle(s) revisited Lab: data collection techniques Critique #1 due (25 pts) |
| 9 Feb | M W Lab |
Sexual selection 1 Sexual selection 2 Lab: sexual selection in birds |
| 16 Feb | M W Lab |
No class Sexual selection 3 Techniques symposium Techniques abstract due (25 pts) |
| 23 Feb | M W Lab |
Sexual selection 4 Film Hyena trip (?) |
| 1 Mar | M W Lab |
Mating systems 1 Mating systems 2 Discussion: exam review Critique #2 due (25 pts) |
| 8 Mar | M W Lab |
Mating systems 3 EXAM 1 No lab – go recover! |
| 15 Mar | M W Lab |
Sociality: cooperation & conflict No class Lab: zoo trip |
| 22 Mar | Spring break! | |
| 29 Mar | M W Lab |
Living in groups Cooperation and conflict Lab: mating systems 1 Zoo report due (25 pts) |
| 5 Apr | M W Lab |
Is kin selection necessary? Ecology of sociality 1 Lab: mating systems 2 |
12 Apr |
M W Lab |
Ecology of sociality 2 Reproductive skew 1 Lab: mating systems 3 |
| 19 Apr | M W Lab |
Reproductive skew 1 Sociality overview Discussion: eusociality |
| 26 Apr | M W Lab |
Behavioral evolution 1 Behavioral evolution 2 Discussion: what about humans? Lab report due (50 pts) |
| 3 May | M W Lab |
Human behavioral ecology 1 Human behavioral ecology 2 Discussion: review for exam |
| 10 May | M |
EXAM #2 |