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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

BL 3230 - Animal Behavior

(3)
An ethnological course studying the mechanics and evolution of behavior. The course includes historical ethology and its arguments, basic neural mechanisms, releasors, sign stimuli, learning theory, complex individual and social behaviors, species interactions and the evolution of behavior.

Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in PY 1000  or PY 1100 , and BL 1300 /BL 1301 , or instructor approval.
Corequisite: BL 3231 .