Syllabus:

In class activities and discussions will be interspersed with lecture and may cause lecture topics to spill from one class meeting to the next. We will follow the general outline below. It is critical that you attend class in order to know what reading material to cover for the next class.

Week 1:
T: Homeroom information & expectations
H: Darwin & Cooperation
    Origin of Species chapter 8 .pdf
    Questions2Answer_BeforeClass assignment due in class (ok to discuss)

Week 2:
T: Cooperation & Kin Selection
    R&W pg. 17-25 & 197-212
    B Chpater 9
    Problem set assignment due in class (ok to discuss)

H: Anthropomorphism & Measuring Behavior
     M&B chapter 1 & 2
     Wynne 2007 .pdf
     Franco 2013 .pdf

Week 3:
T: Asking Questions in Animal Behavior
    Dewsburry .pdf 
    R&W Chapter 1 (for more see Tinbergen1963 .pdf)
Be prepared to discuss: Consider your favorite animal behavior, what types of studies would match each of the categories described by Dewsburry or by Tinbergen (in R&W). nothing due in class

9/13 H: Neurons 
     B Chapter 3
     R&W Chapter 3 
     Review intro bio text book or other resource
     Neuron worksheet Assignment due in class (ok to discuss)
     Roth & Dicke 2013 .pdf

Week 4:
9/18 T: Foraging 
     R&W Chapter 4
     Catina & Remple 2005 .pdf

W: Special WEDNESDAY FIELD TRIP : Swifts 6:15 - 8:30 PM
      Assignment to be completed during the trip (hand in on the trip)
      Hayes 2011 .pdf 

9/20 H: Foraging 
     R&W Chapter 4
     Catina & Remple 2005 .pdf
Turn in Byers Assignment on Moodle Thursday 9:00 AM of week 4 (see Assignments and Projects)

 Week 5:
9/25 T: Conservation & Zoo Behavior
    Angeloni & Crooks 2010 .pdf
    M&B Chapter 5&6

9/27 H: Students Teach from Byers "Animal Behavior: A beginner's guide"

TAKE HOME MOODLE EXAM -- DUE BEFORE CLASS TUESDAY - 
     timed but on your schedule open thursday to tuesday  (details to come)
     this exam will cover everything before communication 
     this will include student generated exam questions from all chapters in Byers

Week 6: 
10/2 T: Students Teach from Byers "Animal Behavior: A beginner's guide"

10/4 H: Communication 
     B chapter 10
     Endler & Basalo 1998 .pdf (more detail than you need)
     Hurd 2010 .pdf

Week 7:
10/9 T: Migration and Orientation
     R&W Chapter 5
     B chapter 7
     Pinter-Wollman & Mabry 2010 .pdf
     Libhoff 2017 .pdf (How do you determine that this is pseudo science?)

10/11 H: Migration and Orientation (cont.) 
     Lohman & Lohman 2010 .pdf
     Nordman et al 2017 .pdf       

FALL BREAK

Week 8:
10/23 T: Sexual Development and Sexual Selection
     R&W Chapter 6 & 7
     Crews 1994 .pdf (review from intro)
     Bachtrog 2014 .pdf 
     Anderson & Simmons 2006 .pdf
     Eens & Pinxten 2000 .pdf
     Clutton Brock 2007.pdf
     Manoli et al 2013 .pdf or Yang & Shah 2014 .pdf
     McCarthy & Nugent 2013 .pdf (extra)      

10/25 H: Bateman Revisited In Class Exercise (Read one set in depth and scan the other)
       Tang-Martinez 2017 .pdf
     Set1 (lastname A:L):
       Tang-Martinez 2012 .pdf
       Snyder & Gowaty 2007 .pdf
       Gowaty et al 2012 .pdf
     Set 2 (lastname M:Z): 
       Fritzsch and Arnqvist 2013 .pdf
       Janick et al 2016 .pdf
      Beyond the Bateman debate (if there is time)
      Shuker 2010 .pdf (extra)
      Roughgarden & Akcay 2009 .pdf (extra) 


Week 9:
10/30 T: Alternative Reproductive Tactics
     Gross 1996 .pdf
     Taborsky et al 2008 .pdf
     Mank & Avise 2006 .pdf
     Lamichhaney et al 2015 .pdf 

11/1 H: Student Supplied examples of ARTs

TAKE HOME MOODLE EXAM -- DUE BEFORE CLASS TUESDAY - 
     timed but on your schedule open thursday to tuesday  (details to come)
     this exam will cover everything from communication through ARTs (but don't forget earlier stuff)
     this will include ART topics presented by students

Week 10:
11/6 T: Behavioral Genetics
     B Chapter 8
     Population Genetics/Quantitative Genetics chapter .pdf


11/8 H: Social Bonds & mating systems
    R&W chapter 8
    Donaldson and Young 2008 .pdf
    Okhovat et al 2015 .pdf

Week 11:
11/13 T: Aggression 
    R&W chapter 9
    Wingfield et al 2005 .pdf
    Oliveira et al 2009 .pdf
    
11/15 H: Early Life Experience 
    Weaver et al 2004 .pdf
    Meaney & Szyf (review of above) .pdf
    Solomon-lane et al 2018 .pdf 
   Ledon-Retig et al 2012 .pdf

Week 12:
11/20 T: Plasticity
    McKay & Anholt (skim but pay attention to GXE figure) .pdf 
    Rittschoff & Houke 2018 .pdf
    Royal et al 2014 .pdf
    Casasa & Moczek 2018 .pdf
    Fraser et al 2014 .pdf
    Renn & Schumer 2014 .pdf (extra)

11/21 W: flag football 9:30 on the front lawn

Thanksgiving 

Week 13:
11/27 T: Behavioral Syndromes 
    Sih et al 2004 .pdf
    Briffa & Weiss 2010 .pdf
    Stamps $ Biro 2016 .pdf
    M&B Chapter 4 
       
11/29 H: Parasites & Hosts
     Sapolsky 2003 .pdf
     Libersat 2010 .pdf

TAKE HOME MOODLE EXAM -- DUE BEFORE CLASS TUESDAY - 
     timed but on your schedule open thursday to tuesday  (details to come)
     this exam will focus on material from Behavioral Genetics forward 
     Parasites will not be on the exam

Week 14:
12/4 T: Parasites & Posters (& Titles)
    (Tuesday is a Thursday)

 Week 15:
 POSTER SESSION FINAL TBA