BIOL 453 -- ANIMAL SOCIETIES AND COMMUNICATION

SCHEDULE
24 August - 15 October

R. H. Wiley

Date

Activity

Topic

8/25 lecture Introduction
8/27 lecture Mating systems [primer on sexual selection]
9/1 lecture Sexual selection / scientific papers and reading reports
9/3 student presentations Mating systems of great apes [assignment]
9/8 exam / discussion Mating systems of great apes (continued)
9/10 student presentations Great apes: ultimate explanations [assignment]
9/15 lecture Cooperation [assignment] [primer on kin selection]
9/17 student presentations Cooperation
9/22 exam / lecture Cooperation: kin selection and reciprocity
9/24 student presentations Cooperation
9/29 lecture Honesty and costs of signals [assignment]
10/1 lecture Honesty and costs [assignment] [primer on communication]
10/6 lecture Honesty and errors by receivers
10/8 student presentations Honest communication
10/13 student presentations Human mate choice [assignment]
10/15 exam / video / finale Attenborough in Paradise
This last exam will focus on communication.
In addition, everybody can re-write one reading report, with careful attention to each section.