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Course Info for BIOL - 429 - 01, Spring 2026
Class number: 2829 Title: Behavioral Ecology Department: Biology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 6 Available seats: 6
Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, MC - 309 Instructor(s): Toscano, Benjamin
Prerequisite(s): PR: BIOL333Prerequisite: C- or better in Biology 333L or Permission of Instructor.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements
Course Description:
Animal behavior provides and promotes connections across different levels of biological organization. This course will explore how behavior functions as a link between individual physiology and broader scale population, community and evolutionary ecology. The central component of the course is to design, conduct, analyze and present behavioral ecology experiments using aquatic invertebrates as model systems. Additional course components include lectures and primary literature discussions. This is a writing intensive course and fulfills the group IV requirement for the biology major.