Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR	First cycle	BIY452		7	3.00	3.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	PROF. DR. NUSRET AYYILDIZ
Lecturer(s)	PROF. DR. NUSRET AYYILDIZ
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	The main objective of this course is to provide the required background about reflexes, fixed behavioral patterns and trends made by animals in order to maintain their life and generations.
Course description	Introduction, organization of behavior, sensory organs, receptors, involuntary movements, hormones and behavior, adaptive behavior, rhythms, experimental analysis of behavior, anatomy and behavior, social behavior, learning, genetics and evolution of behavior.

Course contents

1	Behavior- General Information
2	Behavior- General Information
3	Organization of Behavior
4	Physiology of Behavior
5	Reflexes- Involuntary Movement
6	Determinants of Behavior
7	Elements of Behavior
8	Methods of Observation
9	Anatomy and Behavior
10	Social Behavior
11	Learning
12	Learning
13	Genetics of Behavior
14	Evolution of Behavior
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	After successfully completing this course, students will be able to: -Integrate the basic principles of evolution with an understanding of animal behavior.
2	-Describe and explain complex biological phenomena such as homeostasis, learning, cognition, communication, movement, foraging and self-defense in terms of animal behavior.
3	-Know advantages and disadvantages of living in social groups.
4	-Appreciate and use basic background about neural, endocrine and sensory systems that is necessary for understanding animal behavior.
5	-Understand the associations between parental investment and mate choice and how these interactions affect the evolution of mating systems.
6	-Know the genetic underpinnings of behavior to understanding how behavior evolves.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	0	0	0
Homework	1	10	10
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	10	10
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			72
ECTS			3.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	100
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		100
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Öber, A., Hayvan Davranışları (Temel Öğeler), 1. Baskı, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti., Ankara, 2007.
Additional references	Tomecek, S. M., Animal Behavior: Animal Communication, Chelsea House Publishers, Infobase Publishing, New York, 2009. Visual and written publication on animal behavior.

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