BIOL 58705 Animal Communication | ||||||||||||||
Sessions Offered:Fall | ||||||||||||||
Prerequisites:BIOL 12100 | ||||||||||||||
Instructor(s):Jeffrey Lucas | ||||||||||||||
Textbook(s):Required Text:
Jack Bradbury, Sandra Vehrencamp ISBN 9780878930456 | ||||||||||||||
Notes:<p align="center"><strong>Exam information is available on-line via:<br /></strong><strong><a href="https://roomschedule.mypurdue.purdue.edu/Timetabling/exams.do">https://roomschedule.mypurdue.purdue.edu/Timetabling/exams.do</a></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong></strong>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><strong>Course is offered every other year. Nex offering is fall 2018</strong></p> | ||||||||||||||
Format:Course is taught every other fall
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Content:This is an alternating year course, next offered Fall 2020, Fall 2022,Fall 2024. BIOL 58705 will be a broad-scaled analysis of animal communication. Topics will include the physics of sound- and light-signal production, propagation and reception of signals, the use of communication as a means of information transfer, and the evolution of signaling systems. Comments: Some mathematical principles will be covered (e.g. in the evolution of signals), so some background in mathematics (e.g. calculus or algebra and introductory physics) would be helpful. |