BIOL 58705 Animal Communication

Sessions Offered:

Fall

Prerequisites:

BIOL 12100

Instructor(s):

Jeffrey Lucas

Textbook(s):

Required Text:

Principles of Animal Communication, 2nd edition

Jack Bradbury, Sandra Vehrencamp

ISBN 9780878930456

Notes:

Exam information is available on-line via:
https://roomschedule.mypurdue.purdue.edu/Timetabling/exams.do

Course is offered every other year. Nex offering is fall 2018

Format:

Course is taught every other fall

CRN	Sec	Type	Cred	Days	Time	Location
10114	001	LEC	3	MWF	11:30-12:20pm	LILY G458

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.