Graduate Courses

BIOL 58705 Animal Communication

Session Offered:

Fall Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 12100

Description:

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.

Instructor(s):

Jeffrey Lucas

 

E-mail:

jlucas@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

Fall Textbook list PDF Word

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

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