Faculty of Science

Objectives

To study and understand the theories and principles of adaptive behaviour and evolution of animals.

Contents

Concepts and principles of how animals act in achieving their life requirements; major emphases are on adaptive functions of behaviour; classification of behavioural mechanisms; comparative study of learning, socialisation, social interaction and other components of human behaviour; origin of life; an examination of the modern theory of evolution, particularly the relationship of evolutionary processes to concepts in aetiology; genetics and population biology; processes and mechanisms of evolution, including variation within populations; natural selection; molecular evolution; speciation and adaptation; systematics; fossil record; species interactions and processes of evolution in man. Students design and conduct studies in animal behaviour.