Spring 2019 - ARCH 344 E100
Primate Behaviour (3)
Class Number: 5070
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Wed, 5:30–8:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 10, 2019
Wed, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Birute Galdikas
galdikas@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3225
Office: EDB 9612
Office Hours: Wednesday 2-4pm, or by appointment
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Prerequisites:
ARCH 131 or any lower division biology course.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The evolution of the primate order and the ecology and behavior characterizing the different grades of primates: prosimians, monkeys, and apes. Current trends in interpreting primate behavior are emphasized. Students with credit for ARCH 333 Special Topics in Archaeology II: Primate Behaviour may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course examines the evolution of the primate order and the ecology and behaviour characterizing the different grades of primates: prosimians, monkeys, and apes. Current trends in interpreting primate behaviour are emphasized.
1. Introduction: primates as models for hominid evolution; history of primatology; what constitutes a primate.
2. Field methods in primatology - observing wild primates in their native habitats.
3. Primate evolution and behaviour - an overview of tree shrews and prosimians.
4. Primate evolution and behaviour - an overview of the New World monkeys.
5. Primate evolution and behaviour - an overview of the Old World monkeys.
6. Primate evolution and behaviour - an overview of the apes.
7. Sociobiology - theories and problems.
8. Old World monkeys - social behaviour and ecology.
9. Lesser apes - social behaviour and ecology; the tropical rain forest.
10. Great apes.
Grading
- First test 20%
- Second test 30%
- Library report 20%
- Third test 30%
NOTES:
This course fulfills a Group III requirement.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
ISBN: 978-0-2626-4033-6
Atsalis, Sylvia A Natural History of the Brown Mouse Lemur 2008 Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
ISBN: 978-0-2626-4033-6
ISBN: 978-0-1319-1470-4
ISBN: 978-0-1319-2787-2
Department Undergraduate Notes:
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need classroom or exam accommodations are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Students with Disabilities (1250 Maggie Benston Centre) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.
Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.
Registrar Notes:
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