Code: | BIOL3013 | Acronym: | BIOL3013 | Level: | 300 |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Biology |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Biology |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Biology |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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L:B | 40 | Official Study Plan | 3 | - | 6 | 48 | 162 |
Guide students in their first steps in the study of animal behaviour. Know the basic biological principles underlying animal behaviour. Provide methodological bases for the practical and theoretical study of behaviour.
Know the basic principles of ethology and the basic techniques for the study of animal behaviour.
Introduction to the study of animal behaviour.
Historical perspective of the study of animal behaviour.
Methods of observation, description and quantitative recording of behaviour.
Types of questions and levels of analysis.
The genetic, neuronal, physiological and behavioural development bases.
Animal Cognition.
Social behaviour, cooperation and altruism.
Animal communication.
Sexual selection, reproductive systems and parental care.
Expository theoretical classes, with discussion. Practical classes dealing with the themes covered in the theoretical component. Realization, in group, of a research project in animal behaviour, and its written and oral presentation.
designation | Weight (%) |
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Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico | 10,00 |
Exame | 70,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto | 20,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Elaboração de projeto | 30,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 84,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 48,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Presence in 3/4 of practical classes, and delivery of a report on the project (in electronic format, via Moodle) and its presentation and discussion in a face-to-face session.
The final classification will be the result of the sum of the classifications obtained in the final exam (70% = 14 values), in the project report (written work; 20% = 4 values) and in its presentation and discussion (10% = 2 values).
Students who obtain a final classification equal to or greater than 9.5 values are approved (corresponding to a scale of 0 to 20 values, in accordance with regulations). In none of the evaluation components the classification can be lower than 40%.
In cases of non-approval or improvement of classification, the student will have to do an exam with a theoretical and a practical component.
Preparation, presentation and discussion of a project report.
The enrolment in this course is subject to numerus clausus (40 students).
Due to the impossibility of presenting and discussing the reports related to the project in a face-to-face session, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the session will take place online, on a platform to be defined in each situation.