AP/PHIL4600 3.0 A: Animal Communication Field Course
Offered by: PHIL
Session
Summer 2020
Status
Cancelled: Course Delivery
Term
O9
Format
SEMR
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
This course examines philosophical and scientific approaches to studying animal communication, introducing students to data collection techniques and philosophical theories. Theoretical focus is on theories of the nature of communication, the differences between human language and communication, theories of the evolution of communication. Methodological focus is on approaches to conducting comparative field research and data collection techniques. Students will spend one week on Roatán, Honduras, collecting behavior and spatial use data as part of a long-term dolphin communication study. Course requires off-campus component.Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor, minimum 75 credits. AP/PHIL 3260 3.00 is recommended.
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