 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | ES 35%, MC 15%, SM 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Multiple Choice (MC 15%)
- Seminar 1 (SM 35%)
- Discussion and Questions (SM 15%)
- Essay (ES 35%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- BB40193 Reassessment Essay (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you are advised to take BB20040
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| Description:
| Aims:
To develop an understanding of sexual selection, and to explore how the antagonistic interests of males and females have shaped their behaviour, ecology and evolution.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this course the student should be able to:
* demonstrate a systematic knowledge on the origin and the basic principles of sexual conflict;
* analyse the relationship of sexual conflict to a variety of behavioural strategies such as mate choice, mating systems and parental care;
* critically evaluate the implications of sexual conflict for behaviour, ecology and phylogeny.
Skills:
Learning and studying T/F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Oral communication T/F/A, Information handling & retrieval T/F/A, Working independently T/F.
Content:
This course comprises of a series of lectures and group discussions. The topics will include the origin of sexual conflict; mate choice, mating systems and parental care; the influences of natural and sexual selection on sexual size dimorphism; the implications of sexual conflict for speciation and extinction.
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| Programme availability: |
BB40193 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
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