The marine environment presents a variety of unique challenges to the organisms that live there. This course focuses on behavioral adaptations and mechanisms involved in meeting those challenges. Using an inquiry-based format that minimizes lecture and maximizes experiential learning, the course begins with observation, leading to a group project, followed by individual projects. Projects may focus on aspects of reproduction, social structure, symbioses, and diel rhythms. Students learn the process of identifying and solving problems in animal behavior, along with commonly used techniques.

HMSC Summer Session