Delivery/Location: Fort Collins
Prerequisite
LIFE 103 (Biology of Organisms-Animals and Plants) or BZ 110 (Principles of Animals Biology).
Description
This course enables students to develop a comprehensive understanding of how aspects of physiology, neurobiology, development and genetics influence the behavior of domestic dogs. Evolution and domestication will be explored as contextual reference for some behavior problems, and differentiated from true abnormal behavior. Emphasis will be on interpreting scientific experiments in canine biology. Students who complete this course will have a working knowledge of learning theory and how the biology of dogs affects behavior.
Course topics include:
- Behavior and ecology of domestic and wild dogs
- Theories of domestication
- Sensory perception and its relationship to behavior
- Body language and communication
- The brain and behavior
- Morphological and behavioral genetics
- Genetic disorders of domestic dogs
- Social, biological, and behavioral development of dogs
- Applied behavior and training methods
- Understanding abnormal and problem behaviors
This course has an online component delivered through RamCT.
Instructors
Jennie Willis Jamtgaard
(970) 481-4252
DogBehaviorist@aol.com
Jennie Willis Jamtgaard has a Ph.D. in Zoology, with an emphasis in animal behavior. Her doctoral research was on learning and cognition in the domestic dog. She received her M.S. degree also in Zoology , but with an emphasis in genetics. Jennie has been teaching at CSU as an instructor in many varied behavior and genetics courses, as well as introductory biology. Jennie is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Sciences, where she is instructor for a course in professional veterinary medicine.
Jennie owns a private consulting business, Animal Behavior Insights, and has been a professional consultant in companion animal behavior problems since 2000. During graduate school, she worked at Rocky Mountain National Park as an interpretive park ranger, educating the public on the biology of wild canines. Jennie is a board member of Colorado Greyhound Companions, a local greyhound rescue group, where she volunteers her services to decrease the relinquishment rate of animals due to behavior problems.
No Sections Available
- Section 706 (Fort Collins)
- Date: Jan. 28 - May. 5, 2008 (15 wks.)
- Time: M; 6:10 pm - 9:30 pm
- Location: Eddy Bldg.
(CSU campus)
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Rm. 102 - Instructors: Jennie Willis Jamtgaard
- Grading:Traditional
- Tuition:
$705 (CO Resident)
$2,799 (Nonresident) - SECTION CLOSED
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For More Information
Michele Sterling(970) 491-2520
msterling@learn.colostate.edu