Information Package / Course Catalogue
Physiology of Behovior
Course Code: VFZ536
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 0
Credit: 1
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To transfer theoretical knowledge about behavior and of domestic animals and mechanisms that comprised these behavioral mechanisms

Course Content

Sensory physiology in domestic animals and the importance of in animal behaviour, social organization and hierarchy, sexual behavior, mother and neonatal behavior, abnormal behavior

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To inform about evolution and adaptation in behavior and domestication and scientific view of animal behaviour
2.Knowledge about environmental factors that affect animal behavior
3.Knowledge about feeding, sexual, maternal, social behaviors
4.To give knowledge about subjects such as learning and intelligence in mammals
5.Learn the abnormal behaviour
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Nervous control of behavior
Week 2 - Theoretical
Hormonal control of behavior
Week 3 - Theoretical
Sense organs and locomotor activity
Week 4 - Theoretical
Eating and drinking behavior in animals
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sexual behavior in animals
Week 6 - Theoretical
Communication in animals
Week 7 - Theoretical
Aggression
Week 8 - Theoretical
Presentations-I (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Learning in animals
Week 10 - Theoretical
Resting and sleeping in animals
Week 11 - Theoretical
Maternal behavior
Week 12 - Theoretical
Behavior of avian species
Week 13 - Theoretical
Abnormal behaviours
Week 14 - Theoretical
Presentations-II
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141128
Assignment24110
Term Project120121
Quiz3219
Midterm Examination112113
Final Examination118119
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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4
4
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2
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1
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3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026