LAMS321 Visual Ecology 3cr

Many animals utilize vision every day for a diversity of functions, from foraging, navigation, and communication. Animal visual systems are complex and critically important to the survival and ecology of animals everywhere. However, not all visual systems are the same. How do visual systems differ between different species, populations, sexes, and individuals? How do eyes, visual processing and perception evolve? What role does the environment play in the development and evolution of visual systems? This course examines the vast diversity of animal visual systems, including the human visual system, and explores the function, design, and adaptive mechanisms across species. This course takes a comparative and integrative approach to explore nature’s most complex and fascinating sensory system from an ecological and evolutionary context.

Prerequisites: FRSM100

Lecture
Undergraduate Elective
Spring