Objectives and organization

 

Objectives:

Primatologists study primate evolution, behaviour and biology. Ethologists study the behaviour of organisms based on a comparative and evolutionary approach. Our aim is to provide quality training that allows students to deepen their knowledge of primates and to do ethological research, based on the accumulated experience of more than forty years in Catalonia, beginning with the pioneering work of Prof. Jordi Sabater Pi in Equatorial Guinea.

The research areas we provide aim to be a benchmark in the study of primates and ethology.

 

Organization:

Primatology and Ethology studies are included in the Master in Behavior and Cognition. The Primatology and Ethology profile includes the following subjects. They can also be chosen by students from other profiles in the master programme.

Core curriculum for all students of the Master (*)

• Regression analysis and the general linear model (5 ECTS)
• Cognitive neuroscience (5 ECTS)
• Seminars (5 ECTS):
  
• Primate evolution (6 seminars)
• Introduction to R: data analysis and programming (6 seminars)

Core subjects

• Origins of human behavior (5 ECTS)

• Primate social behavior, cognition and conservation (5 ECTS)

Elective

• Ethoecology and conservation (2.5 ECTS)
  

Practicum (20 ECTS)

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are taught in English.