Undergraduate Teaching and Research:
Our lab group welcomes undergraduate research students focused on animal behavior or museum studies. Contact Dr. Benedict to learn more.
Fall 2024 teaching:
Bio 512 - TA Development Seminar
Explores strategies for effective teaching of undergraduate laboratories and other
learning environments.
Bio 565 - Topics in Ecology and Evolution
This semester we are reading Darwin's "Origin od SPecies" along wiht modern research
on related topics.
Previously taught:
Bio 102 - Success in Biology
An introduction to the major in Biological Sciences.
Bio 111- Survey of Organismal Biology(Lecture and lab)
A survey of all living organisms focusing on diversity, life cycles, structure and
function, ecology and evolutionary relationships.
Bio 362 - Principles of Animal Behavior (Lecture and lab)
An introduction to the subject of animal behavior from an evolutionary perspective.
General topics include: mechanisms that generate behavior (neural, hormonal and genetic),
the development of behavior, behavioral adaptations for survival, behavioral adaptations
for mating, and the evolution of behavior.
Bio 438/538 - Ornithology (Lecture and lab)
Study of the general biology of birds. Students completing the course will be able
to identify orders and families of birds, recognize local species, understand evolutionary
relationships between taxonomic groups, be familiar with avian anatomy and physiology,
and know the diversity of avian ecological and behavioral traits.
Bio 560 - Behavioral Ecology
Study of the principles of behavioral ecology, including the evolutionary basis of
behavior, economic models of behavior, interspecific interactions, and social behavior.
Bio 563 - Animal Communication
Study of the principles of animal communication. Topics include signal modalities,
signal design and signal evolution.
Bio 591 - Biology Roundtable
Discussion of current topics in Biology
If you are enrolled in UNC classes you can find course materials through the Canvas site.
