This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

 

Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction: Animals and Us  
2-3 The Hunt  
4-5 Domestication and Breeding Paper 1 due on Lec #5
6-7 Meat  
8-9 Animal Exploitation and Animal Protection  
10 View Babe, 1995.  
11-12 Vivisection and Antivivisection Paper 2 due on Lec #12
13-14 Animals and Infection  
15-16 Pets  
17-18 Zoos and Menageries Paper 3 due on Lec #18
19-20 Studying Animals: Naturalists and Museums  
21 Studying Animals: Field Observation, Experimentation and Imagination  
22-23 Studying Animals: Field Observation and Ethology  
24-25 Studying Animals: Documentary Film Oral paper 4 due on Lec #25
26 Last Class

Discussion of Documentary Papers
Written paper 4 due