Fall 2026

Primate Behavioral Ecology

Examines primate behavior from an evolutionary and ecological perspective, covering social adaptations, cognition, and conservation threats.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Karen Strier: Success requires completing outside readings and possessing significant background knowledge on primates, as the course demands substantial preparation beyond the lectures.

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Prerequisites

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ANTHRO 105,ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 152,ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY 101, (BIOCORE 381 and 382),ZOOLOGY/​BOTANY/​ENVIR ST 260,ZOOLOGY/​ENVIR ST/​F&W ECOL 360,PSYCH 450, or graduate/professional standing

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Karen Strier: Karen Strier is described as helpful, thorough, and engaging, with students recommending her classes. Reviewers note her willingness to assist with material and her thoughtful homework assignments. However, success requires significant outside reading and prior background knowledge on primates.

KAREN STRIER is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2009, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Karen Strier: Karen Strier's ANTHRO 458 courses are highly rated for their interesting, thorough lectures and thoughtful homework, with students describing the experience as great and enjoyable.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.19 GPA, 56.2% A/AB (n=64 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.35 GPA, 57.4% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.16 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Karen Strier: Success requires completing outside readings and possessing significant background knowledge on primates, as the course demands substantial preparation beyond the lectures.

Historical reviews of Karen Strier: Students find Strier helpful, nice, and willing to assist with material, while noting that the homework is thoughtful and free of busy work.

Topics

  • Social behaviors: nepotism, reciprocity, competition, cooperation, and sex differences.
  • Ecological roles, cognition, and conservation.

Skills

  • Analyze primate adaptations to social and ecological environments.
  • Evaluate interactions between behavioral adaptations and anthropogenic threats.

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1295 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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