Curriculum

Curriculum
Courses
Faculty

Students must be admitted to a Ph.D. program in the Depart­ment of Biology, the Department of Psychology, or the program in Neuroscience or other related departments or programs (e.g., program in Medical Sciences, Anthropology, History and Philosophy of Science). They must also apply to the program in Animal Behavior.

Students should select an advisory committee made up of at least three members of the graduate faculty. For students whose home department or program is Biology, at least one member of the advisory committee from the Department of Psychology or the program in Neuroscience is expected. For students whose home department or program is the Depart­ment of Psychology or the program in Neuroscience, at least one member of the advisory committee from Biology is ex­pected. At least two of the student's committee members must be members of the program in Animal Behavior.

Ph.D. Minor in Animal Behavior

Course Requirements

At least FOUR courses taken from at least two different depart­ments/graduate programs, as specified below:

(1) ONE ABEH A501 Seminar in the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior

(2) ONE course from the following list, emphasizing mecha­nisms of behavior:

• NEUS N500 Neural Science I
• NEUS N501 Neural Science II
• NEUS N550 Seminar in Sensorimotor Neuroplasticity
• BIOL L560 Physiological Ecology
• MED P548 Neuroethology

(3) ONE course from the following list, emphasizing evolution­ary perspectives:

• ANTH B568 Evolution of Primate Social Behavior
• ANTH B600 Evolutionary Theory of Anthropology
• BIOL L567 Evolution
• BIOL L573 Quantitative Genetics and Microevolution
• BIOL L581 Behavioral Ecology
• BIOL Z540 Population Genetics

(4) ONE additional course from above or from the list below:

• BIOL L505 Evolution and Development
• BIOL Z460 Ethology
• BIOL Z466 Endocrinology
• COGS Q551 Brain and Cognition
• COGS Q700 Theoretical Issues in Animal Cognition
• MED P561 Comparative Animal Physiology
• PSY  P417 Animal Behavior
• PSY  P504 Learning and Motivation
• PSY  P526 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
• PSY  P527 Developmental Psychobiology
• PSY  P717 Evolutionary Bases of Learning

Examination

As required by home department or program.

Graduate Area Certificate in Animal Behavior

Course Requirements

The requirements for the Area Certificate in Animal Behavior include all of the requirements of the minor, plus the following:

1. One additional ABEH A501 Seminar in the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
2. ABEH A502 Professional Ethics for the Bio-Behavioral Sci­ences or PSY P595 First-Year Research Seminar
3. One additional course from 1-4 above.

Examination

As required by home department or program.

Statistics Requirement

As required by home department or program.

Thesis

Required.