Departments & Programs

Animal Behavior

Minor in Integrative Study of Animal Behavior

Requirements

Students must complete six courses (minimum of 17 credit hours; most course choices will result in more than 17 credit hours).

1. Students must complete two introductory courses, choosing one course from two of the following departments:

Anthropology
  • B200 Bioanthropology (3 cr.)
  • E200 Social and Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.)
  • L200 Language and Culture (3 cr.)
Biology
  • L111 Introduction to Biology: Evolution and Diversity (3 cr.)
  • L112 Introduction to Biology: Biological Mechanisms (3 cr.)
  • E111 Basic Biology by Examination I (3 cr.)
  • E112 Basic Biology by Examination II (3 cr.)
Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • P101 Introductory Psychology I (3 cr.)
  • P102 Introductory Psychology II (3 cr.)
  • P106 General Psychology, Honors (4 cr.)

2. Students must also complete at least one of the following courses in animal behavior:

  • BIOL Z460 Ethology (3 cr.)
  • PSY P417 Animal Behavior (3 cr.)

3. Students must complete one course from two of the following categories, representing core courses for studying animal behavior:

Evolution
  • BIOL L318 Evolution (3 cr.) or BIOL S318 Evolution, Honors (4 cr.)
  • BIOL L369 Heredity, Evolution, and Society (3 cr.)
Learning and Development
  • PSY P325 Psychology of Learning (3 cr.)
    PSY P444 Developmental Psychobiology (3 cr.)
Mechanism
  • BIOL Z466 Endocrinology (3 cr.)
  • PSY P326 Behavioral Neuroscience (3 cr.)
  • BIOL L311 Genetics (3 cr.)

4. Students must complete at least one additional upper-level course related to animal behavior. Many courses are possible, including:

Animal Behavior
  • A495 Animal Behavior Internship (1-6 cr.)
Anthropology
  • B368 The Evolution of Primate Social Behavior (3 cr.)
  • B466 The Primates (3 cr.)
Biology
  • Z373 Entomology (3 cr.)
  • Z374 Invertebrate Zoology (3 cr.)
  • L317 Developmental Biology (3 cr.)
  • L376 Biology of Birds (4 cr.)
  • L377 Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (3 cr.)
  • Z406 Vertebrate Zoology (5 cr.)
  • L433 Tropical Biology (3 cr.)
  • L465 Advanced Field Biology (3 cr.)
  • L473 Ecology (3 cr.)
  • L474 Field and Laboratory Ecology (2 cr.)
  • Z476 Biology of Fishes (3 cr.)
Cognitive Science
  • Q301 Brain and Cognition (3 cr.)
Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • P315 Developmental Psychology (3 cr.)
  • P327 Psychology of Motivation (3 cr.)
  • P410 Development of the Brain and Behavior (3 cr.)
  • P411 Neural Bases of Learning and Memory (3 cr.)
  • P416 Evolution and Ecology of Learning (3 cr.)
  • P444 Developmental Psychobiology (3 cr.)