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
  • ANTH-B 200 Bioanthropology (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-L 200 Language and Culture (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-P 200 Introduction to Archaeology (3 cr.)
Biology
  • BIOL-L 111 Foundations of Biology: Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 112 Foundations of Biology: Biological Mechanisms (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-E 111 Basic Biology by Examination I (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-E 112 Basic Biology by Examination II (3 cr.)
Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • PSY-P 101 Introductory Psychology I (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 102 Introductory Psychology II (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 106 General Psychology, Honors (4 cr.)
  • PSY-P 155 Introduction to Psychological and Brain Sciences (3 cr.)

2. Students must also complete the following course in animal behavior:

  • BIOL-Z 460 Animal Behavior (3 cr.)

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

Evolution
  • ANTH-B 368 Evolution of Primate Social Behavior (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 318 Evolution (3 cr.) or BIOL S318 Evolution, Honors (4 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 340 Biological Bases of Sex Differences (3 cr. )*
  • BIOL-L 369 Heredity, Evolution, and Society (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 423 Brain, Behavior, and Evolution (3 cr.)*
Learning and Development
  • PSY-P 325 Psychology of Learning (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 411 Neural Bases of Learning and Memory (3 cr.)*
  • PSY-P 416 Evolution and Ecology of Learning (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 444 Developmental Psychobiology (3 cr.)
Mechanism
  • BIOL-L 311 Genetics (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 340 Biological Bases of Sex Differences (3 cr. )*
  • BIOL-L 423 Brain, Behavior, and Evolution (3 cr.)*
  • BIOL-Z 463 Comparative Neurobiology of Animal Behavior (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-Z 466 Endocrinology (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 326 Behavioral Neuroscience (3 cr.) or PSY-P 346 Neuroscience (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 411 Neural Bases of Learning and Memory (3 cr.)*
  • PSY-P 469 Stress Effects on Brain and Behavior (3 cr.)

*Course may be used to fulfill only one core area requirement.

4. Students must complete at least one additional upper-level course related to animal behavior. Many courses are possible, including any of the 300- or 400-level courses listed above in the core categories or any of the following:

Animal Behavior
  • ABEH-A 495 Animal Behavior Internship (1-6 cr.)
  • ABEH-A 401 Topical Issues in Animal Behavior (1-3 cr.)
Anthropology
  • ANTH-B 301 Laboratory in Bioanthropology (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-B 466 The Primates (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-P 425 Faunal Osteology (3 cr.) 
  • ANTH-P 426 Problems in Zooarchaeology (3 cr.)
Biology
  • BIOL-L 317 Developmental Biology (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds (4 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 377 Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 465 Advanced Field Biology (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 473 Ecology (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology (2 cr.)
  • BIOL-Z 373 Entomology (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-Z 374 Invertebrate Zoology (3 cr.)
  • BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology (5 cr.)
  • BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes (3 cr.)
Cognitive Science
  • COGS-Q 301 Brain and Cognition (3 cr.)
Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • PSY-P 315 Developmental Psychology (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 327 Psychology of Motivation (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 410 Development of the Brain and Behavior (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 426 Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience (3 cr.)
  • PSY-P 444 Developmental Psychobiology (3 cr.)