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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). At least 9 credit hours of minor coursework must be completed on the Bloomington campus.
The Animal Behavior minor must be officially declared before graduation. To declare this minor, students should email bioadv@indiana.edu.
- Students must complete two introductory courses, choosing one course from two of the following departments:
- Anthropology
- ANTH-B 200 Bioanthropology
- ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH-L 200 Language and Culture
- ANTH-P 200 Introduction to Archaeology
- Biology
- BIOL-L 111 Foundations of Biology: Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology
- BIOL-L 112 Foundations of Biology: Biological Mechanisms
- BIOL-E 111 Basic Biology by Examination I
- BIOL-E 112 Basic Biology by Examination II
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- PSY-P 101 Introductory Psychology I
- PSY-P 102 Introductory Psychology II
- PSY-P 106 General Psychology, Honors
- PSY-P 155 Introduction to Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Anthropology
- Students must also complete the following course in animal behavior:
- BIOL-Z 460 Animal Behavior
- Students must complete one course from two of the following categories, representing core perspectives for studying animal behavior:
- Evolution/Ecology
- ABEH-A 401 Topical Issues in Animal Behavior1
- ANTH-B 368 Evolution of Primate Social Behavior
- BIOL-L 318 Evolution (3 cr.) or BIOL S318 Evolution, Honors
- BIOL-L 340 Biological Bases of Sex Differences2
- BIOL-L 369 Heredity, Evolution, and Society
- BIOL-L 423 Brain, Behavior, and Evolution2
- BIOL-L 453 Sensory Biology
- BIOL-L 473 Ecology
- SPEA-E 457 Conservation Biology
- SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife Management
- Environmental/Developmental/Cognitive
- ABEH-A 401 Topical Issues in Animal Behavior1
- COGS-Q 301 Brain and Cognition
- PSY-P 325 Psychology of Learning
- PSY-P 327 Psychology of Motivation
- PSY-P 329 Sensation and Perception
- PSY-P 330 Perception/Action
- PSY-P 335 Cognitive Psychology
- PSY-P 410 Development of Brain and Behavior2
- PSY-P 411 Neural Bases of Learning and Memory2
- PSY-P 416 Evolution and Ecology of Learning
- PSY-P 444 Developmental Psychobiology
- Mechanisms
- ABEH-A 401 Topical Issues in Animal Behavior1
- ANTH-B 340 Hormones and Human Behavior
- BIOL-L 311 Genetics
- BIOL-L 340 Biological Bases of Sex Differences2
- BIOL-L 423 Brain, Behavior, and Evolution2
- BIOL-Z 463 Comparative Neurobiology of Animal Behavior
- BIOL-Z 466 Endocrinology
- PHSL-P 416 Comparative Animal Physiology
- One of the following:
- PSY-P 326 Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSY-P 346 Neuroscience
- PSY-P 407 Drugs and the Nervous System
- PSY-P 409 Neural Bases of Sensory Function
- PSY-P 410 Development of Brain and Behavior2
- PSY-P 411 Neural Bases of Learning and Memory2
- PSY-P 456 Reproductive Neuroscience
- PSY-P 469 Stress Effects on Brain and Behavior2
- Evolution/Ecology
- 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 401 Topical Issues in Animal Behavior
- ABEH-X 473 Animal Behavior Internship
- Anthropology
- ANTH-B 301 Laboratory in Bioanthropology
- ANTH-B 466 The Primates
- ANTH-P 425 Faunal Osteology
- ANTH-P 426 Problems in Zooarchaeology
- Biology
- BIOL-L 307 Biodiversity
- BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds
- BIOL-L 377 Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
- BIOL-L 417 Developmental Biology
- BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology
- BIOL-L 465 Advanced Field Biology
- BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology
- BIOL-Z 373 Entomology
- BIOL-Z 374 Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL-Z 375 Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory
- BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology
- BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- GEOL-G 341 Natural History of Coral Reefs
- GEOL-G 404 Geobiology
- GEOL-X 377 Field Geology and Paleoanthropology at Olduvai Gorge
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- PSY-P 315 Developmental Psychology
- PSY-P 327 Psychology of Motivation
- PSY-P 426 Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSY-P 444 Developmental Psychobiology
- Animal Behavior
In fulfilling the above requirements, students must also meet all other College requirements for minors.
1Topic of ABEH-A 401 must be in the appropriate perspective area.
2Course may be used to fulfill only one perspective area requirement.