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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.

  1. Students must complete two introductory courses, choosing one course from two of the following departments:
    1. Anthropology
      • ANTH-B 200 Bioanthropology
      • ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology
      • ANTH-L 200 Language and Culture
      • ANTH-P 200 Introduction to Archaeology
    2. 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
    3. 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
  2. Students must also complete the following course in animal behavior:
    • BIOL-Z 460 Animal Behavior
  3. Students must complete one course from two of the following categories, representing core perspectives for studying animal behavior:
    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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
  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:
    1. Animal Behavior
      • ABEH-A 401 Topical Issues in Animal Behavior
      • ABEH-X 473 Animal Behavior Internship
    2. Anthropology
      • ANTH-B 301 Laboratory in Bioanthropology
      • ANTH-B 466 The Primates
      • ANTH-P 425 Faunal Osteology
      • ANTH-P 426 Problems in Zooarchaeology
    3. 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
    4. 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
    5. 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

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.