Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA - Animal Behavior Concentration

I. Introductory Biology

Complete one sequence:

• BIOL 101 - Introduction to Biology: Cells, Genetics, and Physiology 4 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 102 - Introduction to Biology: Biodiversity and Ecology 4 Credit Hours *

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• BIOL 150 - Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• BIOL 159 - Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

• Although the completion of either BIOL 101*-BIOL 102* or BIOL 150*-BIOL 160*-BIOL 159* are permissible as prerequisites to the concetration, the faculty encourage students to take BIOL 150*-BIOL 160*-BIOL 159*, particularly if they are pre-professional students.

II. Introductory Psychology

Complete:

• PSYC 110 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

III. Science Electives

Select two courses, including one course from list A and one additional course from either list A or B.

• A.

• CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• PHYS 221 - Elements of Physics I 4 Credit Hours
• MATH 141 - Calculus I 4 Credit Hours *
• MATH 151 - Mathematics for the Life Sciences 3 Credit Hours *

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• B.

• ANTH 110 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
• EEPS 102 - Earth, Life, and Time 4 Credit Hours *
• GEOG 204 - Understanding Climate Change 3 Credit Hours *
• COSC 111 - Computational Thinking and the Art of Programming 3 Credit Hours *

IV. Statistics

Select one course:

• EEB 411 - Biostatistics 3 Credit Hours *
• STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours * or equivalent
• STAT 251 - Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers 3 Credit Hours *

V. Behavior through Ethical and Historical Lenses

Select one course:

• ANSC 495 - Ethics in Animal Agriculture 1 Credit Hours *
• EEB 451 - Research Ethics 3 Credit Hours *
• HIUS 365 - Food and Power in U.S. History 3 Credit Hours *
• HIEU 435 - Science, Religion and Magic in Early Modern Europe 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 340 - Ethical Theory 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• PHIL 345 - Bioethics 3 Credit Hours *
• PHIL 346 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit Hours *
• PHIL 463 - Race, Science, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 343 - Religion, Nature, and Ethics 3 Credit Hours

I. Core Animal Behavior Courses

Complete all courses:

• EEB 459 - Animal Behavior Laboratory 3 Credit Hours
• INPG 202 - Special Topics 1-3 Credit Hours

• Note: Students must take INPG 202 twice. Once as ‘Wild Minds: The Secrets of Animal Behavior - 3 CH’ and once as ‘Career Tracks in Animal Behavior: Preparing for the Future - 1 CH’.

• PSYC 450 - Animal Behavior 3 Credit Hours

II. Approaches in Animal Behavior

To ensure students are exposed to diverse approaches, the animal behavior concentration requires coursework in three areas: the causes and evolution of behavior, and the application of behavior to solve specific problems.

III. Practical Experience

Choose one of the following options:

IV. Electives

Select two courses:

• From any list above for Approaches in Animal Behavior not previously completed.

• From any list in Statistics not previously completed.

• ANSC 330 - Comparative Animal Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
• AUSP 302 - Acoustics and Perception 3 Credit Hours
• COSC 422 - Tools for Applied Machine Learning 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 419 - Global Change Ecology 3 Credit Hours *
• EEB 425 - Communicating the Science of Climate Change Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 484 - Conservation Biology 3 Credit Hours
• SNR 315 - Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management 3 Credit Hours
• NEUR 403 - Cognitive Neuroscience 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 375 - Philosophy of Action 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 383 - Philosophy of Disability 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 464 - Drugs and Behavior 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 431 - Wildlife Physiology and Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 444 - Ecology and Management of Wild Mammals 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 445 - Ecology and Management of Wild Birds 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 434 - Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Mammals 3 Credit Hours

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  * Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.