Requirements and Recommendations

Students entering the program are advised to take introductory courses in all three departments. In order to insure that the program is recorded on their transcripts, students should complete the appropriate form, available from any of the program's directors, and file a card with the Office of Registration and Records.

The program's requirements are intended to introduce students to the study of animal behavior, and to provide both breadth and depth, through courses in both a major field and in related areas.

Students in the program must complete a major in anthropology, biology, or psychology. Each of these three departments offers courses which are simultaneously applicable to the departmental major requirements and to those of the Biobehavioral Studies Program. For matriculated students, successful completion of the program is recorded on official University transcripts when they have met all CAS graduation requirements. Non-matriculated students receive a certificate of completion.

Approved Courses

A. First Courses in Animal Behavior

• Anth C210 (Biosocial Bases of Human Behavior)
• Psych 365 (Evolution and Behavior)
• B. Associated Fields
• Anth 364 (Evolution and Human Behavior)
• Biol 290 (Biology of Populations)
• Biol 316 (Neurobiology)
• Biol 317 (Endocrinology)
• Biol 342 (Ecology)
• Biol 344 (Ornithology)
• Biol 352 (Evolution)
• Psych 250 (Learning and Memory)
• Psych 260 (Behavioral Neuroscience)
• Psych 360 (Neuropsychology)

C. Advanced Courses in Animal Behavior

• Anth 310 (Primate Behavior)
• Anth 355 (Anthropology of Sex Roles)
• Biol 348 (Animal Behavior)
• Biol 691 (Advanced Ethology)
• Psych 465 (Psychobiology of Development)

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