The Program in Animal Behavior at Indiana University Bloomington offers many opportunities for undergraduates to learn about integrative approaches to the study of animal behavior.
Undergraduates enrolled at IU-Bloomington may obtain an undergraduate Minor, an Area Certificate, or a Bachelor of Science in Animal Behavior through our program.
View the requirements here.
Yes. To see how much further you have to go, download, print, and fill out our Animal Behavior B.S. checklist.
Students interested in obtaining an undergraduate Minor or Area Certificate in Animal Behavior must first be accepted into a degree-granting program at Indiana University, Bloomington.
See information about how to apply to IU and tuition and financial aid from the Office of Admimssions website.
Requirements are listed in the COAS Bulletin.
Requirements are listed in the COAS Bulletin.
The Minor consists of six courses (approximately 17 credit hours) from the departments of Animal Behavior, Biology, Anthropology, Cognitive Science, and/or Psychological Brain Sciences, as explained here.
The Area Certificate has the same requirements, plus:
Yes. To see how much further you have to go, see our Minor/Certificate checklist.
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IU does not offer any online courses in Animal Behavior at this time. To find other institutions that might, check out this Guide to Programs in Animal Behavior published by the Animal Behavior Society. The guide includes universities in the US and Canada.
You can look at the course official descriptions in the IUB College of Arts and Sciences Bulletin. You can also see when these courses were last offered, when they're usually offered, and when we expect that they'll be offered next on our course offerings page.
You can find a list of CISAB-affiliated faculty and their interests here. Click on the faculty names to go to individual research pages.
Additionally, most departments also have web pages that describe faculty research interests and education. If you can't find the faculty member you're looking for on CISAB's web site, check the various departmental web sites at IU.
IU students can often make arrangements to work with faculty and graduate students in Animal Behavior for BIOL-L490 laboratory credit through Biology or PSY-P493/494 laboratory credit in Psychology. If you are interested in the research programs of core or adjunct CISAB faculty, you should contact them directly to explore research possibilities.
CISAB also offers a 1-3 credit internship course, ABEH-X473, to students with at least sophomore standing or 15 hours completed in the Animal Behavior minor. In this course, students invest 3 to 10 hours per week at an internship site of their choice, then submit a report at the end of the semester. For more information, see the Internship Opportunities page.
See our Careers in Animal Behavior page.
For the B.S., you should first talk to an Undergraduate Advisor in Biology, who can be contacted at BioAdv@indiana.edu.
For the Minor or Area Certificate, you should first talk the Undergraduate Advisor in your department.
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