Animal Behavior Option
This option is available within the Animal Sciences major at the following location:
- Corvallis
The Animal Behavior option will provide students with skills necessary to enter professions or graduate studies related to animal behavior and welfare, service and therapy with animals, or other animal care or industry positions that include a behavior management component. Courses chosen are consistent with accepted curriculum for animal behaviorists and provide a solid foundation to those working towards related certifications.
Option Code: 707
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate the use of discipline-specific scientific information in written and spoken formats using citation.
- Identify anatomy and physiology of organ systems and describe hormonal function in the male and female reproductive tracts of mammals and poultry.
- Classify and compare anatomy, physiology and nutritional status of commonly-raised domesticated animal species.
- Identify interactions of genotype and environment which produce phenotypes adapted to human uses.
- Apply the methods used to evaluate animal health and well-being.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| ANS 341 | ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION | 3 |
| ANS 435 | APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
| ANS 441 | TOPICS IN ANIMAL LEARNING | 3 |
| PSY 201Z | +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I | 4 |
| PSY 202Z | +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II | 4 |
| PSY 301 | ^RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 3-4 |
| or WR 362 | *SCIENCE WRITING | |
| PSY 330 | BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Select at least 6 credits of the following: | 6 | |
| RESEARCH 1 | ||
| ANIMAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP 1 | ||
| WILDLIFE CAPTURE AND IMMOBILIZATION | ||
| WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR | ||
| WILDLIFE ECOLOGY | ||
| COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT | ||
| SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | ||
| RANGELAND-ANIMAL RELATIONS | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| Total Credits | 30-31 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- +
Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards
- 1
Research and/or internship must be related to the field of animal behavior
Option Code: 707