Graduate students must be enrolled at Indiana University- Bloomington, and members of CISAB. Four courses are required for the Ph.D. minor. In addition, students must pass a qualifying examination, as required by their home department or program.


At least FOUR courses taken from at least two different departments/graduate programs, as specified below:

(1) ONE A501 Seminar in the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior

(2) ONE course from the following list, emphasizing mechanisms of behavior:
N500 Neural Science I
N501 Neural Science II
N550 Sem. Sensorimotor Neuroplasticity
P548 Neuroethology
L560 Physiological Ecology

(3) ONE course from the following list, emphasizing evolutionary perspectives:
L567 Evolution
Z540 Population Genetics
L573 Quantitative Genetics & Microevolution
L581 Behavioral Ecology
B568 Evolution of Primate Social Behavior
B600 Evolutionary Theory in Anthropology

(4) ONE additional course from above or from the list below:
P561 Comparative Animal Physiology
P417 Animal Behavior
Z460 Ethology
Z466 Endocrinology
L505 Evolution and Development
P504 Learning and Motivation
P717 Evolutionary Bases of Learning
P527 Developmental Psychobiology
P526 Neurobiology of Learning & Memory
Q551 Brain and Cognition
Q700 Theoretical Issues in Animal Cognition

First, students interested in obtaining a Ph.D. minor or area certificate in Animal Behavior must be accepted into a degree-granting graduate program at Indiana University - Bloomington. To obtain application forms to Indiana University, contact a program directly (for example, Biology Department, Psychology Department, the Program in Neural Science). After being accepted by IU, students should apply for CISAB membership by filling out the on-line form or by contacting the Center).