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Core faculty from the Departments of Biology, Psychology, Neural Science and Anthropology provide broad and intensive training in neuroscience, learning, development, ecology, and evolution. The graduate program offers a minor and an area certificate in animal behavior. Focal research topics include mate choice and sexual behavior, parental behavior and development, migration and orientation, communication and learning and developmental plasticity. Program graduate students are encouraged to work in more than one laboratory, bringing to bear multiple techniques and conceptualizations on particular problems. Training requirements include courses in neuroscience, evolution, and learning/ development, plus special year-long topical seminars. The program invites eminent visiting scientists to participate in these seminars, give workshops, and interact with students and faculty. the program also offers a minor and an area certificate to undergraduate students.

APPLYING
Any student admitted for graduate study at Indiana University may apply to the graduate program in animal behavior. Students must be accepted by a graduate program in another department or graduate program (e.g., the Department of Biology, Department of Psychology or Program in Neural Science ) before they are eligible for admission to the Program in Animal Behavior. Applicants are expected to have strong backgrounds in psychology or biology, or other natural sciences, as well as mathematics and computer science. Research experience and letter of recommendations are also major determinants of admission. IU graduate students may be members of CISAB and thereby access various shared resources and funding opportunities even if they are not pursuing a degree in animal behavior.

FACULTY RESEARCH
Faculty research includes diverse areas including: Postnatal behavior, neuroendocrine-immune interactions, communication, social behavior, neural development, learning and memory, predator-prey coevolution, locomotion, hormones and behavior, population biology, sexual selection, acoustic behavior, rhythmic behavior and mating strategies.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Bloomington is not a degree-granting program. However, graduate students enrolled at IU-Bloomington may obtain a Minor in Animal Behavior and/or an Area Certificate in Animal Behavior through the program.

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