Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Master's Degree in Animal Behavior and Ethology

So this was suggested by one of the women who contacted me from Shy Wolf and I've decided to look into it.

It's "a program that focuses on the scientific study of the psychological and neurological bases of animal sensation, perception, cognition, behavior, and behavioral interactions within and outside the species. Includes instruction in ethology, behavioral neuroscience, neurobiology, behavioral evolution, cognition and sensory perception, motivators, learning and instinct, hormonal controls, reproductive and developmental biology, community ecology, functional behavior, and applications to specific behaviors and patterns as well as to specific phyla and species."
from: http://www.myplan.com/majors/animal-behavior-and-ethology/description-26.0708.html

Schools offering the degree:
University of California- Davis; Davis, CA
Southwestern University- Georgetown; Georgetown, TX -this looks to only be a Bachelors program
Bucknell University- Lewisburg, PA -might only be Bachelors
Franklin and Marshall College- Lancaster, PA -bleh Bachelor too I think...
Northern Arizona University- Flagstaff, AZ - they have a Graduate program but I'm having trouble finding the degree for Animal Behavior...
Eckerd College- St. Petersburg, FL -again this looks to only be a Bachelors program :(

So far this is looking like a bust...I'll probably send out an email asking A) if they offer the program I'm looking for and B) if its a Graduate or Masters program. I may ask Claudia where she is pursuing her degree. Could be an online program...that may be the route to take. I may need to look under a different degree heading to expand the net of schools. Which might be good because I'm not very good when it comes to Neuro-terminology, maybe with practice I can get better. But enough for tonight.

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