<p>I recently found out that "Animal Behavior" is a major.</p>
<p>Well, I'm interested, but I'm not sure what you could <em>do</em> with a major in that.</p>
<p>Does anybody even know somebody who majored/is majoring/is planning on majoring in that?</p>
<p>Animal Behavior is my daughter’s passion. Anyone recommend good programs to start at the undergrad level? She has scored a 30 on ACT and has h.s. gpa of 3.9. A good honors college is important too.</p>
<p>We have been looking into animal behavior/training programs and have found a few, in answer to your question. Would you tell me what you have found since you posted your original question last summer? Has your student found a way to get an animal behavior degree?</p>
<p>Bucknell - seems to be laboratory-animal based research program (and too heavily into the Greek system for my outside-the-box kid)
Franklin and Marshall - don’t remember much about them
UC Davis - great program but PhD only (don’t know whether it will survive UC budget cuts)
Central Washington Univ - chimp program (fascinating if you want to work with primates even at an undergrad level)
Hampshire - animal behavior profs; no specific major in this field but school encourages students to create their own majors (requires a lot of commitment and follow through from students - seems like an easy place to flunk out of if you need more structure but a great opportunity to do independent work in a specific area of interest if you can handle it)
Carroll - specific Human Animal Bond program focusing on horses or dogs; seems like a great first step towards working with animals (currently a minor; they are working on getting it approved to be a major in the next year or two)
EATM - zoo training facility in Moorpark, CA outside of LA (hard work for 2 year program but trainees are very highly recommended)</p>
<p>NCCC- in Western New York, offers an associates in animal Management after that I plan on transferring to Canisus college who offers a bachelors in Animal behavior. I’m going to try and have the transferring of the programs as smoothly as possible. I am getting this degree because I always wanted to work with animals I just didnt want to operate on them and I dont have time to get a masters in Zoology. There are hundreds of jobs out their that work with animals but not many degrees are offered at college. I wanted to have a general knowledge of animals and hopefully maybe go into careers such as Animal Control Worker, Animal Police Officer and even working with rehabilitating animals at refugees. Walking into an interview with an associates in animal management and a bachelors in animal behavior I’ll feel pretty confident with that kind of education. Since their are many field working w/ animals and no education is need (Animal Control Worker). Like I said you can work with animals and their are careers that dont include being a vet or a zoologist</p>
<p>Those look like really interesting programs at NCCC and Canisius. Thanks for telling us about them. How did you come to select them - are they just close to where you are from? Do you know of other programs in these subjects that are located elsewhere? NY is nowhere near where we live, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Indiana U. offers a minor/certificate program: [>>>:::::</a> CISAB :::::<<<](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/academics.html]>>>:::::”>http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/academics.html)</p>
<p>Some alternative pathways for the study of animal behavior:
<p>Also, check out these websites:
[Animal</a> Behavior Society Web Site](<a href=“http://www.animalbehavior.org/]Animal”>http://www.animalbehavior.org/)
[Animal</a> Behavior Colleges, Links & Resources](<a href=“http://animalnewsnetwork.org/links.shtml]Animal”>Animal Behavior Colleges, Links & Resources)
[The</a> Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour - ASAB](<a href=“ASAB”>http://asab.nottingham.ac.uk/)</p>