Graduate Programs in Animal Behavior

Bucknell University

• The Master of Science in Animal Behavior from Bucknell University expands on the university's Bachelor of Animal Behavior program. The program explores the collaboration of psychology, biology and zoology, and prepares students for work with animals---whether in veterinary medicine, animal science or field research. The degree delves into behavioral neuroscience, neurobiology, behavioral evolution, learning and instinct, reproductive biology, community and sensory perception, and how they relate to animals in different environments.

  Bucknell University
  701 Moore Ave.
  Lewisburg, PA 17837
  570-577-2000
  bucknell.edu

University of California-Davis

• University of California in Davis offers PhD degrees through its Graduate Studies in Animal Science. The Animal Behavior Graduate Group at UC Davis is made up of faculty from different departments and colleges who research, assess and teach what they discover in the life sciences related to animal behavior. The university is close to several valuable animal science resources for students, including the California Regional Primate Research Center, the Center for Neuroscience, the John Muir Institute of the Environment and the Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture. Additionally, students have access to several on-campus libraries that have the latest and most important literature in biology and animal behavior. The PhD in Animal Behavior trains students for careers in teaching and research in a number of fields related to animal science.

  UC--Davis
  Graduate Group Complex
  310 Life Sciences
  One Shields Ave
  Davis, CA 95616
  530-752-2981
  biosci3.ucdavis.edu/GradGroups

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• The University of Nebraska in Lincoln offers graduate degrees through its Animal Science Graduate Program. One of which, the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy, can be earned in breeding and genetics, non-ruminant and ruminant nutrition, meat and poultry products and physiology. During these graduate programs, students can extend their educations and specialize in equine, beef and cattle, poultry, swine, dairy cattle, and facilitating youth programs.

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  1400 R St.
  Lincoln, NE 68588
  402-472-7211
  unl.edu