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  • Animal Behavior Program
    310 Life Sciences Addition
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-2981
    Fax: (530) 752-8822
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Animal Behavior

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Dec. 15
  • Final: Jan. 15

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan C

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Specialization may be in one of three areas: ethology and the evolutionary bases of animal behavior; the physiological bases of animal behavior; or applied animal behavior (of domestic or wild animals). All specializations emphasize the adaptive and evolutionary bases of animal behavior. In addition, the integrative track allows combinations from any of the three main areas. The program trains students for teaching and research in a variety of areas including animal science, ecology, biological anthropology, physiology, psychology, veterinary science, wildlife biology, and zoology.

While an M.S. degree may be obtained while pursuing a Ph.D. degree, only Ph.D. applications will be accepted.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Animal Behavior Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
Andrew Sih Environmental Science & Policy (530) 754-7243
Academic Advisers
Thomas P Coombs-Hahn Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior 9/1/08 - 8/31/10 (530) 752-8531
Rick Grosberg Evolution and Ecology 9/1/08 - 8/31/10 530-752-1114
Lynne A Isbell Anthropology 9/1/08 - 8/31/10 (530) 754-9718
John Wingfield Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior 9/1/08 - 8/31/10 530-752-4679
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Marian Bilheimer Graduate Group Complex (530) 752-2981
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Angela Sharma Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772