Apr 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Florida Tech Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Florida Tech Catalog

Animal Behavior and Cognition, B.S.


Major Code: 7149 Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science
Delivery Mode(s): Classroom Admission Status: Undergraduate
Location(s): Main campus, Melbourne  

 

 

 

The Bachelor of Science in Animal Behavior and Cognition is an interdisciplinary field integrating psychology, ethology and biology. This major focuses on how animals acquire, process, and store information from their environment as well as the evolutionary processes that shape species (including humans) and how cognitive abilities have emerged to meet different environmental and social challenges. This degree provides students with a solid foundation for careers in animal-related fields as well as graduate studies.  

Curriculum


University Core (1 credit hour)


Humanities Core (12 credit hours)


Mathematics Core (6 credit hours*)


Select second MTH core course:


Animal Behavior and Cognition Electives (15 credit hours)


Other Electives


  • Cultural competency (CC) electives (6 credit hours)
  • Free electives (16 credit hours)

 

Total Credits Required: 120