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2025-2026 Franklin & Marshall College Catalog 
  
2025-2026 Franklin & Marshall College Catalog
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PSY 480 - Collaborative Research: Animal Behavior and Models


Description
Students will work in teams to generate a research question, design a study, earn institutional ethics approval, collect and analyze data, and disseminate their findings on questions focused on non-human animals. Projects may aim to better understand the animals themselves or use animals as models for human behavior. Research areas within this collaborative course may include any aspect of animal behavior in the field or in the laboratory. Research topics will reflect student interest and the expertise of the course instructor. Laboratory research required.
Prerequisite
(PSY 300 /PSY 230 OR BIO 210 ); AND one of (PSY 203 /PSY 312 OR PSY 310  OR PSY 320 /PSY 250 OR PSY 351 /PSY 302 OR PSY 357 /PSY 303 OR PSY 464 /PSY 306); AND one PSY lab course beyond PSY 300 

Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
NATL Gen Ed: Natural Science w/ Lab
Major: BFB:Animal Behavior

Major: BFB:Neuroscience

SPM Program
Major: Cognitive Science



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