Major:
Comparative Psychology Major
Description: A program that focuses on the behavior of members of particular species or groups and the relationship of the behaviors of the species or group to their evolutionary origins. Includes instruction in differential psychology, experimental and physiological psychology, psychopharmacology, psychology of individual differences, reinforcement theory, and neurophysiology.
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Mathematics |
Neurophysiology |
Pharmacology |
Physiology |
Psychology |
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