Captive Primate Care Certificate

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CWU undergraduate students or non-matriculated students are eligible to enroll in the proposed certificate program. Certificate coursework can be used toward other degree requirements (as applicable) except ANTH 201 Grade 1 Animal Technician (1 unit), which can only be counted toward the certificate. Completion of the certificate will provide students with all skills and experiences listed by the International Primatological Society for “Animal Technician,” and some skills and experiences listed for “Senior Animal Technician.” This expertise may assist students in future job searches in captive primate care based at zoos, sanctuaries, and/or laboratories.

Required Courses Credits: 9

ANTH 201 - Grade 1 Animal Technician Credits: (1)
ANTH 313 - Primate Social Behavior Credits: (4)
ANTH 412 - Monkeys of the Neotropics Credits: (4)
OR PRIM 506 - Survey of the Primates Credits: (4)
PRIM 450 - Primate Behavior and Ecology Capstone Credits: (1)
PRIM 490 - Cooperative Education Credits: (1-12) (Must be taken for 3 credits.)

Department-approved Applied Field Electives Credits: 8-9

Choose 8-9 credits from the following list of courses:

ANTH 110 - Bones, Apes, and Genes: Exploring Biological Anthropology Credits: (5)
ANTH 352 - Anthropology of Environmental Issues Credits: (4)
ANTH 411 - Primate Conservation Credits: (4)
ANTH 412 - Monkeys of the Neotropics Credits: (4)
ANTH 413 - Research Methods in Primatology Credits: (5)
ANTH 416 - Apes Credits: (4)
ANTH 418 - Monkeys of Asia and Africa Credits: (4)
ANTH 419 - Lemurs and Lorises Credits: (4)
BIOL 101 - Fundamentals of Biology Credits: (5)
BIOL 200 - Plants in the Modern World Credits: (5)
BIOL 300 - Introduction to Evolution Credits: (5)
BIOL 446 - Endocrinology Credits: (3)
BIOL 453 - Mammalogy Credits: (5)
BIOL 465 - Biology of Animal Behavior Credits: (4)
BIOL 466 - Conservation Biology Credits: (5)
PRIM 490 - Cooperative Education Credits: (1-12)
PRIM 496 - Individual Study Credits: (1-6)
PSY 413 - Conservation Psychology Credits: (4)
PSY 449 - Abnormal Psychology Credits: (4)
Elective courses may have pre- or co-requisites.
Graduate Course Options:

BIOL 546 - Endocrinology Credits: (3)
BIOL 565 - Advanced Animal Behavior Credits: (5)
PRIM 503 - Current Issues in Primatology Credits: (4)
PRIM 504 - Primate Culture and Cognition Credits: (4)
PRIM 505 - Ethnoprimatology Credits: (4)
PRIM 511 - Primate Conservation Credits: (4)
PRIM 512 - Monkeys of the Neotropics Credits: (4)
PRIM 513 - Research Methods in Primatology Credits: (5)
PRIM 516 - Apes Credits: (4)
PRIM 518 - Monkeys of Asia and Africa Credits: (4)
PRIM 519 - Lemurs and Lorises Credits: (4)
PSY 513 - Conservation Psychology Credits: (4)

Total Credits: 17-18

College and Department Information

Primate Behavior and Ecology Program
Anthropology and Museum Studies Department
College of the Sciences

Online Availability
The program does not have a designated online only option.