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===Primate Behavior and Ecology program===
The Primate Behavior and Ecology program at Central Washington University offers the only baccalaureate degree in [[primatology]] in the world and the sole master's degree in primatology in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Primatology {{!}} Primate Behavior, Ecology & Evolution {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/primatology |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114171259/https://www.britannica.com/science/primatology |url-status=live }}</ref> The program focuses on non-invasive, observational research with nonhuman primates in field and captive settings. The program also offers the only Captive Primate Care Certificate in the United States and is affiliated with Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Faculty and students study across the entire primate order, collaborating with scientists and conducting research at sites around the world. Recent published work includes the impact of COVID-19 on mammals at tourism sites,<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1111/mam.12245 | title=Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on mammals at tourism destinations: A systematic review | date=2021 | last1=Usui | first1=Rie | last2=Sheeran | first2=Lori K. | last3=Asbury | first3=Ashton M. | last4=Blackson | first4=Maurice | journal=Mammal Review | volume=51 | issue=4 | pages=492–507 | pmid=33821078 | pmc=8014658 }}</ref> the behavior of Tibetan macaques at the Valley of the Wild Monkeys in China,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-27920-2 | doi=10.1007/978-3-030-27920-2 | title=The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque | series=Fascinating Life Sciences | date=2020 | isbn=978-3-030-27919-6 | s2cid=208145425 | editor1=Li, Jin-Hua | editor2=Sun, Lixing | editor3=Kappeler, Peter M | archive-date=August 12, 2023 | access-date=August 12, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812025303/https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-27920-2 | url-status=live }}</ref> and the social networks of chimpanzees.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0191898 | doi-access=free | title=Social network and dominance hierarchy analyses at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest | date=2018 | last1=Funkhouser | first1=Jake A. | last2=Mayhew | first2=Jessica A. | last3=Mulcahy | first3=John B. | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=13 | issue=2 | pages=e0191898 | pmid=29444112 | pmc=5812591 | bibcode=2018PLoSO..1391898F }}</ref> The Primate Behavior graduate program is part of the Western Regional Graduate Program, through which student residents of 15 western states pay in-state tuition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cwu.edu/academics/primate/Primate%20Behavior%20Graduate%20Degree.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 25, 2024 |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818094105/https://www.cwu.edu/academics/primate/Primate%20Behavior%20Graduate%20Degree.php |url-status=live }}</ref>