*Abstract* The amygdala is a well-studied structure in the brain implicated in emotional learning, especially that of fear learning. More specifically, many studies have shown that the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is a key component in acquiring and expressing fear conditioning. A previous experiment from our lab showed that hm4Di inactivation of the BLA during contextual fear learning reduced freezing during a subsequent memory retrieval session. Our lab is now using this same inactivation method of the BLA within a novel aversive learning decision-making task. Rats are trained to retrieve sucrose pellets by running between two reward locations with two paths available: one short (2.5m) and one long (5m). After rats learn to selectively take the short path, rats are administered CNO, and a shock is applied along the center of the short path. Rats immediately show a choice preference switch towards the long path, which we predict will be blocked in the hm4Di expressing group during later retrieval sessions. These results will allow us to understand if the BLA is necessary for the acquisition of this aversive learning within a decision-making task.