Zoology

Zoology

Zoology is the study of animal life. Zoologists research everything they think to

ask about animals, including their anatomy and interrelationships, their

physiology and genetics, their distributions and habitats. Human beings have

been zoologists for as long as there have been human beings. As humans, we

are intricately tied to animal life - we've depended on many of them for food,

work, and friendship throughout our evolution and history....not to mention that

we ARE animals!

Education:

A job in the field of zoology will require at least a Bachelor of Science

in biology or a related field like wildlife biology or zoology. A Bachelor's

degree takes about 130 credit hours, or 4-5 years of school at a

university or college. With a Bachelor's degree, you can get a job as a

field or lab technician, where you'll be responsible for anything from

animal care to habitat management to data collection. If you want to

conduct your own research, you'll need to have at least a Master of

Science degree or a Ph.D. in biology or a related science. With these

graduate degrees, you'll carry out or conduct your own research. You'll

be responsible for leading others who are helping with the research,

and responsible for analyzing, interpreting, and writing reports about

the collected research data. A Master's degree takes 2-3 years of

additional schooling, and a written thesis. A Ph.D. requires 4-6

additional years of schooling, including a written dissertation.

What kind of classes does a zoology major have to take? What classes

did you take in school? Classes for a zoologist will range from

molecular biology to organic chemistry to physics, and lots in between.

Specialty classes depend on a variety of your personality traits. I was

interested in population biology and ecology of reptiles and

amphibians, so I took classes like ecology, herpetology, evolutionary