Zoology
• Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Zoology
• Major Contract
• 4-year Plan
Contact
Department Chair
John Reiss , Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
Science Complex B 221
(707) 826-3245
The Program
Take advantage of Humboldt's vertebrate and invertebrate museums. Large populations of native animals offer a chance for real-life study. Humboldt State also houses animals in on-campus quarters. Electron microscopes are available for student use.
Students interested in marine life have use of Humboldt's marine laboratory, located in nearby Trinidad, and the university's research vessel, the Coral Sea.
Graduates can pursue careers as: zoologists, technical writers, laboratory technicians, museum curators, entomologists, health technicians, ornithologists, animal nutritionists, ichthyologists, anatomists, embryologists, pathology technicians, or science librarians.
Preparation
High school students should take biology, chemistry, and physics (with labs, if possible) plus algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Requirements for the Major
Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in all prerequisite courses.
Lower Division
- BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
- BIOM 109 Introductory Biometrics
- BOT 105 General Botany
- CHEM 109 General Chemistry
- MATH 105 Calculus for the Biological Sciences & Natural Resources (A full year of calculus, MATH 109 & 110, may substitute for MATH 105.)
- PHYX 106 College Physics: Mechanics & Heat
- PHYX 118 College Physics: Biological Applications
- ZOOL 110 Introductory Zoology
Upper Division
- BIOL 330 Principles of Ecology
- BIOL 307 Evolution
- BIOL 340 Genetics
- BIOL 412 General Bacteriology
- CHEM 328 Brief Organic Chemistry
- ZOOL 310 Animal Physiology
- ZOOL 314 Invertebrate Zoology
- ZOOL 370 Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates or
- ZOOL 476 Principles of Animal Development
One course from:
- FISH 310 Ichthyology
- WLDF 365 Ornithology I
- ZOOL 352 Natural History of the Vertebrates
- ZOOL 354 Herpetology
- ZOOL 356 Mammalogy
- ZOOL 358 General Entomology
- ZOOL 430 Comparative Animal Behavior (strongly recommended)
- ZOOL 452 Parasitology
- One upper division course in botany with lab
Requirements for the Minor
BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
ZOOL 110 Introductory Zoology
Fourteen units of upper division zoology courses approved by the zoology minor advisor