2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University
2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University
2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University
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Zoology<br />
Bachelor of Science degree<br />
with a major in Zoology<br />
Minor in Zoology<br />
See Biology for the Master of Arts degree.<br />
Department Chair<br />
Casey Lu, Ph.D.<br />
Department of Biological Sciences<br />
Science Complex B 221<br />
(707) 826-3245<br />
The Program<br />
Take advantage of <strong>Humboldt</strong>’s vertebrate<br />
and invertebrate museums. Large populations<br />
of native animals offer a chance for<br />
real-life study. <strong>Humboldt</strong> <strong>State</strong> also houses<br />
animals in on-campus quarters. Electron<br />
microscopes are available for student use.<br />
Students interested in marine life have use<br />
of <strong>Humboldt</strong>’s marine laboratory, located in<br />
nearby Trinidad and the university’s research<br />
vessel, the Coral Sea.<br />
Graduates can pursue careers as: zoologists,<br />
technical writers, laboratory technicians,<br />
museum curators, entomologists,<br />
health technicians, ornithologists, animal<br />
nutritionists, ichthyologists, anatomists,<br />
embryologists, pathology technicians, or<br />
science librarians.<br />
Preparation<br />
In high school take biology, chemistry, and<br />
physics (with labs, if possible) plus algebra,<br />
geometry, and trigonometry.<br />
REQUIREMENTS<br />
Students must earn a minimum grade of<br />
C- in all prerequisite courses.<br />
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR<br />
Lower Division<br />
BIOL 105 Principles of Biology<br />
BIOM 109 Introductory Biometrics<br />
BOT 105 General Botany<br />
CHEM 109 General Chemistry<br />
MATH 105 Calculus for the Biological<br />
Sciences & Natural<br />
Resources<br />
[or a full year of calculus—<br />
MATH 109 & 110]<br />
PHYX 106 College Physics:<br />
Mechanics & Heat<br />
PHYX 118 College Physics: Biological<br />
Applications<br />
ZOOL 210 Principles of Zoology<br />
Upper Division<br />
BIOL 330 Principles of Ecology<br />
BIOL 340 Genetics<br />
BIOL 412 General Bacteriology<br />
CHEM 328 Brief Organic Chemistry<br />
ZOOL 310 Animal Physiology<br />
ZOOL 314 Invertebrate Zoology<br />
ZOOL 370 Comparative Anatomy<br />
of the Vertebrates or<br />
ZOOL 476 Principles of Animal<br />
Development<br />
One course from:<br />
FISH 310 Ichthyology<br />
WLDF 365 Ornithology I<br />
ZOOL 352 Natural History of the<br />
Vertebrates<br />
ZOOL 354 Herpetology<br />
ZOOL 356 Mammalogy<br />
ZOOL 358 General Entomology<br />
ZOOL 452 Parasitology<br />
One upper division course in botany with<br />
laboratory<br />
BIOL 445 Evolution<br />
[strongly recommended]<br />
ZOOL 430 Comparative Animal<br />
Behavior<br />
[strongly recommended]<br />
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR<br />
BIOL 105 Principles of Biology<br />
ZOOL 110 General Zoology or<br />
ZOOL 210 Principles of Zoology<br />
14 units of upper division zoology courses<br />
approved by the zoology minor advisor<br />
• • •<br />
188 Zoology<br />
<strong>2007</strong>-20<strong>08</strong> <strong>Humboldt</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> Catalog