2011-12 Academic Year - Bad Request - Humboldt State University

Zoology
Bachelor of Science degree
with a major in Zoology
Minor in Zoology
See Biology for the Master of Science de gree.
Department Chair
John Reiss, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
Science Complex B 221
707-826-3245
www.humboldt.edu/biosci
The Program
Students completing this program will have
demonstrated:
understanding of the process of formulating
alternate, testable hypotheses, to
employ the methods of science to gather
and interpret data in testing those hypotheses,
and to distinguish scientific reasoning
from other types of thought
literacy in the language of science, which
includes the use of mathematical equations,
quantitative data, analytical procedures, and
the representation of data in graphs, tables,
diagrams, and in written expression
understanding of the mechanisms that
all life forms possess to extract, transform,
and use energy from their environment in
ways that allow for their maintenance,
growth, and reproduction
awareness of the interconnectedness of
life on earth and that all biological processes
occur with both a genealogical (evolutionary)
and organizational (molecules, cells, organisms,
populations, communities, ecosystems,
and the biosphere) framework
understanding that descent with modification
has shaped all biological processes
and that biological evolution offers the only
logical scientific explanation for the simultaneous
unity and diversity of life on earth.
Zoology students at Humboldt can take advantage
of our well-developed vertebrate and
invertebrate museums. Nearby coastlines,
forests, and mountains offer opportunities
for studying animals in their native habitats;
we also house animals in on-campus quarters.
Molecular biology facilities and 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.
Zoology graduates pursue such careers as:
technical writer, zookeeper, environmental
consultant, entomologist, herpetologist,
mammalogist, health technician, animal
nutritionist, laboratory technician, museum
curator, science librarian.
Preparation
In high school take bi ology, chem istry, and
physics (with labs, if possi ble) plus algebra,
geometry, and trigonometry.
REQUIREMENTS
Students who receive a grade below a
C- in any prerequisite course will require
instructor approval for enrollment.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
Lower Division
BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
BOT 105 General Botany
CHEM 109 General Chemistry
MATH 105 Calculus for the Biological
Sciences & Natural
Resources
[or a full year of calculus—
MATH 109 & 110]
PHYX 106 College Physics:
Mechanics & Heat
PHYX 118 College Physics: Biological
Applications
STAT 109 Introductory Biostatistics
ZOOL 110 Introductory Zoology
Upper Division
BIOL 307 Evolution
BIOL 330 Principles of Ecology
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
ZOOL 452 Parasitology
One upper division course in botany with
laboratory
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
ZOOL 110 Introductory Zoology
14 units of upper division zoology cours es
approved by the zoology minor advisor
n n n
188 Zoology
2011-2012 Humboldt State University Catalog