Zoology
About Zoology
Zoology is the study of animals, their function and way of life. Explore the animal kingdom as a biological scientist by studying behaviours, physiology, anatomy, and the entire animal organism. You'll gain practical experience and skills in laboratory and fieldwork, computers, and communication. Some zoologists specialize in particular kinds of animals: entomologists study insects, herpetologists study amphibians and reptiles, ornithologists study birds and mammalogists study mammals. Others concentrate on special kinds of questions: digestive processes, aggressive behaviour, or parasites.
Program Details
UBC Vancouver doesn't offer an undergraduate degree in zoology. However the Department of Zoology offers programs of study jointly with the Department of Botany, including a major or honours in biology with an animal biology option.
Skills
- Use modelling software to predict future scenarios, such as changes in habitats or population numbers
- Write scientific reports and issue recommendations
- Experiment and project design, organization, and implementation
- Critical analysis and synthesis of scientific research and literature
- Field work techniques, such as plot study surveys and population estimates
- Laboratory proficiency including usage of scientific equipment and knowledge of safety protocols
- Data collection and maintenance of accurate records
- Statistics and quantitative reasoning
- Development and evaluation of models, such as estimating the flow of pollutants through an ecosystem, or predicting growth or decline of populations
Programs offered
- Major or Honours Biology, Animal Biology
Resources
Career Options
With an undergraduate degree
- Biology teacher
- Conservation roles
- Laboratory technician
- Museum curator
- Naturalist
- Technical writer
- Wildlife biologist
With additional study
- Animal health technologist
- Animal biologist
- Environmental lawyer
- Researcher
- Wildlife educator
- Wildlife rehabilitator
- Veterinarian
- Zookeeper
- Zoologist