School for Zoology

I was wondering if any of you have gone to school. i have really been thinking about it and i want to do something that has to do with animals. Im still pretty young so i have the time to go to school. i just wanted to see if any of you have been or made a career out of it.


Thanks!

My wife is a grad of the University of Cincinnati their school of zoology is in the top ten in the country.

She works for the Cleveland Zoo and loves it.

If it's something you want to do go for it!:gj:

I had the same interest until I went to my freshman orientation and they had a freshman biology professor there... He slapped down about 4 stacks of note cards with probably 500 cards in each pile and said this is what he expects from all his freshman students... Although I love all animals and would give just about anything to work with them for a profession... when it came to school my motto was do as little as possible to get by. Unfortunately that motto wouldnt have gotten me through freshman biology so Business Admin it was... 5 1/2 yrs and 4 colleges later I got my degree from Empire State College... If you got the drive to keep you focused while at school to get your work done then do it up!! Unfortunately I got caught up in having too much fun and not enough work. I would look into colleges in FL... I know when I was on a spring break trip we went to animal kingdom and we spoke to a girl who was doing an internship there... cant remember what school she was attending but I know it was in FL.

Does she us her major now? Where does she work?

another problem that i have come across is that there are not many schools here in so cal that offer this major.

My girlfriend and my family are encouraging me to try it but i just read online that its a hard field to get into and it doesnt pay super well.

Am i wrong?

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Originally Posted by Lewdogg3

Does she us her major now? Where does she work?

another problem that i have come across is that there are not many schools here in so cal that offer this major.

My girlfriend and my family are encouraging me to try it but i just read online that its a hard field to get into and it doesnt pay super well.

Am i wrong?

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Yeah she works for the Cleveland Zoo. The pay does suck but she does if for the love of the animals.

See thats where im in a catch 22,

i LOVE working with my animals and animals period but i also want to be able to support my family.

What does she do for the zoo, if you dont mind me asking

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Originally Posted by Lewdogg3

See thats where im in a catch 22,

i LOVE working with my animals and animals period but i also want to be able to support my family.

What does she do for the zoo, if you dont mind me asking

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Right now shes a Vet Tech/Animal Dietician(sp) part time elephant keeper.

Going into zoology has many different fields.

Go to Michigan state university's website, and they actually lay out many of the careers your looking at.

They also list classes, and what to specialize in for certain jobs.

It's a great career and there are so many options, you may end up in the amazon rainforest finding new species! :D Good luck!

I have my Bachelors in Biology from Cal Poly Pomona.

They have a good Animal Science program, but is based around farm animals. There is also an Equine Science program as well.

What I did was get a general science major and take the Herpetology class that is offered, as well as worked with the Reptile room that is available in the Science department.

It worked out pretty well, and the man I worked with in the Reptile room was a very well known Herper during the earlier years, so it was a lot of fun.

My son is looking at University of Montana (for wildlife biology with a minor is zoology) and also at Humboldt State University in Cali for their biology/wildlife/zoology majors. IMO, they are both great schools! :gj:

zoology basically means the study of animals, and that can take you a lot of places...

It does not refer to being a zoo keeper, but that is certainly one of the careers that could come out of a zoology major.

Check out this page for a long, but I really don't think comprehensive list of possible careers for a zoology major:
http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/zoology-careers.html

As far as not being available in So. Cal., I'm not sure what you mean. In a few minutes I was able to get this list of schools in CA (didn't take the time to limit it to So. Cal.) that offer zoology majors. Also, at many schools that don't offer an official zoology major, you could major in biology and simply choose to focus in zoology.

Cal State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona
CSU Fresno
CSU Long Beach
Cerritos College, Norwalk
Chabot College, Hayward
El Camino College, Torrance
Fullerton College
Humboldt State Univ., Arcata
Palomar College, San Marcos
San Bernardino Valley College
San Francisco Stage Univ.
Sonoma Stage Univ., Rohnert Park
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara

One more thing. I went to usajobs.gov and searched with the keyword zoology. Salaries went up above $100,000. So there are zoology careers that pay quite well.

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I had the same interest until I went to my freshman orientation and they had a freshman biology professor there... He slapped down about 4 stacks of note cards with probably 500 cards in each pile and said this is what he expects from all his freshman students... Although I love all animals and would give just about anything to work with them for a profession... when it came to school my motto was do as little as possible to get by. Unfortunately that motto wouldnt have gotten me through freshman biology so Business Admin it was... 5 1/2 yrs and 4 colleges later I got my degree from Empire State College... If you got the drive to keep you focused while at school to get your work done then do it up!! Unfortunately I got caught up in having too much fun and not enough work. I would look into colleges in FL... I know when I was on a spring break trip we went to animal kingdom and we spoke to a girl who was doing an internship there... cant remember what school she was attending but I know it was in FL.

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HAHAHAhA I didn't even finish this. but HAHAHAHA!!!

I there with ya!

Ever since i've had my BP, (only about a month), i've learned so much about them and other reptiles. I went to the Vet to get some information, and now i'm contemplating becoming a Herp vet. The only problem is, i'd have to be a complete vet I imagine.

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I have my Bachelors in Biology from Cal Poly Pomona.

They have a good Animal Science program, but is based around farm animals. There is also an Equine Science program as well.

What I did was get a general science major and take the Herpetology class that is offered, as well as worked with the Reptile room that is available in the Science department.

It worked out pretty well, and the man I worked with in the Reptile room was a very well known Herper during the earlier years, so it was a lot of fun.

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I was thinking about checking Cal Poly, i just didnt know how the program was there. Im glad you said it worked out good for you. maybe ill look into that.

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Originally Posted by kc261

zoology basically means the study of animals, and that can take you a lot of places...

It does not refer to being a zoo keeper, but that is certainly one of the careers that could come out of a zoology major.

Check out this page for a long, but I really don't think comprehensive list of possible careers for a zoology major:
http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/zoology-careers.html

As far as not being available in So. Cal., I'm not sure what you mean. In a few minutes I was able to get this list of schools in CA (didn't take the time to limit it to So. Cal.) that offer zoology majors. Also, at many schools that don't offer an official zoology major, you could major in biology and simply choose to focus in zoology.

Cal State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona
CSU Fresno
CSU Long Beach
Cerritos College, Norwalk
Chabot College, Hayward
El Camino College, Torrance
Fullerton College
Humboldt State Univ., Arcata
Palomar College, San Marcos
San Bernardino Valley College
San Francisco Stage Univ.
Sonoma Stage Univ., Rohnert Park
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara

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How did you find all those!? i googled it this morning and didnt get much!

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Originally Posted by kc261

One more thing. I went to usajobs.gov and searched with the keyword zoology. Salaries went up above $100,000. So there are zoology careers that pay quite well.

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Sure after about 20 yeas on the job:rofl:

Im thinking i might do it, i may do what heather did and actually go to the same school. :)