Aquarium & 动物园科学，文学学士

Introduction

Aquarium & 欧宝体育app入口动物园科学学位

把你对动物的热爱变成一份充实的事业.

水族馆和动物园科学专业是B.A. degree program with a heavy emphasis on biology, animal husbandry, and psychology. 实践课程包括动物护理, animal nutrition, vertebrate zoology, 无脊椎动物, microbiology, genetics, and marine biology.  

In this program, you will gain practical experience geared to what employers in this industry need.

• 校内和校外动物护理项目的实践课程

• 专门的动物护理实习经验和量身定制的实习

• 与你的目标一致的促进职业发展的学生俱乐部   

Offered: On-Campus

Hands-on Experience

Our 1,500加仑的鱼缸足够一个潜水员进入, and students are involved in the operation of the large-scale filtration system needed to maintain it. Access to materials in the on-campus marine lab allows students to do discipline-specific research.

Practicum & Internships

A 52-hour Animal Care Practicum working in an animal care facility prepares students for their main internship where they find a facility of interest to spend a 240-hour internship, 通常在暑假期间. These experiences build students' repertoire of animal care and husbandry skills while enhancing employment prospects through the connections they make.

社会兼职

• 欧宝体育app入口是世界自然保护协会的官方合作伙伴 动物园和水族馆协会
• 欧宝体育app入口是一个学术支持组织 少数民族动物园协会 & 水族馆专业人士(AMZAP) 

Clubs & 荣誉社团参与

SCUBA: Students learn to scuba dive or continue to build diving skills while exploring the fascinating underwater world (invaluable experience for those pursuing employment in aquariums after graduation).

环境行动协会: This organization promotes environmental education and outreach to the students, faculty, and staff of 欧宝体育app入口 as well as to the community at large. 成员们在保护环境的同时也享受着乐趣!

Biology Club: This club is designed to help students prepare for their future in the sciences as well as to offer opportunities to participate in fellowship and networking activities. 

部落生物荣誉协会: 圣弗朗西斯是贝塔贝塔的厄普西隆贝塔分会的所在地, 国家生物荣誉协会. Numerous student members have received research scholarship grants from the TriBeta national office and presented their research at the District Convention. 

The best way to explore what the student experience really looks like is to schedule a visit

欧宝体育app入口很乐意见到你并讨论你的职业目标!

水族馆和动物园科学的职业前景

自然中心有很多工作机会, 野生动物康复中心, aquariums, and zoos. Students can also seek employment with whale watch groups and other types of non-profit activities where animal knowledge and presentation abilities are valued.

动物护理和服务工作者需求量很大. The  职业展望手册 (from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) projects that demand for these jobs will grow by 34% from 2020-2030, 比所有职业的平均水平快得多. About 66,200 openings for animal care and service workers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. 

Animal Caretakers 

2020年5月，动物饲养员的平均年薪为26,080美元. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $19,310, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $40,210.

Animal Trainers

2020年5月，驯兽师的平均年薪为31520美元. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $21,550, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $62,040.