Zoology

Zoology (Greek ζῷον [ Zoon ], " animal ", " living being " and λόγος [ lógos ], "teaching" ), in the widest and animal science, is the discipline of biology, whose research subject the animals ( Animalia ), especially the multicellular animals ( Metazoa ) are. The Zoology investigated by various scientific methods shape and body type ( morphology, anatomy ), life activities ( physiology ), development and phylogeny (including Palaeozoology ), inheritance practices (genetics ), environmental relationships (ecology ), distribution ( zoogeography ) and the behavior ( behavioral biology ) of animals and created a classification of the animal kingdom. Most zoologists have now studied biology as a field of study. But even veterinarians, forest scientists and geographers working partially as zoologists.

Branches of zoology

• General Zoology ( construction, food, reproduction, development)
• Systematic Zoology (machining of zoological diversity, Namensherleitung of species)
• Systematics / taxonomy ( phylogeny / Arrange / categorize )
• Morphology (outer construction of an animal )
• Anatomy (inner construction of an animal ) Cytology and Histology

Studies of groups of animals in zoology

• Entomology ( Entomology )
• Herpetology ( amphibians and reptiles customer)
• Ichthyology ( ichthyology )
• Mammalogy ( Mammalogy )
• Ornithology ( Ornithology )
• Malacology ( mollusc customer)

Study of Zoology

The study of zoology is in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, part of a biology studies. Scientific basics, such as physics, chemistry, mathematics ( here especially statistics), botany and microbiology are initially also important and a big step on the way to specialize in a zoological expert in advanced studies (usually master). Nearly all branches of zoology require a very good knowledge in biochemistry and molecular biology. This also applies to such classical subjects such as the morphology, anatomy, evolutionary biology and taxonomy. In the first four to six semesters of the biology students are offered a wealth of theoretical and practical courses. Zoological priorities are, depending on the offerings at the University mostly found in master's degree programs of ecology, landscape ecology, marine biology and biodiversity research. Here, the concentration starts at some electives within biology. Often the experimental work in small groups is even more important. Within the zoology a wealth of internships are offered in all universities, which are mostly all day and every day for several weeks (sometimes over a full semester ) performed. Many zoological Internships are also designed so that they support the " exploratory learning".

Zoology is a very multi-faceted subject. Therefore, the combination with a minor, if permitted by the Bachelor's Examination Regulations, interesting. The foundations of behavioral research are often combined with psychology. With a focus on neurobiology physics and computer science is particularly useful and often studied it.

Approximately half of the Zoology students begins after her master's thesis with a thesis.

Internships

In addition to the regular course, there are usually ways to the research in the institutes participate. In most universities, this runs under the name of " freelance " or project practical, and most employees will be confirmed in the form of a certificate.

Locations

The study guide biology is one of Germany 54 locations where the subject can be studied. The study plans and study regulations at the various universities in zoology are quite different. The values ​​of the zoological groups is very different: some work explicitly animal ecology, zoology, wild biological, zoological other convey basics of genetics, neurobiology, ecology, evolutionary biology or another specialist in zoology.

Master's degree programs in zoology from the University of Basel, Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck and Paris Lodron - offered University of Salzburg. Other colleges have abandoned the separation of zoology, botany, and other classical disciplines of biology and integrated the zoological aspects in specific, for example, physiologically or ecologically oriented master's degree programs.