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by Viper_Boy on June 6, 2004
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I will be taking some college courses soon, and I don't know how the whole system works. Is there such a thing as a course just in herpetology or do you have to take biology and specialize in reptiles. If there is a course in herpetology, then what kind of jobs can I get in that field?
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by cottonmouth on June 6, 2004
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I LOVE IT WHEN YOU YOUNG FELLOWS SHOW SUCH AN INTERSEST IN REPTILES. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GO ABOUT THAT BUT GOOD LUCK.
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by timberrattlesnake89 on June 7, 2004
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I would say get an under graduate of biology and then get a master in herpetology. Where i live the best place to study for herpetology is the Savannah River site with the asociation of DNR and UGA. One of my friends is at savannah river right now studing for his master. The main thing is do all the courses in biology. Herpetology is a sub off of Zoology.
Good Luck
Phillip
ps: This is my plan and i hope to get a PH.D
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by Sal on June 7, 2004
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I do know some colleges offer Herpetology as an undergraduate class. I can say that Auburn and Texas A&M both offer them for undergrads. Its usually only offered for one class period, one semester a year.
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by Chance on June 7, 2004
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Sal is right, there are some undegrad schools that offer herpetology as a course, mostly those that have a high number of Fisheries and Wildlife majors. At my school (Arkansas Tech University), it is offered only in the spring semester and only for one class. There usually aren't all that many people in it. This past semester I took it, along with about 12 other people, and that was the largest class the professor had had for a long time. Though you don't have to wait until you have your Bachelor's degree to take Herp, you definitely want to wait at least a couple of years of normal college before you attempt it. At my university, it is a level 4000 (aka, Senior-level equivalence) course, and was pretty academically rigorous. Just for my class, each week for the first half of the semester we had laboratory tests to identify all Arkansas Urodela (Salamanders and the like), Anura (frogs), Testudines and Lacertilia (turtles and lizards), and Serpentes (snakes). Of course these quizes were all identification based upon alcoholic specimens, pictures, and call (frogs), using the Latin names. It was some pretty intense memorization, especially considering you only had a week between each. After that is when we started our fieldtrips, where we went out looking for various herps, and were quized over whatever we happened across. That was just the lab part of the course. The lecture portion of the course was very fast-paced, often covering multiple chapters a week, and the tests were....well...tough. That was probably mostly due to the professor though, as he's known to be a bit of a challenge.
Anyway, I just wanted to give my perspective on it. I believe a lot of younger people begin to think about college with the completely wrong thing in mind (I know I did!), and I know that for myself at least, I hate academic surprises. Good luck to you.
-Chance
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by tj on June 7, 2004
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Stetson has a great herp program as well. SUNY ESF at Syracuse University has a few classes as well.
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by ianb on June 12, 2004
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ASU(Appalachian State) has a herpotology class. The only reason I didn't take it was b/c you had to catch 50 species of reptiles and amphibians and only 10 could be of the same species. So 40 completely different species. That's tough to do up in the mountains considering that the only snakes I ever saw up there in 5 years were water snakes and a ring neck although they do have lots of salamanders.
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by snakenate on June 18, 2004
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I know the University of Southern Mississippi offers herpetology courses. The professor graduated from the University of Sydney Australia, one of the top herp. schools in the world. His name is Dr. Qualls in case you need further assistance.
-Cheers..Nate
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