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Zoology Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences via distance learning
Zoology via distance learning
This program effectively and completely examines biological principles, genetics, evolution, diversity, as well as animal anatomy and physiology. It also covers the mechanisms and evolutionary causes of animal behavior and illustrates the theoretical principles with vertebrates and invertebrates case-studies.
Academic Supervisor : José Luis Corona Lisboa
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Zoology Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Zoology.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Animal Assisted Therapy - Animal Studies & Research - Ethology - Farm Management - Human Animal Studies - Livestock & Animal Science .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Zoology Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Zoology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Zoology Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Zoology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + 60 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Ethology.
Master's Degree - Zoology Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Zoology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Ethology. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Zoology Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Zoology via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Ethology. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Zoology Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Diversity in Animals
This course presents the morphological, functional, and ecological diversity within the major phyla of animals. It surveys the ontogeny, function and behavior in a variety of species, and their interaction with the environment.
Academic Supervisor: José Luis Corona Lisboa
Animal Reproduction
This course deals with the reproductive mechanisms, environmental influences on reproductive endocrinology, physiology, behavior, and ecology of vertebrates. Discussions extend from organismal to cellular level and focus on the diversity of reproductive patterns among animals. It considers the effects of temperature, oxygen, and other environmental factors on the distribution and abundance of animals; as well as habitat selection, food strategies, and mating systems in the organization of reproduction.
Academic Supervisor: José Luis Corona Lisboa
Anatomy of Vertebrates
This course compares the structure of vertebrate organ systems: integument, skeletal, muscle, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, and reproductive. It emphasizes on evolutionary trends.
Academic Supervisor: Enrique Parra Crego
Animal Studies
This course of animal studies provides an interdisciplinary approach to the realities of nonhuman animals over time, across cultures, and across different ways of thinking, in order to understand the impact of humans on other animal species. Animals have been used in farms, as food resources, for hunting, for companion, for shows or scientific research.
Academic Supervisor: José Luis Corona Lisboa
Invertebrate Animals
This course examines the comparative biology and morphology of invertebrates, their structures, and functions. It deals with principles of animal organization, Protista, simpler multicellular animals, echinoderms, chordates, annelids and related worms, mollusks, and arthropods.
Academic Supervisor: Jorge Poveda Arias
Mollusks & Insects
This course presents the structure, classification, physiology, and ecology of mollusks and insects. It also considers the interrelationships of insects and man and their developmental processes and adaptations in diverse insect groups. It emphasizes hormonal control mechanisms in metamorphosis, polymorphism, regeneration, and genetic analysis of development.
Academic Supervisor: José Luis Corona Lisboa
Vertebrates
This course presents the biology of vertebrate animals and emphasizes their diversity, adaptations, and evolutionary history. It introduces the mechanisms and control of vertebrate behavior in an ecological context, as shaped by natural selection. It also considers the classical and current theories regarding the genetic basis of vertebrate development, specialized sensory systems, and the organization of responses in changing environments.
Academic Supervisor: José Luis Corona Lisboa
Bird & Mammal Conservation
This course presents the principles associated with management of birds and mammals in the wild while emphasizing on the ecology and management of their habitats. It examines the theory and methods of sampling and analyzing population and habitat data, estimation of population size, survival, recruitment, and habitat selection.
Academic Supervisor: José Luis Corona Lisboa
Animal Physiology
This course explores animal physiology at the levels of organisms and behavior, organ systems, and cells. It studies the metabolism, temperature, locomotion, osmoregulation, respiration, circulation, digestion, neurons, muscles, and hormones.
Academic Supervisor: Enrique Parra Crego
Biomechanics
This course analyzes body motion, motor learning, and performance. The principles of biomechanics are applied to: muscle mechanics, the evaluation of body motion efficiency, postural and soft tissue dynamics, and prescription exercise.
Academic Supervisor: Stefan Batran Aga
Animal Biology
This course examines the biological mechanisms that animals employ to survive in a diversity of environments; molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms are discussed in an evolutionary context that emphasizes animals adaptive responses. It reviews the underlying genetic and biochemical regulation of development considering developmental genetics and experimental embryology.
Academic Supervisor: Mohammad Athar
Zoology
This course completely and effectively covers biological principles, genetics, evolution, diversity, and the anatomy and physiology of animals. It also covers the mechanisms of animal behavior and its evolutionary causes, illustrating theoretical points with examples drawn from the studies of both vertebrates and invertebrates.
Academic Supervisor: José Luis Corona Lisboa
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Zoology Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
ACZ - Asociación Colombiana de Zoología
FF - Faune de France
FFSSN - Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles
ISZS - International Society of Zoological Sciences
NWF - National Wildlife Federation
SBI - Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
SBP - Sociedade Brasileira de Parasitologia
SBZ - Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
SBZ - Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
SEB - Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
SMZ - Sociedad Mexicana de Zoología
SOB - Sociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia
SZF - Société Zoologique de France
TWS - The Wildlife Society
WCS - Wildlife Conservation Society
WWF - World Wildlife Fund
ZAA - Zoological Association of America
ZSL - Zoological Society of London
ZWF - Zoological Wildlife Foundation
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Admission requirements - Zoology
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Zoology Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Zoology Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences via distance learning
Zoology Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
