What are some things a zoologist does each day?

Question

im 15 so i have a few years before I need to decide what I REALLY want to do as a career..but as of now I'm really into biology, animals, and the human body...so I have becoming a zoologist and a clinical pathologist in mind

so every day what does a zoologist do? && what kind of degree do I need to become one?

Answer 1

zoologists take care of, observe, and research animals.

Answer 2

Apart from caring for animals at a zoo, their main job is studying them.  Zoologists spend a lot of time in the lab, studying the animals, collecting data and then reporting it.  Someone who is a zoologist has the option of working as a veterinarian, a lab tech, office, animal caretaker, breeder, biologist. You have to love animals and love working in difficult, sometimes dangerous conditions.

As a zoologist you would study the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals. To become a zoologist you require a bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience in the field or in a related area. You need to take classes ranging from molecular biology to organic chemistry to physics, among others. Specialty classes like ecology, herpetology, evolutionary ecology, and zoogeography can be taken as well to help you understand the specialization you seek to choose. A Bachelor's degree takes about 130 credit hours, or 4-5 years of school at a university or college. To conduct research, you'll need a Master of Science degree or a Ph.D. in biology or a related science. A Master's degree takes 2-3 years of additional schooling, and a written thesis. A Ph.D. requires 4-6 addtional years of schooling, including a written dissertation.

Answer 3

Since most zoologists work for a college or university, most spend quite a bit of time preparing for courses, teaching, working on committees, supervising students, and writing grant proposals.

Your B.S. degree could be in any life science field (e.g., zoology, biology, ecology, wildlife).  But you would need at least a Masters degree as well and possibly also a PhD.

Answer 4

You really have your work cut out for you. You are going to want at least one doctorate, perhaps both a Ph.D. and an M.D.

Zoologist work in all sorts of places. Some teach, some work in museums, some out in the field. A lot depends on the specialty. Clinical pathologists work mostly in hospitals, where you don't find many zoologists.

Not to worry. Either way you want to go, start off by majoring in Biology or Zoology in college and get a feel for the different sub-fields. Read the scientific literature of the speciality you are interested in and see where the authors teach. This will give you an idea of where to go for graduate work. Get to know the people in the field. They can give you better advice than you can get here (except from me, of course).

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