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**Review** Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

Zoology Certificate

Program Overview

College of Natural and Health Sciences

The certificate program in Zoology prepares students for careers in resource management fields that require basic animal knowledge. Many federal and state resource management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife require that applicants have a minimum of 9 credits of zoology coursework. This certificate provides an understanding of animal identification, animal taxonomy, and the role of animals in ecological communities, providing graduates with comprehensive zoology knowledge.

Certificate Requirements — 12 Credits

Required Course — 4 Credits

BIO 111Biology: Organisms to EcosystemsLAS1LASL

4

Complete a minimum of 8 credits of the following:

BIO 328Introduction to Developmental Biology

3

BIO 333General Parasitology

4

BIO 334Mammalogy

4

BIO 335Survey of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles

4

BIO 345Comparative Vertebrate Morphogenesis

4

BIO 362Principles of Animal Behavior

3

BIO 363Principles of Animal Behavior Laboratory

1

BIO 422Directed Studies

1- 3

BIO 438Ornithology

4

BIO 539Molecular Ecology

3

BIO 539LMolecular Ecology Lab

1

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