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Zoology – School of Zoology
The Animal Kingdom is hugely diverse and immensely fascinating, ranging as it does
from worms to whales and from barnacles to bandicoots. Tasmania is an excellent place to
study zoology because it has such a diverse and accessible fauna in all of the major
habitats: the sea, land and fresh waters. It is the land of the weedy sea dragon, the giant
freshwater crayfish and the Tasmanian devil.
The School of Zoology takes a ‘whole animal’ approach to zoology; in other words we are
interested in how living animals interact with their environment, their own species and
others, rather than just the details of their biochemistry or physiology. We believe in a
hands-on approach, so students can expect to see and handle live animals, both in the
laboratory and in the field.
Career outcomes
Zoology graduates are provided with numerous and diverse opportunities for
employment in areas such as education (ecotourism and other public education, primary
and secondary schools, TAFE colleges, universities), wildlife biology (Tasmanian Parks
and Wildlife Service, Forestry Tasmania, Australian Antarctic Division, Parks and Wildlife
Services in other states, private wildlife parks, CSIRO), environmental protection (state
and federal environmental protection agencies, local councils, conservation organisations,
private environmental consulting companies), marine biology (CSIRO, Tasmanian
Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Australian Antarctic Division, Australian Institute of
Marine Science, aquaculture industries, state marine research institutions), fisheries
biology (CSIRO, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Inland Fisheries Service,
Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Bureau of Resource Sciences, aquaculture
industries and fisheries research services in other states), other research careers
(universities, museums, CSIRO, other private and government research institutions), and
public and private administration (state and federal government departments,
universities, private industry).
The School has a good record in producing employable graduates, and our students find
employment in Tasmania, Australia and overseas. Because we deal with animals in their
environment, our courses provide an ideal basis for a career in the management or
conservation of animals and ecosystems. Complementary units in Botany and/or
Geography and Environmental studies would form a useful basis for such a career.
Students more interested in a laboratory-based career may choose to combine Zoology
with further studies in Biochemistry/Microbiology /Physiology. Students should seek
advice from the School of Zoology to tailor a course to suit their particular needs.
Theme areas
The Level 100 and 200 units provide background entry to the more specialised areas
studied in the third year:
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Natural Environment and Wilderness all Level 300 units: all units in zoology.
National and State Development the following Level 300 units: Antarctic Ecology,
Fisheries and Wildlife Management, Freshwater Ecology, Marine Ecology and
Quantitative Methods in Biology.
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies: Antarctic Ecology
Professional associations
Ecological Society of Australia; Ecological Society of America; Australian Mammal Society;
Australian Herpetological Society; Australian Society of Comparative Endocrinology;
Australian Marine Sciences Association; Australian Society of Fish Biology; Australia New
Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry; Australian Institute of
Biologists; Australian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany; Australian Society of
Reproductive Biology; Australian Society of Limnology; Society of Behavioural and
Neuroendocrinology; Royal Society of Tasmania; Marine Mammal Society; Birds
Australia.
Unit title
campus offered
weight
Hbt~1&2,
Hbt~1&2,
25%
25%
unit code
First Year
KZA150 or KZA151
Zoology 1G
Zoology 1E
KZA150
KZA151
and other units to a total of 100% from other Group 1 areas in the life, earth, physical and numerical sciences (see BSc
schedule on page B-xx. Students proposing to major in zoology are strongly urged to include physical
(chemistry or physics) or numerical (mathematics or computer science) science units in their first year
program.
Note: Students also enrolling in or having previously passed KPA150 Botany IG must enrol in KZA151 Zoology 1E.
Students proposing to study Biochemistry and/or Microbiology in Year 2 must enrol in KZA150 Zoology IG if they are
not currently enrolling in or have not previously passed KPA150 Botany 1G.
Second Year
Zoology 2: Animal Form & Function
Hbt~1&2,
and 75% from other units of a student’s own choice, including:
Hbt~1,
Tasmanian Fauna: Ecological & Evolutionary
Studies
Hbt~2,
Evolution, Ecology & Society
25%
KZA205
12.5%
KZA215
12.5%
KZA225/325
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
KZA351
KZA352
KZA353
KZA354
KZA355
KZA356
KZA357
KZA358
Third Year
Antarctic Ecology
Environmental Adaptation
Evolutionary Biology & Biogeography
Fisheries & Wildlife Management
Freshwater Ecology
Marine Ecology
Quantitative Methods in Biology
Reproductive Biology: Strategies and
Mechanisms
Hbt~2,
Hbt~2,
Hbt~2,
Hbt~1,
Hbt~2,
Hbt~1,
Hbt~1,
Hbt~1,
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Students interested in marine, freshwater or Antarctic biology should read the course entry Marine,
Freshwater and Antarctic Biology (see page B-xx).
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