18 courses with the subject ZAS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ZAS 110Introduction to Zookeeping5.00
This course provides a practical guide to zookeeping. Topics include safety issues; basic sanitation, housing, and feeding of animals; overview of capture and restraint equipment; animal transport; identification of abnormal behavior and injuries. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate beginning level knowledge of zookeeping technology. Semester Offered: Fall
ZAS 112Introduction to Zoo and Aquarium Science1.00
This course introduces students to zoo and aquarium theory and management. Topics include operations, history and development, American Zoological Association (AZA) accreditation, and professionalism. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate beginning-level knowledge of the philosophy, organization, and management of modern zoos and aquaria. Semester Offered: Fall
This course introduces students to the concept of habitat design and construction used in zoo and aquaria settings. Topics include master plan development, habitat design, construction, and maintenance. Upon completion, students should be able to explain habitat design with principles associated with the biological and behavioral needs of the organism. Semester Offered: Spring
This course introduces students to the legal issues involved in the management and care of exotic animals in zoos and aquaria. Topics include discussion of municipal, state, and national laws that affect the care, husbandry, environmental enrichment, and transportation of captive exotic animals. Upon completion, students should be able to discuss legal issues related to maintaining captive exotic animal collections. Semester Offered: Spring
This course acquaints students with the variety of natural behaviors in various animal species. Topics include mating system, parental care, territoriality, communication, social interactions, and learning/operant behavior. Upon completion, students should be able to explain the motivations and associated behaviors of exotic animals in their captive and wild states. Semester Offered: Fall
This course introduces students to principles of animal learning. Topics include operant conditioning and environmental enrichment. Upon completion, students should be able to develop basic environmental enrichment activities, maintain an environmental enrichment log, and understand the basics of animal conditioning. Semester Offered: Spring
This course covers the basic principles of operant conditioning in the zoological park and provides students with opportunities to apply principles in a zoo setting. Topics include the application of operant conditioning techniques such as reinforcement, punishment, and stimulus control in the zoo setting. Upon completion, students should be able to successfully apply operant conditioning techniques with domestic and captive animals. Semester Offered: Fall
This course provides students with practical hands-on experience in aquarium operations. Emphasis is placed on introductory concepts involved in daily aquarium management. Upon completion, students should be able to perform routine duties associated with the daily management of aquarium operations.
This course provides students with advanced hands-on experience in aquarium operations. Emphasis is placed on progressive concepts involved in daily aquarium management. Upon completion, students should able to complete the advanced tasks associated with the daily management of aquarium operations.
This course introduces students to the application and integration of aquarium theory and management. Topics include the history and development of the modern aquarium movement, aquarium operations, AZA accreditation, and professionalism. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate beginning level knowledge of the philosophy, organization, and management of the modern aquarium. Semester Offered: Fall
This course introduces the major invertebrate taxa, with emphasis on insects and vertebrate parasites. Topics include the identification of the major groups and their ecology. Upon completion, students should be able to identify and describe the management of insects in collections and describe the common parasites of vertebrates. Semester Offered: Spring
This course begins the students’ study of fresh water and marine animals typically displayed in zoos and aquaria. Topics include the biology, ecology, taxonomy, identification, care, maintenance, and display of fresh water/marine animals. Upon completion, students should be able to present relevant and accurate information about fresh water or marine fishes on display in a captive environment. Semester Offered: Fall
This course begins the students’ study of reptiles and amphibians typically displayed in zoos. Topics include the biology, ecology, taxonomy, identification, care, maintenance, and display of reptiles and amphibians. Upon completion, students should be able to present relevant and accurate information about reptiles and amphibians on display in a captive environment. Semester Offered: Fall
This course begins the students’ study of avian species typically displayed in zoos. Topics include the biology, ecology, taxonomy, identification, care, maintenance, and display of birds. Upon completion, students should be able to present relevant and accurate information about birds on display in a captive environment. Semester Offered: Spring
This course begins the students’ study of mammalian species typically displayed in zoos. Topics include the biology, ecology, taxonomy, identification, care, maintenance, and display of exotic mammals. Upon completion, students should be able to present relevant and accurate information about mammals on display in a captive environment. Semester Offered: Fall
This course introduces students to the study of fresh water and marine aquarium life support systems. Topics include the design, construction, and daily maintenance of fresh water and marine aquarium exhibits. Upon completion, students should be able to present relevant and accurate information about the functions and regulation of both fresh water and marine aquarium exhibits. Semester Offered: Spring
This course is a survey of animal diseases common to species typically displayed in zoos. Topics include the etiology, transmission, prevention, and treatment of major diseases common to exotic animal species. Upon completion, students should be able to present relevant and accurate information about the symptoms, transmission, and treatments of common animal diseases and zoonoses. Semester Offered: Spring
This course is a survey of animal diseases common to aquatic species in an aquarium setting. Topics include the etiology, transmission, prevention, and treatment of major diseases common to aquatic species in an aquarium environment. Upon completion, students should be able to present relevant and accurate information about the symptoms, transmission, and treatments of common aquatic animal diseases and zoonoses. Semester Offered: Fall
