RE: RE: NANFA-L-- ichthyology degree


Subject: RE: RE: NANFA-L-- ichthyology degree
From: Rose, Patrick PO (PWRose-in-C2Cen.uscg.mil)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 08:34:40 CST


Thank you professor,

I figured there were a few of you guys on here.

I am wanting to be like what DR. Axelrod is to the fish community. Study and
research new breeds and health problems with fish. This can later be used
also to help out fisheries that farm raise fish,-in-least the health part.

I will be staying in my local area that I am in now, so I won't have to
worry about dropping out due to location, and after 20 years of military
time giving up isn't an option. Getting started on the other hand is, and a
hard one to do. I am gong to start alot of new things after this holiday
season, and one of them is looking for a college that will take what I
already have done and put towards credits that will help me get a degree in
one of the fields that will send me on my way to becoming an ichthyologist.
I would also be interested in maybe teaching-in-a college one day, I teach
for the Coast Guard and enjoy doing it, I would think that teaching is
teaching it is just a matter of who and what you are teaching.

Once again thank you for your response.

-----Original Message-----
From: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:01 AM
To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
Subject: Re: RE: NANFA-L-- ichthyology degree

Patrick,

I know of no undergraduate degree in ichthyology. However, many
institutions offer undergrad degrees in related fields, such as zoology,
fisheries management, natural resource management, biology, integrative
biology, marine science, and so on. Actually, the list of fields where one
may get fundamental training and education appropriate for future work with
fishes is very large.

Depending on the direction of your interests (managing fish populations,
conservation, basic research in fish evolution ...... , again the list is
endless), you might prefer to study in a fish and wildlife or similar
program, or you might want to study in a basic program like zoology, or
biology. Large schools offering any of these programs should have
undergraduate courses in vertebrate zoology, ichthyology, fisheries biology,
and other related courses. Small schools may not offer these courses, but
may still be a good place to study.

Such a program can be completed in four or five years of full-time study,
starting with only a high school graduation. Specializing in ichthyology is
done in graduate school (masters or Ph.D.), and requires from 2 to 6
additional years. There are ichthyologists by a number of specialty names
at many institutions.

I recommend that you take a look-in-the web site for the American Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and that of the American Fisheries
Society. Also, take a look-in-the primary journals that publish
ichthyological work, such as Copeia, Transactions of the American Fisheries
Society, Conservation Biology. Pick some fishes that are of interest to
you, and search for work that is on the web. You will find the names of
scientists who study those fishes, and information about their research
programs.

You may wish to study where some of those folks are located, and you may
wish to contact some of them prior to applying there. They may be able to
tell you more about what you will find in the way of opportunity to work
with fishes as an undergraduate.

Finally, I recommend that you pick a place to study that will be comfortable
for you in a wide range of aspects, not just academic. Most people who fail
to complete their studies leave school for non-academic reasons.

You will notice from my signature that I am a professor. Langston
University is a small, historically black, public, undergraduate
institution. We offer a general undergrad program in biology. Most of our
students are preparing for medical or medically related careers. We also
offer a degree in natural resource management, which includes a course in
fisheries biology and one in limnology (freshwater science). Most students
in that program are preparing for graduate study in natural resource
management, conservation, or for government positions.

Dave

David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely

"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose, Patrick PO" <PWRose-in-C2Cen.uscg.mil>
I want to go for ichthyology,
> depending on how
> long it will take to get a degree in it.

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