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Colleges/Universities for Ornithology or Environmental Biology (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Eagle Owl
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Beverlybaynes
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Of course it's nowhere near Ayrshire, but Cornell University (Utica, NY, USA) has a wonderful ornithology department. They also have great ornithology home study course.
Eagle Owl said:
Ornithology courses are few and far between but have a look at
www.biosciences.bham.ac.uk/tpd/ornithology.htm
These are very good and recognised courses.
The CertHE is 1st year BSc and the DipHE is 2nd year BSc....they are also working towards offering an MSc in Ornithology.
paj
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Are you wanting to do a degree course?
Beverlybaynes
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Eagle Owl, I suggest again that you look at the HOME STUDY ornithology course from Cornell. It's well-known, well-regarded and can be done anywhere.
simon
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The field studies council run numerous wildlife courses at 14 sites including at Blairgowrie , Perthshire www.field-studies-council.org depending on what sort of course you are interested in
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
Ornithology courses are few and far between, UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions thingy-people only list two courses for ornithology:
The University of Hull offers a BSc in Biology with Ornithology
Myerscough College offers some sort of qualification in Ecology and Conservation Management-Ornithology
You might do better to search for zoology courses on the ucas website: www.ucas.com and then look at individual universities/colleges to see how many offer ornithology in some sort of measure. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much, most places offering just zoology at first degree level.
The University of Hull offers a BSc in Biology with Ornithology
Myerscough College offers some sort of qualification in Ecology and Conservation Management-Ornithology
You might do better to search for zoology courses on the ucas website: www.ucas.com and then look at individual universities/colleges to see how many offer ornithology in some sort of measure. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much, most places offering just zoology at first degree level.
tomjenner
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I agree with nickderry that you are probably better off looking for a more general course that suits your needs. To be a good ornithologist you have to have a good understanding biology in general, as the whole biology of birds is tied to the rest of the environment around them. Some universities offer Zoology or Biology courses where you have quite a lot of choice about the courses you take. For example, I did a Zoology degree at Cardiff Uni, but I hated biochemistry, physiology and all that stuff. By choosing the right courses, my final year was mostly ecology, evolutionary biology and behaviour - a lot of which was related to ornithology.
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craigbrunton1
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The only suiting option is University of Glasgow: College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences for Master's degree. Close but not exactly Ornithological Department. Maybe can be of more help.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Try Aberdeen University - they have a team headed by Dr. Martin Collinson, famous for his DNA work on lots of UK rarities :t:
Suspect that it's too late for the OP, as it's 13 years since they asked. Having said that, Aberdeen would be an excellent choice!
Andy Adcock
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I thought the University of East Anglia (UEA) was the place for this kind of stuff?
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Not part of Scotland, at the moment 3
But all rather irrelevant, given that the thread is archaic (I hadn't noticed either until Andrew W pointed it out!)
