Zoology

 

  • Mission Statement

    The Department of Zoology provides accessible, engaging, and relevant educational opportunities, resources, and expertise in all facets of animal biology and associated life sciences.

    Values:

    • Encourage freedom of exploration in the life sciences.
    • Serve diverse students at varied levels of engagement in animal biology including general education courses, support courses for non-zoology degrees across campus, and a diversity of courses relevant for careers in the sciences.
    • Involve students in active research and community service.
    • Through research and service, contribute new knowledge within fields of zoology and related life sciences.
    • Through engaging coursework and independent instruction, confer skills in problem solving, critical thinking, communication, and disciplinary methods, which facilitate productive futures for Zoology students and, especially, Zoology graduates.
    • Strengthen life-science education and practice across 91¶ÌÊÓƵ and throughout associated communities along the northern Wasatch Front metropolitan areas of Weber, Davis, and surrounding counties.

This information is part of the cyclical program review process. Details such as mission statements, learning outcomes, etc., are updated as part of the biennial assessment reporting process, an integral component of program review.