Provides students a short-term experience in zoo keeping at the Los Angeles Zoo. Builds skills related to day-to-day interaction with a variety of species. Prerequisites: ANCT M02C. Formerly: EATM M30A.

Provides students with opportunities to develop skills in behavior modification and observational research. Requires students to demonstrate such skills through training a rat and conducting observational research on animals under professional care. Prerequisites: ANCT M09 or concurrent enrollment. Transfer credit: CSU. Notes: Student must be able to house and care for one or more domestic rats. Formerly: ANSC M04L; EATM M09L.

Provides the student with the opportunity to develop public speaking skills, interpretation techniques, and animal handling skills appropriate for educational presentations in zoos and other situations. Creates opportunities to perform presentations to both large and small audiences and conduct tours of the Teaching Zoo. Corequisites: ANCT M15A. Formerly: EATM M15AL.

Introduces concepts of basic zoo keeping practices used in the husbandry of domestic and non-domestic animals. Includes topics such as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations, record keeping, and the Teaching Zoo protocols with an emphasis on safety and sanitation. Corequisites: ANCT M01AL. Limitations on Enrollment: Accepted to Animal Care and Training Program. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: EATM M01A.

Surveys invertebrate and vertebrate animals, both terrestrial and marine. Focuses on classification, general characteristics, adaptations, animal recognition, evolutionary history, and basic concepts of ecology. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: ANSC M07; ANSC M07L; EATM M17.

Provides students with basic veterinary care experiences. Introduces methods of diagnosis and treatment to assist veterinary personnel with procedures in basic veterinary care. Prerequisites: ANCT M01B and ANCT M19 and ANCT M24. Corequisites: ANCT M23A. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: EATM M23AL.

Provides job interviewing information and practice for animal-related careers. Includes current interviewing styles, sample questions, legal parameters, and appropriate dress, demeanor, and responses. Prerequisites: ANCT M02D. Formerly: EATM M36.

Provides the student with the opportunity to develop public speaking skills, interpretation techniques, and animal handling skills appropriate for educational presentations in zoos and other situations. Creates opportunities to perform presentations to both large and small audiences and conduct tours of the Teaching Zoo. Corequisites: ANCT M15A. Formerly: EATM M15AL.

Provides students with opportunities to develop skills in behavior modification and observational research. Requires students to demonstrate such skills through training a rat and conducting observational research on animals under professional care. Prerequisites: ANCT M09 or concurrent enrollment. Transfer credit: CSU. Notes: Student must be able to house and care for one or more domestic rats. Formerly: ANSC M04L; EATM M09L.

Introduces the study of animal behavior with an emphasis on learning theory, especially classical and operant conditioning. Provides understanding on how to apply the concepts of ethology and behavior modification to the maintenance and training of animals under professional care. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: ANSC M04; EATM M09.