Provides the second year fall session student a living classroom for supervised on-the-job intermediate to advanced zoo keeping experience and skill practice in animal care, handling and training. Includes mentoring 1st year students working in the zoo and guest experiences, maintaining husbandry behaviors with assigned animals, participating as a zoo operations team member and leader, holiday/weekend zoo keeping, intermediate zoo daily operations, maintenance and improvement projects, day watch with safety rounds, and conducting tours. Prerequisites: ANCT M02D. Formerly: EATM M02E.

Presents animal training techniques used for the training of husbandry behaviors. Concentrates on desensitization for medical behaviors, protected contact training, training groups of animals, and the training implications of enrichment. Prerequisites: ANCT M17 or ANSC M17 and ANCT M21A and ANCT M21AL. Corequisites: ANCT M21BL. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: EATM M21B.

Provides an introduction to the human health and safety issues associated with the keeping of animals in human care. Addresses the personal safety of the animal caretaker, as well as zoonosis concerns, animal escapes, and natural disasters. Presents the essentials of a preventive medicine program for animals with emphasis on procedures for proper hygiene and sanitation, quarantine, necropsy and routine medical screening and care, as well as occupational health programs for personnel. Formerly: EATM M18.

Provides students the opportunity to practice the application of basic animal care concepts in the care and handling of the animal population at the Teaching Zoo. Develops essential zoo keeping skills for the care of domestic and non-domestic animals through a “hands-on” approach. Corequisites: ANCT M01A. Limitations on Enrollment: Accepted to Animal Care and Training Program. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: EATM M01AL.

Provides the second year fall session student a living classroom for supervised on-the-job intermediate to advanced zoo keeping experience and skill practice in animal care, handling and training. Includes mentoring 1st year students working in the zoo and guest experiences, maintaining husbandry behaviors with assigned animals, participating as a zoo operations team member and leader, holiday/weekend zoo keeping, intermediate zoo daily operations, maintenance and improvement projects, day watch with safety rounds, and conducting tours. Prerequisites: ANCT M02D. Formerly: EATM M02E.

Provides second year Animal Care & Training (ANCT) students with the opportunity to develop and implement wildlife education programs for audiences of various ages, cultural orientations and developmental levels. Introduces students to creating educational and engaging content, bio-fact preparations and the safe transport and presentation of animals away from zoo grounds. Field trips will be required. Prerequisites: ANCT M15CL. Corequisites: ANCT M15D. Formerly: EATM M46; EATM M15DL.

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 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.

Introduces a practical system-by-system approach to the basic anatomical structure of domestic and non-domestic mammals. Discusses the physiological function of domestic and non-domestic mammals. Limitations on Enrollment: Accepted to Animal Care and Training Program. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: ANSC M06; EATM M12.

Provides students the opportunity to develop the skills needed to train husbandry behaviors through hands-on work with animals at the teaching zoo. Allows students to practice training animals in protected contact settings. Prerequisites: ANCT M21AL. Corequisites: ANCT M21B. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: EATM M21BL.