Has anyone studied herpetology at any level?

[sandmatt]

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of it as i'm hoping to do a couple of courses in the upcoming months.

[sandmatt]

Bump!

[Stubby]

Did the Proteus Correspondance course - wasn't impressed.

Working on the Compass Correspondance course at the moment, is basic, but seems to be better organised.

They are both very basic courses, so not sure if they're of any interest to you. If they are and you want more info drop me a pm

[sandmatt]

I contacted proteus and they said they didnt do the herpetology course! i've contacted a couple of other home learning ones with no response either.

Is compass home or college based?

[Stubby]

Its home based:

Compass Education and Training - Herpetology

Sounds like Proteus have stopped their course. I know they were having problems with accreditation.

[Akro]

i got half way through the compass course but lost interest and went to uni to do animal behaviour and welfare instead where ive learned far more about reptiles than the compass course was teaching me, it is a very good starting point none the less as every bit helps.
Ive looked into the proteus one but never got round to it before i went to uni so i couldnt tell you what thats like.

[Zak]

Haha dont bother with Proteus, worked with the guy who organised the courses over summer. He's quit and is setting up another company. Seems Proteus is on the way down.

Heard Compass is ok but basic. Id personally just invest in some good text books, read those and ask for some experience in local rep shops.

[Lucifus]

To be honest if your interested in learning it at an academic level and not worried about qualifications you could look at journals. Their are plenty of researchers and psychologists/biologists etc out there who DONT have qualifications yet make leaps and bounds in the studys they undertake.

[sandmatt]

no one seems to want to take on work experience round here... its becoming a pain cos i might not get into uni without it, so i thought one of the herp courses might help as a couple do seem quite interesting.

But the compass ones doesnt look too bad, and thanks for the responses guys!

[serz]

i done the compass one have just finshsed and got my certificates and final grade ect. I found it good and quite intresting Worth it in my opinion