Herpetology

[Nathan Thorpe]

Hi all this post was just out of curiosity really, i was just wondering... would you study herpetology if you had the chance? and what do you think it would be like? also, if there is anyone there who does or has studied herpetology i was wondering if you could also give us a little insight to what you do when studying it hope to get some interesting replies

[April Taylor]

Do you mean at college/uni? Yeah I would love to, if i had the brains to get on to the course! Wasn't much good at science at school and would think you'd need to be!

[carpetman]

would love to i did my degree in aquaculture (fish) would love to do another one in herps, if only i had the time

[Nathan Thorpe]

Originally Posted by April Taylor

Do you mean at college/uni? Yeah I would love to, if i had the brains to get on to the course! Wasn't much good at science at school and would think you'd need to be!

I dont know if you do it at college or uni lol... but it would be very interesting

[MissCat]

yea it's something i would like to do too.
my local college does a course in zoo studies, has a whole section of herpetology to it i believe, plus the college keeps reptiles itself, and the course is linked to paignton zoo. only problem is the cost!

[Nathan Thorpe]

Originally Posted by carpetman

would love to i did my degree in aquaculture (fish) would love to do another one in herps, if only i had the time

yeah time would always be an issue lol... how was the aquaculture?

[Nathan Thorpe]

Originally Posted by MissCat

yea it's something i would like to do too.
my local college does a course in zoo studies, has a whole section of herpetology to it i believe, plus the college keeps reptiles itself, and the course is linked to paignton zoo. only problem is the cost!

can you go to college and study things like herpetology after you've left college? and are there any requirements to study herpetology?... e.g GCSEs in science and stuff. If so... is there any way around this?

[MissCat]

Originally Posted by Nathan Thorpe

can you go to college and study things like herpetology after you've left college?yes i would imagine so, i'm 27 and the course i found is an adult education course and are there any requirements to study herpetology?... e.g GCSEs in science and stuff. If so... is there any way around this? all it says is that your usual english, science and maths gcse's grade c or above is required.
if you dont have those, depending on your age there are usually access into adult education courses (which cover these things) or you can do them seperately. depending on your situatoin or what qualifications you do have, sometimes the college will allow you to do those gcse alongside the course u want to do, though this happens rarely.

i will have a dig around and see if i can find out any more for you

[Nathan Thorpe]

Originally Posted by MissCat

i will have a dig around and see if i can find out any more for you

ok thankyou

[MissCat]

orginally posted by sandwell-x:
"ive just been looking for a home learning course.
and i found a herpetology course on compass education and training"
proteus reptile trust apparently do them too.