Chris in VA Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 We are interested in our house.... I know Cornell has the Ornithology program-- What do you major in? (I mean, is bio major a good start?) Is it a grad degree? Anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 In the dark ages when I frequented college campuses science departments, those specializing in this were housed in the biology department so I would assume you have identified the right major. The folks at the Cornell Bird Bio lab (and the instructor for their course) are accessible by email so maybe you would want to contact them with this question too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Yes, this would be part of vertebrate biology. We met with an ornithology professor at one of our college visits. Ds is likely to major in biology and ornithology would be a possible specialization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emubird Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) Cornell is not the only place where you can specialize in ornithology. The last three universities I was at all had a number of people working in this area, even though there was no ornithology dept or program. (And 3 other universities that my sister has been at also have people specializing in this area.) You probably don't want to be looking for an ornithology program, per se, in college descriptions. Colleges that have strong natural history programs will likely have someone in this area. Get a list of faculty and what their research interests are. That will tell you whether it's a likely school. One place I was at had a Natural History Survey in addition to a biology dept. Many of the ornithologists had joint appointments in both depts. One could major in a number of areas: biology, ecology, conservation biology. It mostly depends on what your particular college has named it. There are also people who graduate with things like math degrees who then go into grad school in biology. It would be helpful, in that case, to have the basic bio and chem courses, but I've known of people who had no biology whatsoever who did a PhD in biology and became, well, fairly successful - if you can count writing textbooks and putting out lots of papers and having everyone in the field know who you are. Edited April 23, 2011 by emubird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 So what are the colleges with natural history programs that are strong and reputable? Any Christian ones like that? I could easily imagine DD going that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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