Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences

26.07 - Zoology/Animal Biology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 26.0701 to 26.0799.

26.0701 - Zoology/Animal Biology, General

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the scientific study of the biology of animal species and phyla, with reference to their molecular and cellular systems, anatomy, physiology, and behaviour. These programs include courses in molecular and cell biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, ecology and behaviour, evolutionary biology, and applications to specific species and phyla.

• Example Program Names:

  • Animal biology
  • Zoology

• Exclusion

  • Animal sciences(01.0901)
  • Animal breeding(01.0902)
  • Animal health(01.0903)
  • Wildlife biology(26.0709)
  • Zoological medicine-residency(60.0317)

26.0702 - Entomology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of insect species and populations in respect of their life cycles, morphology, genetics, physiology, ecology, taxonomy, population dynamics, and environmental and economic impacts. These programs include courses in applicable biological and physical sciences as well as insect toxicology and the biochemical control of insect populations.

• Example Program Names:

  • Entomology

• Exclusion

  • Integrated pest management(01.1105)
  • Ecology(26.1301)

26.0707 - Animal Physiology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of function, morphology, regulation, and intercellular communications and dynamics within vertebrate and invertebrate in animal species, with comparative applications to homo sapiens and its relatives and antecedents. These programs include courses in reproduction, growth, lactation, digestion, performance, behavioural adaptation, sensory perception, motor action, phylogenetics, biotic and abiotic function, membrane biology, and related aspects of biochemistry and biophysics.

• Example Program Names:

  • Animal physiology

• Exclusion

  • Animal sciences(01.0901)
  • Physiology(26.0901)
  • Reproductive physiology(26.0905)
  • Exercise physiology(26.0908)
  • Veterinary physiological sciences (Cert., MSc, PhD)(51.2503)

26.0708 - Animal Behaviour and Ethology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the psychological and neurological bases of animal sensation, perception, cognition, behaviour, and behavioural interactions within and outside the species. These programs include courses in ethology, behavioural neuroscience, neurobiology, behavioural evolution, cognition and sensory perception, motivators, learning and instinct, hormonal controls, reproductive and developmental biology, community ecology, functional behaviour, and applications to specific behaviours and patterns as well as to specific phyla and species.

• Example Program Names:

  • Animal behaviour
  • Ethology

• Exclusion

  • Animal training(01.0505)
  • Animal sciences(01.0901)
  • Behavioural sciences(30.1701)

26.0709 - Wildlife Biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of biological principles to the study of vertebrate wildlife, wildlife habitats, and related ecosystems in remote and urban areas. These programs include courses in animal ecology; adaptational biology; urban ecosystems; natural and artificial habitat management; limnology; wildlife pathology; and vertebrate zoological specializations such as mammalogy, herpetology, ichthyology, ornithology, and others.

• Example Program Names:

  • Fish and wildlife biology
  • Wildlife biology

• Exclusion

  • Wildlife studies(03.0601)
  • Animal biology(26.0701)
  • Marine biology(26.1302)

26.0799 - Zoology/Animal Biology, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Zoology/Animal Biology.