Useful Information re:4th Year Subject ChoicesDeadline for selecting your 4th year subject choice:

Friday 17th February 2012.

4th year Zoology structure (including ECTS info)

Range of Zoology 4th year project areas and supervisors

Career possibilities in Zoology and related areas

Postgraduate Options: MSc and PhD

Zoology 4th year: StructureProject 30%18 ECTSLiterature review 20%12 ECTSIntegrative Zoology 10%6 ECTSExam ZO408 20%12 ECTS (first half of main Zoology lecture course)Exam ZO409 20% 12 ECTS (second half of Zoology lecture course)Total 100%Total ECTS - 60

Project areas and supervisorsDr. Louise AllcockMorphological and molecular systematics of CephalopodaDr. Louise FirthMarine community ecologyDr. Uri FrankStem cells and developmental biology Dr. Bob KennedyEcology of marine invertebrates and ecological assessment in marine sedimentsDr. Colin LawtonPopulation ecology of Irish mammals and their status in ecosystemsDr. Grace McCormackEvolutionary biology range of projects at microevolutionary or macroevolutionary scales focusing on marine sponges.Dr. Anne Marie PowerThe biology of marine invertebrate populations and population interactionsDr. Gerhard SchlosserDevelopment of the nervous system in amphibians

Career possibilities: examplesEcological/environmental careers: these can be based in a government agency (e.g. Marine Institute) or in a company (ecological consultancy)Molecular/cellular careers: these can be based either in government laboratories or in companies (e.g. biotechnological ones)Teaching (at various levels)NOTE: Many of the above will require further (postgraduate) qualifications

Postgraduate optionsThe main two options are a 1-year MSc and a 3/4-year PhDFor applied aspects of Zoology (ranging from ecological to molecular): MSc is best optionFor fundamental Zoology, and for an academic career in Zoology: PhD is best option