Brigham Young University. Department of Zoology
Dates
- Existence: 1972 - 2002
Administrative History
The Department of Zoology (1972-2002) was a department at Brigham Young University which focused on a wide range of biological sciences.
The Department of Zoology was established by the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences in 1972. When the college was renamed the College of Biology and Agriculture in 1983 the department remained until it was disbanded in 2002. Department chairmen included Joseph R. Murphy (1972-1975), Clive D. Jorgensen (1975-1981), Ferron L. Andersen (1981-1983), Richard W. Heninger (1983-1989), H. Duane Smith (1989- 1995), Richard R. Tolman (1995- 1999), and John D. Bell (1999-2002).
The Department of Zoology included courses on human biology, preview of optometry, preview into dentistry, environmental biology, human anatomy, human physiology, human heredity and reproduction, marine biology, medical parasitology, veterinary parasitology, field entomology, bioethics, preview into medicine, natural history of wildlife, ecology, sociobiology, insect ecology laboratory, freshwater biology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, genetics and molecular biology, cellular and developmental biology, development of marine animals, disease of fish, aquaculture, insect morphology, insect physiology, insect classification, ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology, mammalogy, wildlife and fishery management techniques, fishery biology, principles of physiology, physiology and drug mechanisms, evolutionary science, human genetics, human embryology, economic entomology, medical entomology, comparative toxicology, aquatic entomology, immature insects, advanced topics in zoology, and endocrinology.
The department was administered by a department chairman, under the direction of the college dean. The college was associated with two colleges during its history including the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences (1972-1983) and the College of Biology and Agriculture (1983-2002).
Citation:
BYU Organizational Hitory Project, via WWW, viewd May 15, 2013 (The Department of Zoology (1972-2002), Brigham Young University, established by the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences in 1972, the college was renamed the College of Biology and Agriculture in 1983 the department remained until it was disbanded in 2002, department chairmen included Joseph R. Murphy (1972-1975), Clive D. Jorgensen (1975-1981), Ferron L. Andersen (1981-1983), Richard W. Heninger (1983-1989), H. Duane Smith (1989- 1995), Richard R. Tolman (1995- 1999), and John D. Bell (1999-2002), included courses on human biology, preview of optometry, preview into dentistry, environmental biology, human anatomy, human physiology, human heredity and reproduction, marine biology, medical parasitology, veterinary parasitology, field entomology, bioethics, preview into medicine, natural history of wildlife, ecology, sociobiology, insect ecology laboratory, freshwater biology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, genetics and molecular biology, cellular and developmental biology, development of marine animals, disease of fish, aquaculture, insect morphology, insect physiology, insect classification, ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology, mammalogy, wildlife and fishery management techniques, fishery biology, principles of physiology, physiology and drug mechanisms, evolutionary science, human genetics, human embryology, economic entomology, medical entomology, comparative toxicology, aquatic entomology, immature insects, advanced topics in zoology, and endocrinology, administered by a department chairman, under the direction of the college dean, the college was associated with two colleges during its history including the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences (1972-1983) and the College of Biology and Agriculture (1983-2002))Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Photograph of Dorald M. Allred and D. Elden Beck
Photograph of Glynis Crow examining a sea urchin in the John A. Widtsoe Building
Science Department audio-visual materials, 1981-1995
Collection of audio materials from the Science and Zoology Departments, Idaho Farm Project, Women in Science II symposia, and DCLASS materials. Dated 1981-1995.
Wilmer W. Tanner teaching papers, approximately 1950-1980
Contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, budgetary records, lectures and lab materials, student papers, etc., all associated with Wilmer W. Tanner's work in the Brigham Young University zoology department, between 1950 and 1980. Materials dated approximately 1950-1980.
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- Minutes (Records) 6
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- Lectures and lecturing -- Utah -- Provo 4
- Reports 4
- Zoology -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo 3
- Audiocassettes 2
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- Histories (Literary works) 2
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- Publications 2
- Zoologists -- Biography 2
- Zoology -- Laboratory manuals 2
- Academics 1
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- Animals -- Study and teaching 1
- Archaeology 1
- Articles 1
- Biology -- Study and teaching 1
- Biology -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Botany -- Study and teaching 1
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- College students -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Education, Higher -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Field notes 1
- Filmstrips 1
- Genealogy 1
- Herpetology -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
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- Moab (Utah) 1
- Natural history 1
- Naturalists 1
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- Ornithology 1
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- Transcripts 1
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- Videocassettes 1
- Wildlife conservation 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives 1
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