Resource Management: Wildlife Education, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management Discipline.

The Wildlife Education option satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, See the GEP section of the Catalog.

Consists of 92-102 credits.

Resource Management Core, 27-30 credits

Natural Resources courses, 17 credits

Geography, 3-5 credits

GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment 3 cr. or
GEOG 101 - The Physical Environment 5 cr. or
GEOG 105 - The Dynamic Earth 3 cr.

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 7-8 credits

Choose one:

Summer Field Experience, 7 credits

FOR 319 - Land Surveying 1 cr.
FOR 320 - Field Experience in Forest Measurement 1 cr.
NRES 405 - Selected Topics in Natural Resources 1-3 cr. (Take 1 credit)
SOIL 359 - Soil Conservation and Watershed Inventory Techniques 1 cr.
SOIL 360 - Field Experience in Soil Inventory Methods 1 cr.
WATR 380 - Field Experience in Aquatic Ecosystem Evaluation 1 cr.
WLDL 340 - Field Experience in Wildlife Management Techniques 1 cr.
OR

European Summer Program, 8 credits

NRES 475 - International Field Experiences in Natural Resources Management 1-8 cr.

Wildlife Education, 65-72 credits

Required, 56-63 credits

BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr. or
BIOL 130 - Introduction to Plant Biology 5 cr. and
BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
CHEM 100 - Chemistry for the Citizen 3 cr. or
CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
PHYS 100 - Energy in Today’s World 3 cr. or
PHYS 101 - General Physics 5 cr.
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.
NRES 301 - Foundations of Environmental Education I 3 cr.
NRES 302 - Foundations of Environmental Education II 3 cr.
NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods 3 cr.
NRES 369 - Interpretive Media 4 cr.
NRES 383 - Organizational Leadership 3 cr.
NRES 389 - Methods in Social Science 3 cr.
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
NRES 478 - Environmental Issues Investigation and Action 3 cr.
NRES 482 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Practicum 12 cr.
NRES 483 - Professional Development in Natural Resource Management 1-3 cr. (1 credit is required for the major)
WLDL 372 - Wildlife of North America 3 cr.

Advanced biology and ecology, 9 credits

3-6 credits from:

BIOL 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr. or
WATR 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr.
BIOL 367 - General Entomology 4 cr.
BIOL 374 - Ichthyology 4 cr.
BIOL 376 - Herpetology 3 cr.
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr.
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr.
BIOL 381 - Animal Physiology 4 cr.
WATR 384 - Life History of Fishes 3 cr.
WLDL 305 - Selected Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Management 1-3 cr.
WLDL 450 - Human Dimensions of Wildlife 3 cr.

Electives, 3-6 credits

BIOL 322 - Museum Methods 3 cr.
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.
BIOL 345 - Agrostology 2 cr.
BIOL 353 - Ethnobotany 3 cr.
BIOL 355 - Plant Ecology 4 cr.
FOR 232 - Dendrology and Silvics 3 cr.
NRES 381 - Internship in Natural Resources 1-12 cr. (Take 3 credits)
NRES 441 - Climate Change Implications, Policies, and Solutions 3 cr.
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr. or
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr.

Communication in the Major

NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods 3 cr.
NRES 369 - Interpretive Media 4 cr.

Capstone Experience

NRES 482 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Practicum 12 cr.