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Wildlife Ecology and Management, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Wildlife Ecology Discipline.

The Wildlife Ecology Major satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the Catalog.

Consists of 97-102 credits.

Wildlife core, 35 credits

Collateral courses, 55-59 credits

Biology

BIOL 130 - Introduction to Plant Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 160 - Introduction to Animal Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 210 - Principles of Genetics 3 cr.
BIOL 342 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy 4 cr.
BIOL 370 - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy 4 cr. or
BIOL 381 - Animal Physiology 4 cr.
BIOL 376 - Herpetology 3 cr. or
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr. or
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr.

Required

CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr.
GEOG 241 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 2 cr.
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus 4 cr.
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr. or
FOR 321 - Natural Resources Data Analysis 4 cr.

Economics

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr. or
NRES 372 - Resource Economics 3 cr.

Directed electives

Take 2-4 credits from

BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
BIOL 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr. or
WATR 361 - Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology 3 cr.
BIOL 374 - Ichthyology 4 cr.
WATR 488 - Aquatic Insects 3 cr.
WLDL 355 - Wildlife Diseases 2 cr.
WLDL 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr. or
WATR 360 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 3 cr.
WLDL 348 - Wildlife Damage Management 3 cr.
WLDL 365 - Behavioral Ecology 3 cr.
WLDL 381 - Internship in Wildlife 1-12 cr. (take 1-3 credits)

Take one of the following:

BIOL 376 - Herpetology 3 cr. (if not take previously)
BIOL 377 - Ornithology 3 cr. (if not taken previously)
BIOL 378 - Mammalogy 3 cr. (if not taken previously)
BIOL 477 - Raptor Ecology 2 cr.
WLDL 332 - Carnivore Ecology 2 cr.
WLDL 334 - Ungulate Ecology 3 cr.
WLDL 361 - Waterfowl Ecology and Management 3 cr.

Physical Sciences

Take one of the following:

Communication

Take 3 credits from:

Take 3 credits from

Field Techniques in Natural Resources, 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 8 credits of

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

Communication in the Major

Capstone Experience

WLDL 451 - Management of Wildlife Habitat 4 cr.

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