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Fisheries and Water Resources: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Option, B.S.


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This major is administered by the Fisheries and Water Resources  Discipline.

 

The fisheries and water resources bachelor of science degree prepares you for a career or graduate study in fishery science or management, aquatic biology, hydrology, hydrogeology (groundwater), laboratory analysis of water and environmental samples, aquatic toxicology, and the assessment and management of water resources. You must select one of three options:  Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ; Hydrology ; or Water Resources .

The fisheries and aquatic sciences option prepares you for employment in consulting firms or state, tribal or federal resource management agencies where you would be involved in manipulating fishery resources through regulating human use, managing aquatic habitat, and stocking. With a BS degree in fisheries you will likely begin your professional employment as a limited term employee. An MS degree will greatly increase employment potential and job responsibilities in fisheries and aquatic sciences. If you complete the requirements for the fisheries and aquatic sciences option with a grade of C or better in all required courses, you will have completed the minimum course requirements for certification by the American Fisheries Society as a certified fisheries professional. For more information about certification see the American Fisheries Society website.

Consists of 99-106 credits.

Water resources electives, 12 credits


Choose any water resources courses not already specified above. No more than 6 credits of WATR 381  may be used to fulfill this requirement.

Professional Field Experience, 7-8 credits


Choose Option A or B:

Note


The Field Techniques in Natural Resources satisfies the Experiential Learning GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP  section of the Catalog.

Capstone Experience


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