Nov 21, 2024

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Wildlife Ecology and Management, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Wildlife Ecology Discipline.

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.