Nov 24, 2024

Spring 2021 Catalog

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Resource Management: Wildlife Education, B.S.

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

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 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.