Captive Wildlife Minor

This minor is administered by the Wildlife Ecology Discipline.

The minor is open to majors in the College of Natural Resources or Biology. Students with majors in other areas must first meet with the coordinator for the captive wildlife minor to be considered.

You must complete BIOL 110 and BIOL 111 (or BIOL 101 if majoring in Resource Management: Environmental Education and Interpretation Option, BS or Resource Management: Wildlife Education Option, BS ) prior to admittance.
You must declare and be admitted to the minor before completion of 70 credit hours toward graduation.

Consists of at least 30 credits.

Required

BIOL 333 - General Microbiology Credits: 4 or
BIOL 362 - Animal Parasitology Credits: 4
BIOL 381 - Animal Physiology Credits: 4
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Credits: 3 or
WLDL 458 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology Credits: 3
PHIL 360 - Animal Ethics Credits: 3
WLDL 321 - Principles of Captive Wildlife Management Credits: 2
WLDL 322 - Techniques of Captive Wildlife Management Credits: 2
WLDL 355 - Wildlife Diseases Credits: 2

Take one of the following:

BIOL 386 - Fish Culture Credits: 3 or
WATR 386 - Fish Culture Credits: 3
BIOL 388 - Animal Behavior Credits: 3 or
PSYC 388 - Animal Behavior Credits: 3
BIOL 477 - Raptor Ecology Credits: 2
BIOL 498 - Selected Topics in Biology Credits: 1-4
WLDL 305 - Selected Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Management Credits: 1-3
WLDL 332 - Carnivore Ecology Credits: 2
WLDL 334 - Ungulate Ecology Credits: 3
WLDL 361 - Waterfowl Ecology and Management Credits: 3
WLDL 365 - Behavioral Ecology Credits: 3

Internship

3 credits from WLDL 382 involving captive wildlife with prior approval of internship coordinator.

Six credits from

NRES 320 - Natural Resources Communication and Public Relations Credits: 3 or
NRES 368 - Oral Interpretation Methods Credits: 3 or
WLDL 450 - Human Dimensions of Wildlife Credits: 3
WLDL 372 - Wildlife of North America Credits: 3

Note

To be admitted to the minor and to graduate with a minor in captive wildlife you must have 2.25 minimum cumulative grade point average.