Captive Wildlife Minor

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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.

Students must complete BIOL 130 and BIOL 160 (or BIOL 101 if majoring in Resource Management - Education and Interpretation) prior to admittance.
Students must declare and be admitted to the minor before completion of 70 credit hours toward graduation.

Consists of at least 27 credits.

Required

WLDL 321 - Principles of Captive Wildlife Management 2 cr.
WLDL 322 - Techniques of Captive Wildlife Management 2 cr.
WLDL 355 - Wildlife Diseases 2 cr.
WLDL 458 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology 3 cr. or
NRES 458 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 3 cr.
BIOL 362 - Animal Parasitology 4 cr.
BIOL 381 - Animal Physiology 4 cr.

At least one credit from

WLDL 305 - Selected Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Management 1-3 cr.
WLDL 332 - Carnivore Ecology 2 cr.
WLDL 334 - Ungulate Ecology 3 cr.
BIOL 498 - Selected Topics in Biology 1-4 cr.
BIOL 386 - Aquaculture/Fish Culture 3 cr.
WATR 386 - Aquaculture/Fish Culture 3 cr.
BIOL 388 - Animal Behavior 3 cr. with captive wildlife topics and prior coord approval.

Internship

3 credits from WLDL 381 involving captive wildlife with prior approval of internship coord.

Six credits from

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.