College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Curricula in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Option

This option is for students interested in biodiversity and its conservation. Courses in this option are selected to provide the student with a broad understanding of issues pertinent to the conservation of natural resources. This option should provide the student with considerable flexibility with respect to career opportunities, including professions in the private and public sectors.

Option Course (Th-Pr) Credit
FRSC 461 Geographic Information Systems for Resource Management 1 (2-2) 3
GENE 412 Population and Ecological Genetics (3-0) 3
WFSC 403 Animal Ecology (2-3) 3
WFSC 406 Conservation Biology and Wildlife Habitat Management (3-0) 3
WFSC 407 Field Wildlife Habitat Management (0-2) 1
Biodiversity electives 2   6
Communication elective 3   3
Earth science elective 4   4
Free electives   12
Management elective 5   3
Policy elective 6   3
Resource planning elective 7   3-4
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NOTES:
  1. RENR 444 Remote Sensing in Renewable Natural Resources may be taken in lieu of FRSC 461.
  2. Select from WFSC 311 Ichthyology, WFSC 315 Herpetology, WFSC 401 General Mammalogy, WFSC 402 General Ornithology.
  3. Select from COMM 320 Organizational Communication, COMM 325 Persuasion, COMM 330 Technology and Human Communication, COMM 335 Intercultural Communication.
  4. Select from AGRO 301 Soil Science (4 credit hours), GEOL 101 Principles of Geology (4 credit hours), OCNG 251 Oceanography (3 credit hours)/OCNG 252 Oceanography Laboratory (1 credit hour), or OCNG 401 Introduction to Oceanography (3 credit hours).
  5. Select from RLEM 301 Range and Forest Watershed Management, RLEM 320 Landscape Restoration, and RENR 375 Conservation of Natural Resources.
  6. Select from GEOG 304 Economic Geography, PHIL 314 Environmental Ethics, POLS 347 Politics of Energy and the Environment, WFSC 303 Fish and Wildlife Laws and Administration, and RENR 420 Natural Resource Law.
  7. Select from PLAN 360 Introduction to the Urban Planning Function, PLAN 365 Land Use Planning, RENR 410 Ecosystem Management, RPTS 307 Methods of Environmental Interpretation, and RPTS 316 Recreational Management of Wildlands.