Core Curriculum

CORE CURRICULUM

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BACCALAUREATE CORE (Exclusive of Fisheries and Wildlife Core)

33

Synthesis and Perspectives

24

Communications

9

WR 121
English Composition

COMM 111
Public Speaking

WR 222
English Composition or

PHL 121 Reasoning and Writing

FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE CORE

Biology 211, 212, 213

12

Chemistry 121, 122, 123 or 221, 222, 223

15

Math 241, Calculus of Mgt & Soc Sci or 251, Differential Calculus

4

Select 3 additional courses from Chemistry, Physics and/or Geology

9-12

Statistics, ST 351, 352

8

Ecology, BI 370

3

Select 3 courses in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

9-12

FW 107 Orientation to Fisheries & Wildlife

1

FW 207 Specialization Development

1

FW 251 Principles of Wildlife Conservation

3

FW 255 Field Sampling of Fish and Wildlife

3

FW 320 Introductory Population Dynamics

3

FW 321 Fisheries and Wildlife Resource Ecology

3

FW 322 Investigations in Population Dynamics

2

Select one of the following:

3

FW 311 Biology of Birds

FW 315 Biology of Fish

FW 317 Biology of Mammals

Z 473 Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Select one of the following:

2

FW 312 Systematics of Birds

FW 316 Systematics of Fish

FW 318 Systematics of Mammals

Z 474 Systematics of Amphibians and Reptiles

Select one additional course from the preceding two lists

2-3

One of the following (System/application courses):

3-5

FW 426 Coastal Ecology and Resource Management

FW 435 Wildlife in Agricultural Ecosystems

FW 446 Wildland Fire Ecology

FW 453 Managed Forests and Wildlife Interactions

FW 454 Fishery Biology

FW 456 Limnology

FW 458 Management of Big Game Animals

FW 473 Fish Ecology

FW 479 Wetlands and Riparian Ecology

FW 481 Wildlife Ecology

FW 410 Internship Experience (2 required)

4-6

FW 441 Introduction to Group Problem Solving

1

FW 442 Problem Definition and Analysis

2

FW 443 Problem Analysis and Resolution

3

Subtotal for Fisheries and Wildlife Core

95-106

FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE MINOR (27 credits)

Students may want to earn a minor in Fisheries and Wildlife to compliment a Bachelors degree in Forestry, Biology, Enviromental Science, or other related fields. The minor offers courses focusing on species biology and identification, ecological principles, and applied sciences that can be used towards the conservation and management of fish and wildife populations and their habitat.

Fisheries and Wildlife Minor Requirements (PDF)