Wildlife Resources (B.S.Wildl.Res.)

Students pursuing a B.S. in wildlife resources must have received a grade of C or better in each of the following four indicator courses to register in fish- and wildlife-prefixed upper-division courses and to graduate with a B.S. in wildlife resources: Biol 116 and 213, Stat 251, and For 221.

To graduate, a student must receive a grade of C or better in each fish- and wildlife-prefixed upper-division course listed in the requirements for the B.S. in wildlife resources.

Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:

First and Second Years

Biol 115	Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr)
Biol 116	Organisms & Environments (4 cr)
Biol 213	Principles of Biological Structure and Function (4 cr)
Chem 101	Introduction to Chemistry I (4 cr)
Chem 275	Carbon Compounds or
Chem 277	Organic Chemistry I (3 cr)
Comm 101	Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr)
Econ 202	Principles of Economics (3 cr)
For 221	Ecology or
REM 221	Ecology (3 cr)
For 235 or CSS 235	Society and Natural Resources (3 cr)
Geol 101, 101L	Physical Geology and Lab or
Soil 205, Soil 206	The Soil Ecosystem and Lab (4 cr)
Math 160	Survey of Calculus or
Math 170	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 cr)
NR 101	Exploring Natural Resources (1 cr)
Stat 251	Statistical Methods (3 cr)
WLF 102	The Fish and Wildlife Professions (1 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

For 320	Dendrology (4 cr)
REM 341	Systematic Botany (3 cr)
REM 353	Rangeland Plant Identification and Ecology (3 cr)

Third and Fourth Years

AVS 271	Anatomy and Physiology (4 cr)
Gene 314	General Genetics or
Biol 310	Genetics (3-4 cr)
Phys 100, 100L	Fundamentals of Physics and Lab or
Phys 111, 111L	General Physics I and Lab (4 cr)
WLF 314, WLF 315	Wildlife Ecology I and Lab (4 cr)
WLF 316	Wildlife Ecology II (4 cr)
WLF 440	Conservation Biology (3 cr)
WLF 448	Fish and Wildlife Population Ecology (4 cr)
WLF 492	Wildlife Management (4 cr)
WLF 495	Wildlife Seminar (1 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

Comm 431	Professional Presentation Techniques (3 cr)
Engl 208	Personal and Exploratory Writing (3 cr)
Engl 317	Technical Writing (3 cr)

One of the following (3 cr):

AgEc 477	Law, Ethics, and the Environment (3 cr)
Econ 385	Environmental Economics (3 cr)
For 383	Economics for Natural Resource Managers

Restricted electives, choose two courses from the following (must receive a grade of C or better):

Biol 481	Ichthyology (4 cr)
Biol 483	Mammalogy (3 cr)
WLF 482	Ornithology (4 cr)

Approved work experience in major field required

Electives to total 128 credits for the degree