Fish and Wildlife Resources Undergraduate Curricular Requirements
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Fishery Resources (B.S.Fish.Res.)
Students pursuing a B.S. degree in fishery resources (management or aquaculture emphasis) must have received a grade of C or better in each of the following four indicator courses to register for fish- and wildlife-prefixed upper-division courses and to graduate with a B.S.Fish.Res.: Biol 116 and 213, Stat 251, and For 221.
To graduate, students must achieve a grade of C or better in Biol 481, and each fish- and wildlife-prefixed upper-division course listed in the requirements for the B.S. degree in fishery resources.
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:
First and Second Years
Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr) |
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Organisms & Environments (4 cr) |
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Principles of biological Structure and Function (4 cr) |
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Introduction to Chemistry I (4 cr) |
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Carbon Compounds or |
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Organic Chemistry (3 cr) |
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Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr) |
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Principles of Economics (3 cr) |
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The Fish and Wildlife Professions (1 cr) |
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Ecology or |
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Ecology (3 cr) |
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Society and Natural Resources (3 cr) |
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Physical Geology or |
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The Soil Ecosystem and Lab (4 cr) |
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Survey of Calculus (4 cr) |
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Exploring Natural Resources (1 cr) |
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Fundamentals of Physics or |
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General Physic I (4 cr) |
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Statistical Methods (3 cr) |
Third and Fourth Years
Anatomy and Physiology or |
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Comparative Vertebrate Physiology (4 cr) |
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Ichthyology (4 cr) |
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Business Writing or |
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Technical Writing (3 cr) |
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Fish Ecology (3 cr) |
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Fish Ecology Lab (1 cr) |
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Principles of Population Dynamics (2 cr) |
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Limnology (4 cr) |
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Fisheries Management (4 cr) |
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Concepts in Aquaculture (3 cr) or |
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Fish Health Management (4 cr) |
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Seminar (1 cr) |
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General Genetics or |
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Genetics (3-4 cr) |
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General Microbiology and Lab (5 cr) |
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Fish and Wildlife Population Ecology (4 cr) |
Approved work experience in major field required
Electives to total 128 credits for the degree
Ecology and Conservation Biology (B.S.Ecol.Cons.Biol.)
See the section on "Natural Resources" in Part 5.
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
Cells and the Evolution of Life (4 cr) |
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Organisms & Environments (4 cr) |
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Principles of Biological Structure and Function (4 cr) |
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Introduction to Chemistry I (4 cr) |
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Carbon Compounds or |
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Organic Chemistry I (3 cr) |
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Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr) |
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Principles of Economics (3 cr) |
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Ecology or |
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Ecology (3 cr) |
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Society and Natural Resources (3 cr) |
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Physical Geol or |
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The Soil Ecosystem and Lab (4 cr) |
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Survey of Calculus or |
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Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 cr) |
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Exploring Natural Resources (1 cr) |
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Statistical Methods (3 cr) |
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The Fish and Wildlife Professions (1 cr) |
One of the following (3 cr):
Dendrology (4 cr) |
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Systematic Botany (3 cr) |
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Rangeland Plant Identification and Ecology (3 cr) |
Third and Fourth Years
Anatomy and Physiology (4 cr) |
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General Genetics or |
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Genetics (3-4 cr) |
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Fundamentals of Physics or |
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General Physics I (4 cr) |
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Wildlife Ecology I and Lab (4 cr) |
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Wildlife Ecology II (4 cr) |
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Conservation Biology (3 cr) |
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Fish and Wildlife Population Ecology (4 cr) |
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Wildlife Management (4 cr) |
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Wildlife Seminar (1 cr) |
One of the following (3 cr):
Professional Presentation Techniques (3 cr) |
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Personal and Exploratory Writing (3 cr) |
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Technical Writing (3 cr) |
One of the following (3 cr):
Law, Ethics, and the Environment (3 cr) |
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Environmental Economics (3 cr) |
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Economics for Natural Resource Managers |
Restricted electives, choose two courses from the following (must receive a grade of C or better):
Ichthyology (4 cr) |
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Mammalogy (3 cr) |
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Ornithology (4 cr) |
Approved work experience in major field required
Electives to total 128 credits for the degree