Fisheries & Wildlife Management: Fisheries Track
The Fisheries and Wildlife Management program is designed to train students in both theoretical and applied aspects of fisheries and wildlife management.
Fisheries Track Curriculum (32 Credits)
Students in this program track are required to take the following core courses in addition to the other program requirements:
- BI 310 Ecology Theory and Methods
- BI 411 Limnology
- BI 412 Biostatistics
- BI 443 Aquaculture
- BI 460 Ichthyology
- BI 465 Aquatic Insect Ecology or BI 467 Fish Ecology
In addition to the above fisheries track core, students must also complete eight credits from a cluster of biology courses.
Completion of the fisheries track will result in meeting the academic requirements for professional certification in fisheries (American Fisheries Society).
Degree Curriculum
There are a total of 120 credits required for students enrolled in this major. Students will complete 84 major-specific credits, along with 30-40 general education credits. The program curriculum includes:
- Required courses (32-37 credits)
- Physical science cluster (8 credits)
- Communication cluster (4 credits)
- Human dimensions cluster (8 credits)
- A specialty track (32 credits)
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