Wildlife Biology and Management Minor

The minor in Wildlife Biology and Management requires 21 hours of course work as follows:

Prerequisite

BIO 148 - INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY I Credit(s): 3

Requirements

FOR 101 - INTRODUCTION TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Credit(s): 3
FOR 370 - WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 4
FOR 435 - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Credit(s): 3

Two of the following courses focused on specific taxonomic groups:

FOR 510 - HERPETOLOGY Credit(s): 4
FOR 520 - MAMMALS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES Credit(s): 4
BIO 559 - ORNITHOLOGY Credit(s): 4
OR
FOR 515 - BIRD ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 4

Electives

One of the following courses:

*This course may count as a Minor Elective if the student has taken two other courses needed to fulfill the taxonomic group-specific component of the Minor Requirements.

BIO 303 - INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTION Credit(s): 4
BIO 325 - ECOLOGY Credit(s): 4
BIO 375 - BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
BIO 559 - ORNITHOLOGY Credit(s): 4 *
FOR 340 - FOREST ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
FOR 400 - HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Credit(s): 3
FOR 510 - HERPETOLOGY Credit(s): 4 *
FOR 520 - MAMMALS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES Credit(s): 4 *
FOR 530 - FRESHWATER ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
FOR 540 - URBAN ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
FOR 550 - U.S. BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS Credit(s): 3
FOR 570 - LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES Credit(s): 3
OR
GEO 570 - LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES Credit(s): 3
NRE 556 - CONTEMPORARY GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS FOR LAND ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
OR
LA 556 - CONTEMPORARY GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS FOR LAND ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3