Program: Wildlife Biology and Management Minor - University of Kentucky

Mar 13, 2025

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

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:

FOR 510 - HERPETOLOGY Credit(s): 4
FOR 520 - MAMMALS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES Credit(s): 4
BIO 559 - ORNITHOLOGY Credit(s): 4

Electives

One of the following courses:

*Forestry majors may not select FOR 340 or FOR 400 to count towards the Minor Electives. Forestry majors must select one of the other courses listed under the Minor Electives.

BIO 303 - INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTION Credit(s): 4
BIO 325 - ECOLOGY Credit(s): 4
BIO 375 - BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
BIO 555 - VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Credit(s): 5
FOR 340 - FOREST ECOLOGY Credit(s): 4 *
FOR 400 - HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Credit(s): 3 *
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