2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Comprehensive Major, 78-81 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required

CIP: 030601

This program is intended to prepare graduates to work in the field of wildlife conservation and habitat management, whether with state and federal governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, or as researchers in academic settings. Course requirements in this program are designed to allow graduates to pursue certification as an Associate Wildlife Biologist with the Wildlife Society.

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Required Courses (53-54 hours)

BIOL 04106Principles of Biology *

3

BIOL 04107Principles of Biology Laboratory *

1

BIOL 04112General Botany

3

BIOL 04113General Botany Laboratory

1

BIOL 04114General Zoology

3

BIOL 04115General Zoology Laboratory

1

 

BIOL 04238Physiology Allied Health

4

OR

BIOL 04330Animal Anatomy and Physiology

4

OR

BIOL 04430Plant Physiology

4

OR

BIOL 04438Human Physiology

4

 

BIOL 04261Local Flora

2

 

BIOL 04312Invertebrate Zoology

4

OR

BIOL 04366Entomology

3

 

BIOL 04348Biological Evolution and Diversity

2

BIOL 04350Genetics

4

BIOL 04362Mammalogy

4

BIOL 04364Ornithology

4

BIOL 04368Survey of Wildlife Law

3

BIOL 04376Basic Ecology

4

BIOL 04460Herpetology

4

BIOL 04474Wildlife Management and Conservation

3

BIOL 04491Biological Science Seminar

1

BIOL 04576Methods in Plant and Animal Ecology

3

Collateral Courses (25-27 hours)

AGRI 03382Woody Landscape Plants

3

CHEM 24114General Chemistry I *

3

CHEM 24115General Chemistry I Laboratory *

1

CHEM 24116General Chemistry II

4

CHEM 24117General Chemistry II Laboratory

1

GEOG 32365Geographic Information Systems

3

MATH 17114General Statistics *

3

 

MATH 17116Mathematical Modeling *

3

OR

MATH 17117Precalculus *

5

OR

MATH 17118Precalculus Algebra *

3

OR

MATH 17120Calculus I

4

 

PHYS 25110General Physics I *

3

PHYS 25111General Physics I Laboratory *

1

OR

PHYS 25112General Physics II

3

PHYS 25113General Physics II Laboratory

1

If any courses in this program are also used to fulfill a Northwest Core or Institutional Requirement, the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours

Although not required, students are strongly encouraged to take AGRI 03234 Fundamentals of Soil Science to supplement this program.

Students wishing to pursue certification as an Associate Wildlife Biologist through The Wildlife Society will need to take hours in communication and law.