Certificate in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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The Certificate in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation is an undergraduate program designed to prepare individuals to work with wildlife. The program is designed to give students the scientific knowledge and skills, as well as the applied conservation and policy know-how, to effectively manage wildlife in field ecology, biological research, zoo/sanctuary, policy, advocacy, or educational settings. As a result, students with this certificate will be more prepared for government and nonprofit careers in the wildlife sector as well as for graduate school.

Required Courses: 33-34 credits

Wildlife management (4 credits):

ES 448 - Wildlife Management and Conservation 4 credits
Substitution of one of the courses below may be approved by petition:
BI 438 - Conservation Biology 4 credits *
ES 354 - Marine Conservation: Science, Policy, and Management 4 credits *

Vertebrate biology (4 credits) - choose 1

BI 415 - Mammalogy 4 credits / BI 515 - Mammalogy
or
One other approved 300- or 400-level BI course

Zoology (4 credits) - choose 1

BI 314 - Comparative Animal Physiology 4 credits
BI 480 - Animal Behavior 4 credits
An additional course from the Vertebrate Biology category above*

Botany and Plant Ecology (4 credits) - choose 1

BI 433 - Plant Systematics 4 credits
BI 444 - Vascular Plant Identification and Field Botany 4 credits
BI 454 - Plant Ecology 4 credits
BI 468 - Ethnobotany 4 credits
ES 483 - Restoration Ecology 4 credits

Quantitative Science (4-5 credits) - choose 1

ES 330 - Environmental Field Methods 4 credits
ES 451 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 5 credits
ES 453 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 5 credits
ES 475 - Environmental Modeling 4 credits
ES 482 - Climatology 4 credits
ES 486 - Environmental Data Analysis 5 credits

* The same course cannot be used to fulfill the requirements of two categories. Students must take unique courses to fulfill the requirements of each category.