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1 Warner College of Natural Resources Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Major in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology WILDLIFE BIOLOGY CONCENTRATION A minimum grade of C (.0) is required for all biological, mathematical/statistical, physical science, fish, wildlife, conservation biology, and natural resource courses used to meet graduation requirements for the Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Major. The minimum applies to courses taken as substitutions for meeting these requirements. Course Title (prerequisites) CreditsAUCC Freshman (suggested course progressions, however some courses may be more appropriate for later years) CO 150 p College Composition (CO 10) 1A FW 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation A AUCC Arts and Humanities B Select ONE SET of the following biology tracks BZ 110 Principles of Animal Biology A BZ 111 p Animal Biology Laboratory (BZ 110 or concurrent registration) 1 A BZ 10 Principles of Plant Biology A LIFE 10 Attributes of Living Systems 1 A LIFE 10 p Biology of Organisms- Animals and Plants 1 (LIFE 10) Select ONE SET of the following chemistry and physics tracks CHEM 107 p Fundamentals of Chemistry (MATH 117 or place into MATH 118 or higher, or concurrent registration w/ MATH 117 or a A higher math) CHEM 108 p Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory (CHEM 107 or concurrent registration) 1 A PH 11 p General Physics 1 (MATH 15 or concurrent registration) 5 A PH 1 p General Physics (PH 11) 5 A CHEM 111 p General Chemistry 1 (MATH118 or place into MATH1 or higher; CHEM105 or approriate score in chem prep course) A CHEM 11 p General Chemistry Laboratory 1 (CHEM 111 or concurrent registration) 1 A CHEM 11 p General Chemistry (CHEM 107 or CHEM 111; MATH 1 or higher, or concurrent registration in MATH 1 or higher) CHEM 11 p General Chemistry Laboratory (CHEM 11; CHEM 11 or concurrent registration) 1 PH 110 Descriptive Physics A PH 111 p Descriptive Physics Laboratory (PH 110 or concurrent registration) 1 A TOTAL 0- Sophomore (suggested course progressions, however some courses may be taken in later years - watch prereqs!) BZ p Plant Identification (BZ 10 or LIFE 10) CHEM 5 p Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (CHEM 107 or CHEM 11) CHEM 6 p Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory (CHEM 108 or CHEM 11 or CHEM 11; CHEM 5 or concurrent 1 registration) FW 60 P Principles of Wildlife Management (MATH 1, BZ 110 or LIFE 10) SPCM 00 Public Speaking (Or HONR 99 for Honors Program students) LIFE 0 p Ecology (one course in biology, MATH 11 or MATH 155 or MATH 160) 1

2 AUCC Arts and Humanities B AUCC Social and Behavioral Sciences 5 C Select ONE of the following Calculus courses MATH 155 p Calculus for Biological Scientists I (MATH 1, MATH 15) 1B MATH 160 p Calculus for Physical Scientists I (MATH 1 & MATH 16 w/ a B or better) 1B Select ONE of the following Statistics courses STAT 01 p Introduction to Statistical Methods (MATH 117 or higher) STAT 07 p Introduction to Biostatistics (MATH 117 or higher) TOTAL 0 Summer (suggested course progression - it may be taken your Junior year summer - watch prereqs!) NR 0 p Natural Resources Ecology and Measurements (LIFE 10 or BZ 110 & BZ 111 or BZ 10; MATH 118) 5 TOTAL 5 Junior (suggested course progressions, however some courses may be taken in later years - watch prereqs!) NR 0 Natural Resources History and Policy D FW 70 p Design of Fish and Wildlife Projects (FW 60 or FW 60; LAND/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0; NR 0; MATH 155/160; A, B STAT 01/07) AUCC Global and Cultural Awareness 7 E Select ONE of the following Invertebrate courses or course pair for credits (Inverts) BSPM 0 Applied and General Entomology AND BSPM 0A Entomology Lab - General (BSPM 0 or concurrent registration) BSPM 5 p Aquatic Insects (BZ 111 or LIFE 10) BZ 1 p Animal Biology - Invertebrates (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) Select ONE of the following Vertebrates courses not selected elsewhere (Vertebrates I) BZ 0 p Mammalogy (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) Ornithology (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) BZ 5 p Select ONE of the following Vertebrates courses or PAIR not taken elsewhere (Vertebrates II) BZ 1 p Animal Biology - Vertebrates (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) BZ 9 p Herpetology (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) BZ 0 p Mammalogy (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) BZ 5 p Ornithology (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) FW 00 p Biology and Diversity of Fishes (BZ 110 and 111 or LIFE 10) AND FW 01 p Ichthyology Laboratory (FW 00 or concurrent registration)

3 Select ONE of the following Genetics/Evolution courses BZ 0 p Introduction to Evolution (BZ 110 & 111 or BZ 10 or LIFE 10) BZ 6 p Population and Evolutionary Genetics (BZ 0; MATH 155; STAT 01 or STAT 07) BZ 50 p Molecular and General Genetics (BZ 110 or BZ 10 or LIFE 10; STAT 01 or concurrent registration or STAT 01 or t i t ti STAT 07/ERHS 07 t i t ti ) SOCR 0 p Principles of Genetics (BZ 110 or BZ 10 or LIFE 10) Select ONE of the following Advanced Writing courses CO 00 p Writing Arguments (CO 150 or HONR 19) CO 01 A-D p Writing in the Disciplines (CO 150 or HONR 19) JTC 00 p Professional and Technical Communication (CO 150 or HONR 19) Select ONE of the following Geospatial courses (GIS) NR 19 p Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources (Jr. Standing) NR Introduction to Geographic Information Systems TOTAL 9-0 Senior (depending upon prereqs, some of these courses may be taken in earlier semesters) FW 71 p Wildlife Data Collection and Analysis (FW 70; NR 0) C Select one of the following Biology Botany courses not taken elsewhere Biology Options ANEQ 0 p Principles of Animal Nutrition (ANEQ 0 or 05 or BMS 00 or BMS 60; credits of 100-level Chem) BZ 0 p Introduction to Evolution (BZ 110 & 111 or BZ 10 or LIFE 10) BZ 00 p Animal Behavior (BZ 110; BZ 111 or LIFE 10) BZ 10 p Cell Biology (BZ 110 or BZ 10 or LIFE 10; CHEM 5 or CHEM 1 w/ C or better) BZ 6 p Population and Evolutionary Genetics (BZ 0; MATH 155; STAT 01 or STAT 07) BZ 01 p Comparative Animal Physiology (BZ 1) BZ 15 p Marine Biology (LIFE 0) BZ 71 p Stream Biology and Ecology (LIFE 0 or LAND/LIFE 0) BZ 7 p Limnology (LIFE 0 or LAND/LIFE 0) FW 00 p Conservation of Fish in Aquatic Systems (FW 00; LIFE 0) MIP 00 p General Microbiology (BZ110 or 10 or LIFE10; CHEM5; CHEM1 or CHEM5 or concurrent registration) MIP 15 Human and Animal Disease NR 67 p Concepts in Vertebrate Nutrition (CHEM 5) NR 70 p Coastal Environmental Ecology (CHEM 107 or CHEM 11) Botany Options BZ 0 p Poisonous Plants (BZ 10 or LIFE 10) BZ 1 p Aquatic Vascular Plants (BZ or BZ 5) BZ 5 p Plant Systematics (BZ 0) BZ 1 p Developmental Plant Anatomy (BZ 10 or LIFE 10) BZ p Introductory Phycology (BZ 10 or LIFE 10; BZ 0) BZ p Introductory Mycology (BZ 10 or LIFE 10)

4 BZ 0 p Plant Physiology (BZ 10 or LIFE 10) BZ 50 p Plant Ecology (BZ 10 or LIFE 10) F/RS 10 p Forest and Rangeland Ecogeography (BZ 101 or BZ 10 or BZ 110 or BZ 10 or LIFE 10) F 11 p Forest Ecology (LAND/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0) Select ONE of the following Ecosystem courses not taken elsewhere F/RS 10 p Forest and Rangeland Ecogeography (BZ 101 or BZ 10 or BZ 110 or BZ 10 or LIFE 10) F 11 p Forest Ecology (LAND/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0) F p Fire Effects and Adaptations (LAND/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0) F 6 p Wildland Fire Behavior and Management (LAND 0/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0) FW 77 p Wildlife Habitat Use and Management (FW 60; NR 19 or NR ) GR/WR 0 P Sustainable Watersheds (Completion of the AUCC 1B Mathematics requirement) NR 00 p Biological Diversity (NR 10A or NR 10B or one BZ/LIFE course) *Credit not allowed for both NR00 & FW55 NR 6 p Forest Vegetation Management (NR 0) NR 70 p Coastal Environmental Ecology (CHEM 107 or CHEM 11) NR 0 p Applications in Conservation Planning (NRRT 0) NRRT 9 p Open Space and Natural Area Management (NRRT 1; NR 0) RS 78 p Ecological Restoration (BZ 50 or LAND/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0; SOCR 0) WR 16 p Land Use Hydrology (GEOL 10/1/1/150 or SOCR 0; CIVE 0 or STAT 01/01/07/15; PH 110/11/11) WR 18 p Land Use and Water Quality (CHEM 10; CHEM 10 or 107; CHEM 108 or 111; CHEM 11) Select ONE of the following Wildlife courses not taken elsewhere FW 75 p Field Wildlife Studies (FW 60; LAND/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0) FW 55 p Principles of Conservation Biology (FW 60; LIFE 0; STAT 01/07) *Credit not allowed for FW55 and NR00 FW 65 p Managing Human-Wildlife Conflicts (FW 60) FW 67 p Wildlife Disease Ecology (LIFE 0) FW 69 p Conservation and Management of Large Mammals (FW 60; BZ 0; LIFE 0; STAT 01/07) FW 7 p Issues in Animal Conservation and Management (FW 60; LIFE 0) FW 75 p Conservation Decision Making (MATH 155/160; STAT 01; an ECOL course) FW 77 p Wildlife Habitat Use and Management (FW 60; NR 19 or NR ) FW 5 p Ecotoxicology (LAND/LIFE 0 or LIFE 0; STAT 01/07) FW 8A Travel Abroad: Wildlife Conservation (requires Study Abroad application) FW 8A Travel Abroad: Conservation of Desert and Marine Animals (requires Study Abroad application) 16 Select ONE of the following Human Dimensions courses not taken elsewhere HIST 55 p American Environmental History ( credites of history; completion of 5 credits) NR 00 p Public Relations in Natural Resources (NR 0) NRRT 0 Social Aspects of Natural Resource Management NRRT 00 p Environmental Governance (NRRT 1) NRRT 0 p Applications in Environmental Communication (NRRT 6) PHIL 0 Ethics of Sustainability PHIL 5 Environmental Ethics POLS 61 p U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy (POLS 101) SOC 0 p Population-Natural Resources and Environment (SOC 100/105) SOC p Introduction to Environmental Justice (SOC 100/105)

5 SOC 60 p Environment and Society (SOC 100/105) SOC 61 p Water, Society, and Environment (SOC 100/105) Select TWO Technical Elective (see footnote #9 below) See list 00+ Technical Electives 9 *remember - credit not allowed for both FW55 and NR00 6 TOTAL -7 PROGRAM TOTAL = credits P This course has at least one prerequisite. Check the courses of instruction section of the catalog or to see course prerequisites 1 Students taking this biology selection should choose a botany related course in the electives options to meet botany/plant course requirements for certain federal positions related to wildlife, fisheries and/or conservation biology Select from the list of courses in category B of the all-university core curriculum (AUCC). Only of the 6 credits required for the arts and humanities may come form the intermediate (L*** 00 and L*** 01) foreign language courses Students in the Honors Track 1 program must take HONR 99 Students need to obtain registration override from the appropriate department to take this course 5 Select from the list of courses in category C of the AUCC 6 FW00 and FW 01 together count as one selection in this choice 7 Select from the list of courses in category E of the AUCC 8 Restricted to FW subject code, department travel abroad courses, taught by FWCB faculty. No transfer or substitute courses will be accepted 9 Technical Electives are courses intended to expand students depth and breadth of wildlife biology and include any 00- or 00- level regular course with a BC, BMS, BSPM, BZ, CHEM, ESS,F, FW, GES, MATH, MIP, NR, NRRT, PH, RS, SOCR, STAT or WR subject code (excluding courses that end in -80 to -99); or SOCR0; other course with prior approval by department and advisor. Courses may not double count as technical electives and for other requirements in the major. 10 Select enough elective credits to bring program total to a minimum of credits, of which at least must be upper division (00- to 00- level) 5