Fisheries and Wildlife Management Program
This concentration is designed to prepare students studying conservation biology for
research or management positions with federal, state, or other agencies, such as the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state game and fish departments, and national and state
parks. The curriculum is also designed to prepare students to enter graduate programs
in fish and wildlife management and meets the certification requirements of the American
Fisheries Society and the Wildlife Society. This program of courses is a major-minor
combination; no separate minor field is required. Requirements for this concentration
are as follows:
1. Biological Sciences: A total of 60 hours is required. The following must be included:
A. Biology Core : 23 hours
1400 Evolutionary and Environmental Biology or 1401 Science of Biology
2401 Microbiology
2402 Botany
2403 Zoology
3300 Genetics
3303 Principles of Ecology
4190 Biology Seminar
B. Wildlife and Fisheries Management: 10 hours
4308 Wildlife Management
4309 Wildlife Management Techniques
4410 Fisheries
C. Wildlife and Fisheries Biology: minimum of 8 hours from the following courses
4402 Limnology
4404 Mammalogy
4405 Ichthyology
4407 Herpetology
4411 Ornithology
D. Basic Botany: minimum of 8 hours to include
4412 Plant Ecology and
3411 Dendrology or 4409 Plant Taxonomy
E. Other Biology: minimum of 11 hours to include
4305 Animal Behavior
Electives: 8 hours
Note: With permission, certain courses from the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory may be
substituted for some of the above.
2. Physical sciences: Courses such as chemistry, physics, and earth science with at
least two disciplines represented. A minimum of 12 hours, including at least four
hours of chemistry, is required. These courses may also be used to satisfy University
lab science core requirements.
3. Quantitative sciences: Twelve hours are required.
A. Basic Quantitative Sciences: College Algebra and a minimum of three hours
of calculus are required.
B. Applied Quantitative Sciences: Courses in basic statistics, biometry, sampling,
computer science, or other quantitative science. A minimum of six hours is required.
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that Biology 4415 (Biometry) and 4421 (Introduction to
Geographic Information Systems) be included.
4. Communications: Courses designed to improve communication skills such as English
composition, technical writing, journalism, public speaking, or use of mass media. A
minimum of three hours is required above the University core requirements of English
composition and speech.
5. Policy, administration, and law: Courses such as resource policy and/or
administration, environmental law, or natural resources/land use planning. A
minimum of six hours is required; most of these courses do not fulfill the
University core requirements. The following courses are suggested:
Criminal Justice
2300 Introduction to Criminal Justice
3301 Criminal Evidence
3302 Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement
Public Administration
3331 Public Administration
Environmental Health Sciences
3310 Environmental Regulations
3415 Environmental Impact Analysis
4410 Environmental Planning
Political Science
3310 Policy Process
3325 Legislative Process and Behavior
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