Students who major in Fisheries and Wildlife Science will learn to study and manage wildlife, from game to endangered species.
Bachelor of Science / 120 Credits
You will have hands-on opportunities to survey fish and wildlife populations and engage in activities such as small mammal trapping, fish sampling and identification, bird capture and banding, wildlife habitat assessments, and amphibian ecology studies The program is designed to meet the biologist certification requirements of the American Fisheries Society or The Wildlife Society. This is a challenging program that requires you to be proficient in science and math as a foundation for conducting research.
You will:
- Acquire skills in the identification of organisms.
- Focus on invasive species, habitat fragmentation and degradation, climate change, and more.
- Work with faculty and local biologists on fisheries and wildlife research.
- Develop skills a practicing fisheries and wildlife scientist would use during their career.
- Participate in long-term monitoring projects.
- Participate in the Smitty Creek Watershed monitoring and research project.
- Collaborate with the Paul Smith’s Visitor’s Interpretive Center.
Program Details
Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences Bachelor of Science 120 Credits
- Natural History of North American Vertebrates
- Biology
- General Ecology
- Genetics
- Chemistry
- Aquatic Invertebrates
- Ichthyology
- Watershed Management
- Stream Ecology Management
- Limnology
- Forest Soils
- Physics
- Plant Biology
- Conservation Biology
- Zoology Electives (Ornithology, Mammalogy, Herpetology)
- Wildlife Management
• Fisheries/Wildlife technician, biologist or manager
• Conservation biologist
• Ecologist
• Public educator and outreach specialist
• Wildlife law enforcement officer
• Game warden
• Wildlife consultant
• Wildlife policy analyst
• Graduate School
• Research Scientist
Link to Semester-by-Semester Course Selection
ZOOLOGY CLUSTER – CHOOSE THREE COURSES
BIO 410 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, BIO 457 AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, BIO 420 COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY, BIO 361 ENTOMOLOGY, BIO 366 HERPETOLOGY, BIO 206 INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, BIO 363 MAMMALOGY, BIO 364 ORNITHOLOGY
BOTANY CLUSTER – CHOOSE ONE COURSE
FOR 110 DENDROLOGY, BIO 204 PLANT BIOLOGY, FOR 380 UNDERSTORY & GROUND COVER FLORA
ECOLOGY CLUSTER – CHOOSE TWO COURSE
BIO 320 EVOLUTION, FOR 310 FOREST ECOLOGY, NRS 432 LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, ENV 361 LIMNOLOGY, BIO 472 PALEOECOLOGY, BIO 381 PARASITES VECTORS DISEASES, ENV 471 STREAM ECOLOGY & MGT, ENV 340 WATERSHED SCI, ENV 473 WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS
PHYSICAL SCIENCE CLUSTER – CHOOSE ONE COURSE
ASTRONOMY, ENV 362 CLIMATE CHANGE, ENV 120 GEOLOGY, GIS 350 INTRO TO REMOTE SENSING, PHY 241 PHYSICS I, FOR 330 SOILS AND HYDROLOGY
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BIO 110 |
Biology I |
3 |
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ENG 101 |
Effective College Writing I |
3 |
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FWS 109 |
Foundations Fisheries & Wildlife Management |
3 |
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FYS 101 |
First Year Seminar |
3 |
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MAT 125 |
Algebra |
3 |
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Semester 2 |
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BIO 112 |
Biology II |
3 |
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ENG 102 |
Effective College Writing II |
3 |
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MAT 180 |
Precalculus |
3 |
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Humanities |
3 |
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Social Sciences |
3 |
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Semester 3 |
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BIO 210 |
General Ecology |
4 |
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CHM 110 |
Chemistry I |
3 |
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FWS 270 |
Natural History of North American Vertebrates |
3 |
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Humanities |
3 |
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BIO 225 |
Genetics |
3 |
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CHM 112 |
Chemistry II |
3 |
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GIS 201 |
Introduction To GIS |
3 |
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MAT 210 |
Statistics |
3 |
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Social Sciences |
3 |
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Semester 5 |
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ENV 315 |
Environmental Law & Regulatory Process |
3 |
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Ecology Cluster |
3-4 |
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FWS 332 |
Fisheries Techniques |
3 |
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Zoology Cluster |
3-4 |
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Physical Science Cluster |
3-4 |
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Semester 6 |
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ENV 330 |
Conservation Biology |
3 |
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FWS 471 |
Wildlife Management |
3 |
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or FWS 481 |
Fisheries Biology Management |
3 |
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Ecology Cluster |
3-4 |
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Zoology Cluster |
3-4 |
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ELECTIVE – UD |
3-4 |
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ELECTIVE – UD |
3-4 |
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Semester 7 |
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Botany Cluster |
3-4 |
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Ecology Cluster |
3-4 |
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Zoology Cluster |
3-4 |
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ELECTIVE – UD |
3-4 |
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ELECTIVE – UD |
3-4 |
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Semester 8 |
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FWS 472 |
Applications in Fisheries & Wildlife |
4 |
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ELECTIVE – UD |
3-4 |
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ELECTIVE – UD |
3-4 |
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ELECTIVE – UD |
3-4 |
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Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Questions? Let's get in touch.
Bailey Walton
Admissions
Director of Admissions