Academic Programs Catalog

The Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology and Management is for students interested in understanding and managing terrestrial habitats and animals including game, non-game, and endangered species.?

Admission as a Junior

To be considered for admission to the major, the student must:

1. The University requirements for bachelor's degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Wildlife Ecology and Management major is met by completing Fisheries and Wildlife 497 referenced in item 3. below.
   
   Students who are enrolled in the Wildlife Ecology and Management major leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife may complete an alternative track to Integrative Studies in Biological and Physical Sciences by completing BS 161, BS 162 and CEM 141 below. The completion of BS 171 or BS 172 and CEM 161 satisfies the laboratory requirement. Completion of items 3. a., 3. b., and 3. c. below will be counted toward both the alternative track and the requirements for the major.
   
   The completion of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources mathematics requirement may also satisfy the University mathematics requirement.
2. The requirements of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources for the Bachelor of Science degree.
   
   Certain courses referenced in requirement 3. below may be counted toward College requirements as appropriate.  The completion of item 3. d. and 3. e. below satisfies the College's mathematics requirement.
   
   Students must earn a 2.0 or higher in all FW courses taken to complete major requirements in item 3. below.
   
   Only credits in courses graded on the numerical or Pass-No Grade system may be counted toward the requirements for the major. Students may not enroll in courses required for the major, including courses in other department, on a Credit-No Credit basis. Only elective courses can be enrolled on a Credit-No Credit basis.
3. The following requirements for the major:

   a.	All of the following courses (34 credits):
   	CSS	210	Fundamentals of Soil Science						3
   	FW	101	Fundamentals of Fisheries and Wildlife Ecology and Management						3
   	FW	101L	Fundamentals of Fisheries and Wildlife Ecology and Management Lab						2
   	FW	102	Fundamentals of Fisheries and Wildlife – New Student Seminar						1
   	FW	293	Undergraduate Seminar in Fisheries and Wildlife						1
   	FW	334	Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management						3
   	FW	364	Ecological Problem Solving						3
   	FW	410	Upland Ecology and Management						3
   	FW	413	Wildlife Research and Management Techniques						3
   	FW	417	Wetland Ecology and Management						3
   	FW	424	Wildlife Population Analysis and Management						3
   	FW	497	Capstone in Fisheries and Wildlife: Conservation and Management Decision Making (W)						3
   	IBIO	355	Ecology						3
   b.	One of the following groups of courses (6 or 9 credits):
   	(a)	BS	161	Cell and Molecular Biology					3
   		BS	162	Organismal and Population Biology					3
   	(b)	LB	144	Biology I: Organismal Biology					4
   		LB	145	Biology II: Cellular and Molecular Biology					5
   c.	One of the following courses (2 credits):
   	BS	171	Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory						2
   	BS	172	Organismal and Population Biology Laboratory						2
   	This requirement is waived if students complete LB 144 or LB 145 in item b.
   d.	One course from each group (5 credits):
   	(a)	CEM	141	General Chemistry					4
   		LB	171	Principles of Chemistry					4
   	(b)	CEM	161	Chemistry Laboratory					1
   		LB	171L	Principles of Chemistry Laboratory I					1
   e.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	MTH	124	Survey of Calculus I						3
   	MTH	132	Calculus I						3
   	LB	118	Calculus I						4
   f.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	STT	201	Statistical Methods						4
   	STT	224	Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Ecologists						3
   	STT	231	Statistics for Scientists						3
   	STT	421	Statistics I						3
   	STT	464	Statistics for Biologists						3
   g.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	CSUS	310	History of Environmental Thought and Sustainability						3
   	FW	439	Conservation Ethics						3
   	HST	391	Environmental History of North America						3
   	PHL	340	Ethics						3
   	PHL	342	Environmental Ethics						3
   	PHL	380	Nature of Science						3
   	PHL	442	Ethics and Animals						3
   	PHL	480	Philosophy of Science						4
   h.	Two of the following courses (6 or 7 credits):
   	COM	100	Human Communication						3
   	COM	225	An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication						3
   	COM	240	Introduction to Organizational Communication						4
   	COM	275	Effects of Mass Communication						3
   	CSUS	433	Grant Writing and Fund Development						3
   	JRN	472	Environmental, Science and Health Reporting						3
   	WRA	331	Writing in the Public Interest (W)						3
   	WRA	333	Writing in Corporate Contexts						3
   	WRA	335	Writing in Scientific Contexts						3
   	WRA	337	Writing and Public Policy						3
   	WRA	453	Grant and Proposal Writing						3
   i.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   	CSUS	464	Environmental and Natural Resource Policy in Michigan						3
   	CSUS	465	Environmental and Natural Law						3
   	FOR	466	Natural Resource Policy						3
   	FW	445	Biodiversity Conservation Policy and Practice						3
   	FW	481	Global Issues in Fisheries and Wildlife						3
   	IBIO	446	Environmental Issues in Public Policy						3
   	MC	450	International Environmental Law and Policy						3
   j.	Two of the following courses (8 credits):
   	FW	471	Ichthyology						4
   	IBIO	360	Biology of Birds						4
   	IBIO	365	Biology of Mammals						4
   	IBIO	384	Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles						4
   k.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	FOR	204	Forest Vegetation						3
   	PLB	218	Plants of Michigan						3
   	PLB	418	Plant Systematics						3
   l.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	CSS	350	Introduction to Plant Genetics						3
   	FOR	340	Forest Ecology						3
   	GEO	201	Introduction to Plant Geography						3
   	IBIO	485	Tropical Biology						3
   	PLB	105	Plant Biology						3
   	PLB	301	Introductory Plant Physiology						3
   	PLB	402	Biology of Fungi						4
   	PLB	441	Plant Ecology						3
   	PLB	443	Restoration Ecology						3
   m.	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	CSS	411	Fire and Environmental Quality						3
   	FOR	413	Wildland Fire Ecology and Management						3
   	FOR	419	Applications of Geographic Information Systems to Natural Resources Management						4
   	FW	423	Principles of Fish and Wildlife Disease						3
   	FW	463	Wildlife Disease Ecology						3
   	GEO	221	Introduction to Geographic Information						3
   	and
   	GEO	221L	Introduction to Geographic Information Laboratory						1
   	IBIO	313	Animal Behavior						3
   	IBIO	328	Comparative Anatomy and Biology of Vertebrates						4
   	IBIO	341	Fundamental Genetics						4
   	IBIO	483	Environmental Physiology						3
   	SOC	452	Advanced Seminar in Environmental Sociology						3
   n.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   	ANP	443	Human Adaptability						3
   	ANP	486	Environmental Archaeology						3
   	FOR	360	Forest Ecosystems, Carbon and Climate Change						3
   	GEO	409	Global Climate Change and Variability						3
   	IBIO	357	Global Change Biology (W)						3
   	SOC	478	Climate Change and Society						3
   o.	Complete a minimum of 3 credits from the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	FW	480	International Studies in Fisheries and Wildlife						1 to 3
   	FW	490	Independent Study in Fisheries and Wildlife						1 to 3
   	FW	493	Professional Internship in Fisheries and Wildlife						1 to 3
   	FW	499	Senior Thesis in Fisheries and Wildlife						4