Wildlife Management, B.T. - Depree Program

Wildlife Management, B.T.

Bachelor of Technology Degree
(Application Curriculum Code - 1858)
Wildlife Management

Degree Requirements
To fulfill the requirements for the Bachelor of Technology degree in Wildlife Management, the candidate must complete a minimum of 41 credit hours of major field requirements, 29 credit hours of technical electives, 36 credit hours of liberal arts and science courses, and 20 credit hours of general electives.

Internship Program
The required internship program allows students to continue their hands-on education by gaining work experience in the field directly related to wildlife management.

Major Field Requirements
Upper-division Requirements

Code	Name	Credits
FWLD 450	Internship in Fisheries and Wildlife	15
BIOL 316	Ornithology	3
BIOL 317	Herpetology	3
BIOL 400	Evolutionary Biology	3
FWLD 320	Ecology and Management of Waterfowl	3
FWLD 350	Wetlands Assessment & Delineation	3
FWLD 351	Wildlife Policy and Regulatory Compliance	1
FWLD 352	Wetland Ecosystems	1

Other Major Field Requirements

Code	Name	Credits
AGSC 186	Entomology	3
BIOL 116	Botany I	3
FWLD 211	Wildlife Law and Public Relations	2

Technical Electives
26 credits. Courses with the following prefixes: AGBU, AGEN, AGRN, AGSC, ANSC, ACCT, BIOL, BADM, CITA, ENHT, FWLD, ORHT. Required course: CITA 110 Microcomputer Applications I.

Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements
36 credits. Includes 6 credits of upper-division courses with two different prefixes. May not include MATH 101X or MATH 101. Required courses: COMM 301, MATH 125. Suggested courses: BIOL 300, BIOL 307, BIOL 318.

General Electives 20 credits.

Suggested courses to meet upper-division major field requirements (15 credits selected from the following).

Transfer students from two-year colleges must complete the following courses as technical electives or general electives.

Code	Name	Credits
BIOL 111	Biology I	4
BIOL 131	Natural History of the Vertebrates	3
BIOL 211	Terrestrial Ecology	3
BIOL 300	Parasitology	3
BIOL 307	Invertebrate Zoology	3
BIOL 318	Fish Biology	3
CHEM 111	Chemistry I	4
ENGL 320	Writing Nature: Human Expression and the Natural World	3
FWLD 115	Fisheries Techniques	3
	OR
FWLD 221	Fisheries Management	3
FWLD 125	Wildlife Techniques	3
FWLD 220	Wildlife Management	3
ORHT 121	Woody Plant Materials	3

Students should check with their advisors to make sure courses are taken in proper sequence and any prerequisites have been met. Some flexibility is available as to when courses must be taken. Students should consult with their advisors during the scheduling process.

Suggested B.T. Course Sequence
(Refer to Fisheries and Wildlife Technology associate degree program for suggested course sequence for the first two years)

Junior Year - Fall Term

Code	Name	Credits
FWLD 350	Wetlands Assessment and Delineation	3
BIOL 116	Botany I	3
MATH 125	Statistics	3
FWLD 351	Wildlife Policy and Regulatory Compliance	1
CITA 110	Microcomputer Applications I	3
	Electives	3

Junior Year - Spring Term

Code	Name	Credits
AGSC 186	Entomology	3
BIOL 316	Ornithology	3
BIOL 317	Herpetology	3
BIOL 400	Evolutionary Biology	3
FWLD 211	Wildlife Law and Public Relations	2
ANSC 380	Internship Orientation	1

Senior Year - Fall Term

Code	Name	Credits
COMM 301	Technical Communication	3
FWLD 320	Ecology and Management of Waterfowl	3
FWLD 352	Wetland Ecosystems	1
	Electives	9

Junior Year - Spring Term

Code	Name	Credits
FWLD 450	Internship in Fisheries & Wildlife	15