Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources Undergraduate Program By West Virginia University |Top Universities

Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

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Main Subject Area

Agriculture and ForestryMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

The wildlife and fisheries resources curriculum prepares students for professional positions as wildlife and fish biologists, natural resources conservation officers, wildlife and fisheries managers and planners, wildlife or fisheries communication specialists, wildlife and fisheries toxicologists, and environmental consultants. The program is unique in the region as our graduates are fully trained in both the wildlife and fisheries fields. The curriculum provides a solid basic background in biology, ecology, and natural resource management. Students fulfilling this program will select a concentration in wildlife or fisheries (or both) to meet the requirements for professional certification as either a wildlife biologist (certified through The Wildlife Society) or fisheries biologist (certified through The American Fisheries Society). A careful selection of restricted electives enables students to specialize in related natural resource areas and to have the opportunity for widening employment in other environmental fields. Other options can be tailored to your objectives. Students will be able to consult with their advisor in the selection of courses from a group of restricted electives to develop their area of emphasis. Major Learning Goals Upon the successful completion of a Wildlife and Fisheries Resources degree students will be able to: Comprehend the historical importance of wildlife and fisheries management, and the role contemporary agencies play in wildlife and fisheries management in the United States. Demonstrate expertise on the life-history characteristics of game and non-game wildlife and fishes. Identify and classify using common and Latin names West Virginia trees, plants, reptiles, mammals and fishes by sight and birds and amphibians by sight and sound. Explain and employ commonly used wildlife and fisheries management principles, methods, and techniques. Define, explain, and apply knowledge regarding biological and chemical processes, population ecology and population dynamics, community and ecosystem ecology, aquatic ecology (lakes, streams, and rivers), terrestrial ecology (forests and grasslands) and wetland ecology in relation to wildlife and fisheries management and research applications. Demonstrate laboratory, computer and quantitative skills relevant to wildlife and fisheries science. Critically evaluate peer-reviewed literature and apply research findings to the conservation and management of wildlife and fisheries resources. Conduct a research project or compose a management plan focused on wildlife or fisheries that includes project design, collecting, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting results as a research paper or management plan in appropriate scientific style, and presenting the project to their peers. Careers Wildlife Biologist Aquaculture Specialist Fisheries Technician Wildlife Manager Wildlife Damage Technician Environmental Consultant Environmental Education Specialist Natural Resources Police Officer

Program overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

The wildlife and fisheries resources curriculum prepares students for professional positions as wildlife and fish biologists, natural resources conservation officers, wildlife and fisheries managers and planners, wildlife or fisheries communication specialists, wildlife and fisheries toxicologists, and environmental consultants. The program is unique in the region as our graduates are fully trained in both the wildlife and fisheries fields. The curriculum provides a solid basic background in biology, ecology, and natural resource management. Students fulfilling this program will select a concentration in wildlife or fisheries (or both) to meet the requirements for professional certification as either a wildlife biologist (certified through The Wildlife Society) or fisheries biologist (certified through The American Fisheries Society). A careful selection of restricted electives enables students to specialize in related natural resource areas and to have the opportunity for widening employment in other environmental fields. Other options can be tailored to your objectives. Students will be able to consult with their advisor in the selection of courses from a group of restricted electives to develop their area of emphasis. Major Learning Goals Upon the successful completion of a Wildlife and Fisheries Resources degree students will be able to: Comprehend the historical importance of wildlife and fisheries management, and the role contemporary agencies play in wildlife and fisheries management in the United States. Demonstrate expertise on the life-history characteristics of game and non-game wildlife and fishes. Identify and classify using common and Latin names West Virginia trees, plants, reptiles, mammals and fishes by sight and birds and amphibians by sight and sound. Explain and employ commonly used wildlife and fisheries management principles, methods, and techniques. Define, explain, and apply knowledge regarding biological and chemical processes, population ecology and population dynamics, community and ecosystem ecology, aquatic ecology (lakes, streams, and rivers), terrestrial ecology (forests and grasslands) and wetland ecology in relation to wildlife and fisheries management and research applications. Demonstrate laboratory, computer and quantitative skills relevant to wildlife and fisheries science. Critically evaluate peer-reviewed literature and apply research findings to the conservation and management of wildlife and fisheries resources. Conduct a research project or compose a management plan focused on wildlife or fisheries that includes project design, collecting, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting results as a research paper or management plan in appropriate scientific style, and presenting the project to their peers. Careers Wildlife Biologist Aquaculture Specialist Fisheries Technician Wildlife Manager Wildlife Damage Technician Environmental Consultant Environmental Education Specialist Natural Resources Police Officer

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West Virginia University, founded in 1867, is a land-grant institution – and WVU Morgantown is the flagship of a system of statewide campuses. WVU is committed to advancing education, healthcare and prosperity by providing access and opportunity to all. An R1 research institution – one of only 115 in the nation – WVU’s researchers are performing groundbreaking work in energy, physics and astronomy, neuroscience, forensic science and rural health.

WVU Morgantown’s enrollment of 28,409 includes students from all 50 U.S. states and over 2,300 international scholars from 107 nations. WVU offers more than 340 majors at the bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and professional levels from 14 colleges and schools. Majors range from accounting, music industry, aerospace engineering, biostatistics, astronomy, business, energy systems engineering and psychology to public health, global supply chain management, mining engineering, physics, sport management and strategic communications.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program is accredited by ABET; WVU is one of only three US universities that offer this major.

And WVU is the only US university to offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in forensic and investigative science and has the largest crime scene training complex in the US, which includes four crime scene houses, a vehicle processing center and a vault for bank robbery scenarios.

The University has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1926, and individual programs hold dozens of specialized accreditations.

U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 America’s Best Graduate Schools included 19 WVU programs, with Petroleum Engineering at #12 and Pharmacy at #36. WVU is one the magazine’s Top 100 Public Universities, and the online Software Engineering graduate program is ranked #10. Bloomburg Business ranked WVU’s College of Business and Economics as the ninth-best for return on investment, and our Statler College of Engineering is ranked the 24th best value for an undergraduate program

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