Wildlife Biology

Overview

What you will learn:

• Exposure to principles for both traditional wildlife management and more modern ecosystem management.
• Classes that focus on the biology, ecology, and natural history of vertebrates.
• A solid understanding of the biology and ecology of wildlife species through field work and classes in classes like Mammalogy, Ornithology, Herpetology, and Ichthyology
• An understanding of how to utilize management techniques to achieve desired management goals based on a species' biology
• Opportunities to gain field/research experience using the latest techniques and tools of wildlife biologists by assisting faculty and graduate students with research projects and through field trips
• An understanding of the process of science through exposure to wildlife research. Students are further exposed to professional wildlife biologists through our Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, field trips, access to volunteer activities, and in their classes.
• Wildlife managers manipulate habitat to control game and other wildlife populations.
• Wildlife researchers conduct experiments to help solve problems faced by the wildlife manager.

This Wildlife Biology degree is offered as Bachelor of Art or as Bachelor of Science.

Career Opportunities

• Management with state or federal agencies
• Wildlife managers
• Wildlife biologists
• Refuge managers
• Park rangers
• Park naturalists
• Game wardens
• Recreation planners
• Consulting wildlife biologists
• Non-government organizations
• Private landholders
• Private consulting firms
• (with addition education) Academia