渔业 and Wildlife Science
Students who major in 渔业 and Wildlife Science will learn to study and manage wildlife, from game to endangered species.
冰球突破mg平台的 14000英亩的湖畔校园 and devoted faculty provide unique, hands-on opportunities to survey fish and wildlife 人口. 从第一学期开始, our students engage in activities such as small mammal trapping, fish sampling and identification, 抓鸟和绑带, wildlife habitat assessments and amphibian ecology studies. Students will develop their ecological acumen as well as cognitive, social and scientific skills to identify, objectively analyze and problem solve management issues in the wildlife and fisheries disciplines.
Coursework is designed to meet the biologist certification requirements of the 美国渔业协会 or 野生动物协会(TWS). The 学位 is offered within a standard eight-semester sequence, providing flexibility for summer employment, internships and study abroad. 渔业 and Wildlife Sciences is a challenging program requiring students to be proficient in science and math as a foundation for conducting research.
技能 & 机会
- Developing technical knowledge and skills such as species identification, 计算种群规模, 现场诱捕和标记.
Focusing on longstanding and emerging issues such as invasive species, habitat fragmentation and degradation, 气候变化等等. - Working directly with faculty and local biologists on professionally relevant fisheries and wildlife research.
- Minoring in Geographic Information Systems.
- Collaborating with the Adirondack Watershed Institute on research, citizen outreach and hands-on stewardship to preserve water quality and combat invasive species.
- Participating in the Smitty Creek Watershed long-term monitoring and research project.
- Collaborating with the Paul Smith’s 访问or’s Interpretive Center.
- Graduating ready to operate within real-world conditions.
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With their friendly demeanor, diverse backgrounds and desire for student success, our faculty understand that this 学位 is a stepping stone to your career. 像这样, they are diligent in assisting students to receive an extracurricular education through summer field experiences and in-semester experiences, often through the student chapters of The 美国渔业协会 and The Wildlife 社会. Students actively participate alongside wildlife professionals in TWS conclaves and meetings, 志愿服务机会, and venturing to field jobs throughout North America.
关键的事实
职业选择
- 渔业 technician, biologist or manager
- Wildlife technician, biologist or manager
- 保护生物学家
- 生态学家
- Public educator and outreach specialist
- Wildlife law enforcement officer
- 狩猎监督官
- 野生动物顾问
- 野生动物政策分析师
- 研究生院
- 研究科学家
课程 & 目标
At the end of the program students will be able to:
- Apply science as a body of knowledge and as a method of inquiry.
- Apply key concepts of biology and ecology to fisheries and wildlife organisms, 人口, 社区, 以及它们的栖息地.
- Apply basic math skills to problem solving in fisheries and wildlife 人口 以及它们的栖息地.
- Apply key principles of physics and chemistry to fisheries and wildlife adaptations.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the relation between trends in human population growth and major issues (past, 现在, and future) affecting fish and wildlife 人口, 社区, 以及它们的栖息地.
- Explain how major issues affect the dynamics of fish 人口, 社区, 以及它们的栖息地.
- Articulate scientifically a rationale and justification for assessing and monitoring the effects of major issues on fish and wildlife 人口, 社区, 以及它们的栖息地.
- Apply gained knowledge of assessment and monitoring protocols to evaluate the effects of major issues on fish and wildlife 人口, 社区, 以及它们的栖息地
- Delineate the management environment in ecological, economic, political, and socio-cultural terms.
- Define the cyclic management process as related to an organization’s mission statement, 目标, 目标, 策略,assessment plan (problem definition), implementation plan (action plan), and evaluation/monitoring program.
- Articulate the appropriateness of management approaches used to address the issues and problems affecting fisheries and wildlife, 它们的栖息地, 和人类.
- Define the skills needed to effectively work with a variety of stakeholders in an interdisciplinary management setting as an integrated team.
样本课程:
- Natural 历史 of North American Vertebrates
- 生物学
- 普通生态学
- 遗传学
- 化学
- 水生无脊椎动物
- 鱼类学
- 流域管理
- 河流生态管理
- 湖沼学
- 森林土壤
- 物理
- 植物生物学
- 保护生物学
- Zoology Electives (Ornithology, Mammalogy, Herpetology)
- 野生动物管理
More program information and a full course list can be found in the 大学目录. For program planning sheets, 点击这里.
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