WFB 2740 OL1 (CRN: 61803)
Wildlife & Fisheries Biology: Prin of Wildlife Management (OL1)
3 credit hours
About WFB 2740 OL1
Application of ecology and sociology to the management of wildlife populations and habitat; integration of wildlife management with demands for other resources; consideration of game species, endangered species, and biological diversity. Prerequisite: NR 2030 or BCOR 2100.
Notes
Asynchronous Online
Section Description
This course will address the application of ecology to the management of wildlife populations and habitats. We will consider the attitudes of humans toward wildlife and their demands and impacts on North America's wildlife resources. A central theme throughout the course is the tension between the biological and social carrying capacities. Selected wildlife species will be studied to illustrate harvest strategies for game species, control of nuisance species, and the management of endangered and other nongame species. We will discuss case histories and current issues of wildlife management on public and private lands. This course is a traditional lecture course but will allow opportunities for dialogue around challenging wildlife management topics. You will write an applied management paper that synthesizes the biological, social, political, and economic factors affecting the management of a species of your choosing. This technical paper assignment will enable you to really dig in to the issues that wildlife managers face with respect to mismatches between social and biological carrying capacity.
Section Expectation
This is an online, asynchronous course that completes 3 credits in 6 weeks. Students should expect to work on this course full-time, and are discouraged from taking another class or working a full-time job concurrently. Readings take 2-4 hours, and discussion posts take 30 minutes to an hour. Watching lectures will take 1-2 hours per day. Preparing for and taking quizzes will take about 1 hour. Much of your time (6-8 hours per week) will be spent working on the applied management paper (conducting research, writing, and population modeling).
Students will complete 1 quiz, 1 discussion post, and 2-4 readings per week, in addition to completing sections of the applied management paper.
Evaluation
applied management paper, quizzes, discussion posts
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