1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

provides a solid basic background in biology, ecology, and natural resource management.A careful selection of restricted and free electives enables you to specialize inrelated natural resource areas and to have the opportunity for widening employment inother environmental fields. Wildlife graduates from our program meet the certificationrequirements for wildlife biologists from the Wildlife Society.The curriculum offers five options: wildlife science oriented toward research (forthose considering graduate school; our most popular option); wildlife managementdirected toward land management; fisheries science with emphasis on fishery biologyand management; toxicology; and planning. Other options can be tailored to yourobjectives. You will be able to consult with your advisor in the selection of coursesfrom a group of restricted electives to develop your area of emphasis.Curriculum RequirementsHoursEnglish 1 and 2 Composition and Rhetoric 6Mathematics 3 and 4 College Algebra, Trigonometry 6Biology 1, 2, 3, and 4 Principles of Biology 8Forestry 5 Dendrology 3Chemistry 11 and 12 Survey of Chemistry 8Chemistry 131 Organic Chemistry 4Mathematics 128 Introduction to Calculus 4Economics introductory course 3Computer Science 5 4Soils introductory course 3Oral communication 3Statistics 101 or equivalent 3Genetics 171 Principles 4Animal Physiology 100 3Plant (botany) course 3Resource policy course 3Forest Management 21 1 Silviculture 4Wildlife Management 213, 214, 224, 228, 231*, 234* 18LSP Electives ** 18Restrictive Electives 18Free Electives ....9Total 136'Students selecting the fisheries option will take Biol. 246 Limnology and Biol. 257Ichthyology in place of Wildlife Management 233 and 234."Courses in each of Cluster A and B must involve at least three different disciplines. At leasttwo courses must be taken in the same discipline. Three hours of Cluster A or B must focus onforeign or minority culture.When you attend West Virginia University, you will have some special opportunitiesto enhance your education. We have a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service CooperativeResearch Unit housed within our program. This provides three additional facultyconducting extensive research programs all around the country. Undergraduatesbenefit from the unit in several ways: the unit provides a federal contact for employmentopportunities; the unit research program may provide summer employment onfish and wildlife projects; and faculty in the unit also teach in our program.All of our faculty are involved with graduate training. This active researchprogram provides invaluable classroom experiences as well as summer employmentopportunities for you.Career opportunities in wildlife and fisheries are expanding. Even so, we encourageour students to consider going for advanced degrees when they finish here.Such qualified seniors find that assistantships are readily available due to the solidcourse background and training they received while here at West Virginia University.72 College of Agriculture and Forestry