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	Fisheries and Wildlife Major (BS, CRED, HBS)	Print Version
	College of Agricultural Sciences \| Fisheries and Wildlife

The Fisheries and Wildlife Science BS degree (180 credits) undergraduate curriculum is composed of core courses as well as specializations of 24 credits. The core represents the educational foundation of fish and wildlife conservation, and the specializations provide the student with an opportunity to build his or her curriculum to meet specific goals. Working with faculty in formal and informal settings, students are encouraged to become engaged in designing their own education. The core courses required of all students seeking the BS degree are listed below.

For further information, see the Fisheries and Wildlife Web site at http://fw.oregonstate.edu/.

Specializations

Through the Specialization, students are encouraged to become engaged in designing their own education. Students work with faculty in formal and informal settings to define career and life goals and then develop a course of study to achieve those goals. Specialization plans should be developed during the junior year and will be presented to the faculty for review and comment. Specializations must contain at least 24 credits and all courses must be upper division. A maximum of one course may be taken before formulation and review of the plan. All courses in the Specialization are in addition to the courses in the fisheries and wildlife core. Specializations are given titles to reflect their content, but titles must not substantially duplicate titles of existing degree programs. Examples of Specializations include forest wildlife management, stream ecology, fish and wildlife law enforcement, marine fisheries, aquaculture, avian conservation and management, conservation education and extension, fisheries business, human dimensions of resource management, conservative biology, and many others. Specializations that include "fish," "fishery," or "fisheries" in the title should contain at least 12 credits of aquatic sciences. Specializations that include "wildlife" in the title should have at least 12 credits of terrestrial sciences. Specializations that include "marine" in the title should include a term of full-time enrollment (at least 12 credits) at Hatfield Marine Science Center or another approved marine field station. Specializations may include typical on-campus courses, special field courses, a full term of course work at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon, or one or more terms of international exchange. Combined with required internships and a capstone course sequence and group project, fisheries and wildlife science graduates will be well-prepared to begin professional careers in fish and wildlife conservation, or to continue their education in graduate school. For those students unsure of their professional goals or seeking diversity in course work, a broad Specialization may be declared.

Specialization guidelines may be viewed at http://fw.oregonstate.edu/Undergraduate%20Information/specializations.htm.

Baccalaureate Core

Synthesis, Perspectives, and Writing Intensive Courses (24 credits)

Communications (9 credits)

COMM 111. *Public Speaking (3)
WR 121. *English Composition (3)
WR 222. *English Composition (3)
or PHL 121. *Reasoning and Writing (3)

Fisheries and Wildlife Core (110–130 credits)

BI 211, BI 212, BI 213. *Principles of Biology (4,4,4)
BI 370. Ecology (3)
CH 121. General Chemistry (5)
   and CH 122, CH 123. *General Chemistry (5,5)
   or CH 221, CH 222, CH 223. *General Chemistry (5,5,5)
FW 107. Orientation to Fisheries and Wildlife (1)
FW 251. Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation (3)
FW 255. Field Sampling of Fish and Wildlife (3)
FW 307. Specialization Development (1)
FW 320. Introductory Population Dynamics (4)
FW 321. Fisheries and Wildlife Resource Ecology (3)
FW 410. Internship (2 required) (4–6)
FW 488. Problem Solving in Fisheries and Wildlife (3)
FW 489. Effective Communications in Fisheries and Wildlife Science (3)
MTH 241. *Calculus for Management and Social Science (4)
   or MTH 251. *Differential Calculus (4)
ST 351, ST 352. Intro to Statistical Methods (4,4)
   or ST 411, ST 412. Methods of Data Analysis (4,4)

Vertebrate Biology (7–8 credits)

Select one of the following (3 credits):
FW 311. Ornithology (3)
FW 315. Ichthyology (3)
FW 317. Mammalogy (3)
Z 473. Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (3)

Select one of the following (2 credits):
FW 312. Systematics of Birds (2)
FW 316. Systematics of Fishes (2)
FW 318. Systematics of Mammals (2)
Z 474. Systematic Herpetology (2)

Select one additional course from the preceding two lists (2–3 credits)

Genetics and Evolution, select one from below (3–5 credits):
ANS 378. Animal Genetics (4)
BI 311. Genetics (4)
BI 445. Evolution (3)
CSS 430. Plant Genetics (3)
FW 360. *Origins of F&W Management–Evolution, Genetics and Ecology (3)
FW 499X. Special Topics in Fisheries and Wildlife: Genetics (3)
GEN 430. Introduction to Population Genetics (3)
Z 345. *Introduction to Evolution (3)
Z 422. Comparative Anatomy (5)

Behavior and Physiology, select two from below (6–8 credits):
ANS 314. Animal Physiology (4)
BOT 313. Plant Structure (4)
BOT 331. Plant Physiology (4)
FW 471. Environmental Physiology of Fishes (4)
FW 475. Wildlife Behavior (4)
Z 350. Animal Behavior (3)
Z 423. Environmental Physiology (4)
Z 431, Z 432. Vertebrate Physiology (4,4)
Z 437. Vertebrate Endocrinology (4)

Habitats and Ecosystems, select one from below (3–5 credits):
FOR 341. Forest Ecology (3)
FW 426. Coastal Ecology and Resource Management (5)
FW 435. ^Wildlife in Agricultural Ecosystems (3)
FW 446. Wildland Fire Ecology (3)
FW 453. Forest Management and Wildlife Conservation (3)
FW 456. Limnology (5)
FW 479. Wetlands and Riparian Ecology (3)
Z 351. Marine Ecology (3)

Species Conservation and Management, select two from below (6–8 credits):
FW 419. Whales and Whaling (3)[Pending curriculum council approval]
or FW 499. Special Topics: Whales and Whaling (3)
FW 451. Avian Conservation and Management (3)
FW 454. ^Fishery Biology (4)
FW 458. Mammal Conservation and Management (4)
FW 464. Marine Conservation Biology (3)
FW 473. Fish Ecology (4)
FW 481. Wildlife Ecology (4)

Additional Physical Sciences (9–15 credits). Choose 3 courses from the lists below. No more than 2 courses may be selected from any single category

Physics and Math, select no more than two from below:
FW/MTH 268. Mathematical Ideas in Biology (4)
MTH 252. Integral Calculus (4)
PH 201, PH 202, PH 203. *General Physics (5,5,5)
PH 205. *Solar System Astronomy (4)
PH 206. *Stars and Stellar Evolution (4)
PH 207. *Galaxies, Quasars, and Cosmology (4)
PH 211, PH 212, PH 213. *General Physics with Calculus (4,4,4)
PH 331. *Sound, Hearing, and Music (STS) (3)
PH 332. *Light, Vision, and Color (STS) (3)

Earth Sciences, select no more than two from below:
ATS 210. Introduction to the Atmospheric Sciences (3)
CSS 305. Principles of Soil Science (4)
GEO 201. *Physical Geology (4)
GEO 202. *Earth Systems Science (4)
GEO 203. *Evolution of Planet Earth (4)
GEO 221. *Environmental Geology (3)
GEO 305. *Living with Active Cascade Volcanoes (STS) (3)
GEO 306. *Minerals, Energy, Water, and the Environment (STS) (3)
GEO 307. *National Park Geology and Preservation (STS) (3)
GEO 308. *Global Change and Earth Sciences (CGI) (3)
GEO 322. Surface Processes (4)
GEO 323. ^Climatology (4)
OC 331. Introduction to Oceanography (3)
OC 332. Coastal Oceanography (3)

Chemistry, select no more than two from below:
BB 350. Elemental Biochemistry (4)
CH 130. General Chemistry of Living Systems (4)
CH 324. Quantitative Analysis (4)
CH 331, CH 332. Organic Chemistry (4,4)
CH 334, CH 335, CH 336. Organic Chemistry (3,3,3)
CH 390. Environmental Chemistry (3)
TOX 360. *The World of Poisons (STS) (3)

Human Dimensions, select 3 from FW list (9–12 credits)

AG 301. *Ecosystem Science of Pacific NW Indians (DPD) (3)
ANTH 481. *Natural Resources and Community Values (STS) (3)
AREC 351. *Natural Resource Economics and Policy (CGI) (3)
AREC 352. *Environmental Economics and Policy (STS) (3)
AREC 432. Environmental Law (4)
BI 301. *Human Impacts on Ecosystems (CGI) (3)
FOR 330. Forest Resource Economics I (4)
FOR 351. Recreation Behavior and Management (4)
FOR 355. Management for Multiple Resource Values (3)
FOR 365. *Issues in Natural Resource Conservation (CGI) (3)
FOR 432. Economics of Recreation Resources (4)
FOR 451. History and Cultural Aspects of Recreation (4)
FOR/FE 456. *International Forestry (CGI) (3)
FOR 460. ^Forest Policy (4)
FOR 462. Natural Resource Policy and Law (3)
FOR 463. Environmental Policy and Law Interactions (3)
FW 340. *Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources (DPD) (3)
FW 350. *Endangered Species, Society and Sustainability (STS) (3)
FW 360. *Origins of F&W Management–Evolution, Genetics and Ecology (3)
FW 415. Fisheries and Wildlife Law and Policy (3)
FW 470. *Ecology and History: Landscapes of the Columbia Basin (STS) (3)
FW 485. *Consensus and Natural Resources (STS) (3)
GEO 311. *20th Century U.S. Environmental Policy (CGI) (3)
HSTS 415. *^Theory of Evolution and Foundation of Modern Biology (STS) (4)
PHL 440. Environmental Ethics (3)
PHL 443. *World Views and Environmental Values (CGI) (3)
PS 474. Natural Resource Policy and Bureaucratic Politics (4)
PS 475. Environmental Politics and Policy (4)
PS 476. *Science and Politics (STS) (4)
SOC 480. *Environmental Sociology (CGI) (3)
SOC 481. *Society and Natural Resources (4)
WS 470. Women: Creating Multicultural Alliances (3)

Specialization (24 credits)

Total Minimum Credits = 180

Footnotes:

* Baccalaureate Core Course
^ Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

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