General Catalog & Schedule of Classes

	Fisheries and Wildlife Administration Graduate Major (PSM)	Print Version
	College of Agricultural Sciences | Fisheries and Wildlife

Selina Heppell, Director
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
104 Nash Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-9039
Email: selina.heppell@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://psm.science.oregonstate.edu

The Professional Science Master’s degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Administration (PSMFWA) provides advanced training for early- and mid-career professionals employed by natural resources agencies, non-government organizations, and other entities with a need for expertise in fisheries and wildlife science. The PSMFWA degree will help employers meet workforce planning goals and contribute to self-improvement goals of current employees.

The 57-credit PSMFWA curriculum is organized into four main sections:

1. Biophysical sciences core (23 credits)
2. Social sciences core (16 credits)
3. Business communication and management skills core (12 credits)
4. Internship (6 credits)

It is taught primarily as a distance, online curriculum via Ecampus, although some students may choose to work toward the PSMFWA degree while in residence at OSU or at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

The PSMFWA degree is offered as a non-thesis program only. Students have an advisor and graduate committee to review their program of study, provide career and internship advice, and evaluate a final report based on the internship experience.

For general information about PSM programs, contact the PSM Director, 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis OR 97331, 541-737-5259; email: kirstin.carroll@oregonstate.edu.

Course substitutions must be approved by the program coordinator. All courses listed are available through Ecampus.

Biophysical Sciences Core Courses (23 credits min)

Required:

FW 537. Structured Decision Making in Natural Resource Management (2)
FW 538. Structured Decision Making Lab (2)

Plus 19 additional credits, with at least one Skills course:

Fisheries and Wildlife-Related Science
BEE 512. Physical Hydrology (3)
BOT 540. Field Methods in Vegetation Science (4)
FES 536. Carbon Sequestration in Forests (2)
FES 537. Belowground Ecosystems (3)
FS 545. Advanced Forest Community Ecology (4)
FS 548. Biology of Invasive Plants (3)
FW 519. The Natural History of Whales and Whaling (3)
FW 520. Ecology and Management of Marine Fishes (3)
FW 521. Aquatic Biological Invasions (4)
FW 526. Coastal Ecology and Resource Management (5)  
FW 527. Principles of Wildlife Diseases (4)
FW 535. Wildlife in Agricultural Ecosystems (3)
FW 545. Ecological Restoration (4)*
FW 551. Avian Conservation and Management (3)
FW 553. Forest Wildlife Habitat Management (4)  
FW 554. Fishery Biology (4)
FW 556. Limnology (5)
FW 558. Mammal Conservation and Management (4)
FW 562. Ecosystem Services (3) Counts as FW core OR Human Dimensions 
FW 563. Conservation Biology of Wildlife (3)
FW 564. Marine Conservation Biology (3)
FW 565. Marine Fisheries (4)
FW 570. Ecology and History: Landscapes of the Columbia Basin (3)
FW 573. Fish Ecology (4)
FW 575. Wildlife Behavior (4)
FW 576. Fish Physiology (4)
FW 579. Wetlands and Riparian Ecology (3)
FW 580. Stream Ecology (3)
FW 581. Wildlife Ecology (4)
FW 599. Special Topics in Fisheries and Wildlife (2–4)
SNR 530. Ecological Principles of Sustainable Natural Resources (3)
SNR 540. Global Environmental Change (3)

Quantitative Skills in FW Science
FS 523. Natural Resource Data Analysis (4)
FW 524. Stock Assessment for Fisheries Managers (3)
FW 531. Dynamics of Marine Biological Resources (4)
FW 540. Vertebrate Population Dynamics (4)
GEO 544. Remote Sensing (4)
GEO 565. Geographic Information Systems and Science (4)
ST 511. Methods of Data Analysis (4) (Contines as ST 512, ST 513)

Social Sciences Core Courses (16 credits min.)

Required:

FW 620. Ecological Policy (3)
   or FW 515. Fisheries and Wildlife Law and Policy (3)
FW 585. Consensus and Natural Resources (3)

Plus 10 additional credits, with at least one course from each group:

Policy Courses
AREC 532. Environmental Law (4)
AREC 553. Public Land and Resource Law (4)
ES 544. Native American Law: Tribes, Treaties, and the U.S. (3)
FW 522. Introduction to Ocean Law (3)
GEO 523. Land Use in the American West (3)
PS 574. Natural Resource Policy and Bureaucratic Politics (4)
PS 575. Environmental Politics and Policy (4)
PS 576. Science and Politics (4)
PS 577. International Environmental Politics and Policy (4)

Human Dimensions Courses
ANTH 581. Natural Resources and Community Values (4)
AREC 534. Environmental and Resource Economics (3)
AREC 552. Marine Economics (3)
FS 592. Ecosystem Services Ecology, Sociology, Policy (3)
FW 562. Ecosystem Services (3) Counts as FW core OR Human Dimensions
GEO 524. International Water Resource Management (3)
GEO 525. Water Resources Management in the United States (3)
MNR 511. Introduction to Sustainable Natural Resources (3)
SNR 520. Social Aspects of Sustainable Natural Resources (3)
SNR 521. Economics of Sustainable Natural Resource Management (3)
SNR 522. Basic Beliefs and Ethics in Natural Resources (3)
SNR 535. Sustainable Management of Aquatic and Riparian Resources (3)
PHL 540. Environmental Ethics (3)
PHL 543. World Views and Environmental Values (3)
PHL 547. Research Ethics (3)
SOC 556. Science and Technology in the Social Context (4) 
SOC 580. Environmental Sociology (4)
SOC 581. Society and Natural Resources (4)

Business, Communication, and Management Skills Core Courses (12 credits min.)

COMM 550. Communication and the Practice of Science (3)
FW 514. Professional Development: Meeting Communications (1)
FOR 593. Environmental Interpretation (4)
PS 579. Topics in Public Policy and Public Administration (4)
PSM 513. Professional Skills (3)
PSM 525. Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing (4)
PSM 565. Accounting and Finance for Scientists (3)
PSM 566. Project Management and Marketing Scientific Technologies (3)
PSM 567. Innovation Management (PSM capstone) (3)
PSM 599. Special Topics (3)
WRP 521. Water Governance and Conflict Management (3)
WRP 599. Special Topics (1–16)

Internship (6 credits min.)

FW 510 Professional Internship (1–16)
   or FW 506. Projects (1–6)

Total Credits=57 minimum 

Major Code: 1331

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