Habitat Management Option
This option is offered within the following major(s):
Also available via Ecampus.
Habitat management is about land management, which is the focus of Rangeland Sciences. In this option students will learn how to analyze and manage the complex ecology of an area for multi-species habitat in the face of disturbance and multiple uses.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate quantity and quality of habitat with focus on habitat availability throughout life history stages; and with emphasis on multi-season habitat use
- Understand effects of complex interactions of disturbance on ecosystem function related to habitat use and demography.
- Understand how social pressures relate to habitat and develop mitigation actions to reduce conflict at the human-wildlife interface.
- Identify and monitor habitat restoration activities with focus on determination of success as increased habitat use and demographic rates.
Option Code: 853
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| RNG 457 | HABITAT ANALYSIS 1: HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT | 3 |
| RNG 458 | HABITAT ANALYSIS 2: ABUNDANCE, OCCUPANCY AND DEMOGRAPHY | 3 |
| Fish & Wildlife Sciences | ||
| Select 12 credits from the following: | 12 | |
| ORNITHOLOGY | ||
| ICHTHYOLOGY | ||
| MAMMALOGY | ||
| MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES OF PACIFIC SALMON IN THE NORTHWEST | ||
| *GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY | ||
| MAMMAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR | ||
| WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | ||
| Natural Resource Management | ||
| Select 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
AEC 453 | ||
| MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIPLE RESOURCE VALUES | ||
| AVIAN CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| MAMMAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ECOSYSTEM SERVICES | ||
| MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE | ||
| NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | ||
| CRITICAL THINKING FOR NATURAL RESOURCE CHALLENGES | ||
| SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR ANALYZING NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS | ||
| NATURAL RESOURCE DECISION MAKING | ||
| OUTDOOR RECREATION MANAGEMENT ON PUBLIC LANDS | ||
| WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT | ||
| COMMUNITIES, NATURAL AREAS, AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | ||
| *PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
Option Code: 853