Wildlife Management Graduate Certificate
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
Current graduate students must notify the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife of their intention to pursue this certificate. Upon consultation with the certificate program coordinator, they will be given instructions regarding listing courses on their program of study and obtaining the required signature for that form.
Contact Information
For more information, please see our program site, the departmental website, or contact Certificate Program Director Dr. Bruce Dugger and Wildlife Certificate Coordinator Dr. Susan Piacenza at fw.gradadvising@oregonstate.edu.
Certificate Code: CG12
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate mastery of subject material that relates to the natural sciences portion of the capstone paper.
- Locate sources, evaluate the credibility of those sources, and determine the relevance of that information to a specific conservation and management issue.
- Synthesize the peer-reviewed literature to produce a paper that is consistent with the norms of written communication of the fisheries and wildlife profession.
- Apply human dimensions concepts to persistent or emerging conservation concerns.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Capstone Project | ||
| FW 506 | PROJECTS | 3 |
| Human Dimensions | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS | ||
| ECOLOGICAL POLICY | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| BASIC BELIEFS AND ETHICS IN NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| Wildlife Sciences and Management | ||
| Select courses from one or both of the following subject areas: | 12 | |
| Wildlife Sciences and Management | ||
| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MEETING COMMUNICATIONS | ||
| THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHALES AND WHALING | ||
| MONITORING WILDLIFE POPULATIONS AND THEIR HABITATS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF WILDLIFE DISEASES | ||
| STRUCTURED DECISION MAKING IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| AVIAN CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| MAMMAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| CONSERVATION BIOLOGY OF WILDLIFE | ||
| METHODS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF MARINE MEGAFAUNA | ||
| WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR | ||
| WILDLIFE ECOLOGY | ||
| SPECIES RECOVERY PLANNING AND RESTORATION | ||
| Habitat Science, Restoration, and Management | ||
| URBAN ECOLOGY | ||
| AQUATIC BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS | ||
| COASTAL ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| ESTUARINE ECOLOGY | ||
| WILDLIFE IN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| FOREST WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT | ||
| ECOSYSTEM SERVICES | ||
| ANTARCTIC SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION | ||
| WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | ||
| ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Certificate Code: CG12