Conservation Law Enforcement Option
This option is available within the Natural Resources major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
Students will be prepared to enter careers in conservation law enforcement with an understanding of the criminal justice system, environmental law and policy, human dimensions and sustainable resource management.
Option Code: 787
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Describe ecological processes, including human impacts that influence ecosystem change, natural succession and the future sustainability of natural resources.
- Characterize natural resources and be able to quantify at least one of these resources.
- Envision desired future conditions in an area to achieve a set of natural resource-related objectives, prescribe management actions needed to achieve those objectives, and evaluate success of these actions.
- Describe how the use, management, and allocation of natural resources are affected by laws, policies, economic factors (both market and non-market), and characteristics (including demographic, cultural, ethnic, and “values” differences) of private and public resource owners and users.
- Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with audiences of diverse backgrounds.
- Work effectively with, and within, interdisciplinary and diverse groups to resolve management problems and achieve management objectives.
A Specialty Option in the Natural Resources major requires a minimum of 37 credits including at least 20 upper division credits and a minimum GPA of 2.25.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Option Requirements 1 | ||
| Measurements | ||
| FW 255 | FIELD SAMPLING OF FISH AND WILDLIFE | 2-3 |
| or FW 328 | WILDLIFE CAPTURE AND IMMOBILIZATION | |
| Foundational Courses | ||
| COMM 318 | ADVANCED INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| or COMM 326 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | |
| or COMM 328 | NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | |
| FW 251 | PRINCIPLES OF FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION | 3 |
| SOC 241 | INTRODUCTION TO CRIME AND JUSTICE | 3 |
| TRAL 251 | RECREATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| WR 362 | *SCIENCE WRITING | 3 |
| Resource Management | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 6-9 | |
| BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MANAGED FORESTS | ||
| COASTAL ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| AVIAN CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| MAMMAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| *PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT | ||
| Human Dimensions | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| ^HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | ||
| *CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES IN THE U.S. | ||
| FAMILY VIOLENCE AND NEGLECT | ||
| SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| *SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY | ||
| SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY | ||
| LAW AND SOCIETY | ||
| LAW, CRIME, AND POLICY | ||
| SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 2-4 | |
| *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, POLICY, AND ECONOMICS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| FISH AND WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
| FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEAN LAW | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 9 - 11 credits of appropriate coursework: 2 | 9 - 11 | |
| Total Credits | 38-47 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- 1
Up to 6 credits of appropriate internships, projects, or study abroad may be used to fulfill requirements in this option as approved by petition
- 2
Approved by an advisor from related fields such as criminal justice, fish and wildlife, forestry, recreation, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and natural resources
Option Code: 787