Fish and Wildlife Conservation Option
This option is available within the Natural Resources major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
- OSU-Cascades
This option prepares students for a career in the broad arena of natural resource and wildlife conservation. It emphasizes understanding the relationship between animal species and their habitat requirements and the ability to apply this knowledge to the management of ecosystems as a means of conserving fish and wildlife.
Option Code: 672
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 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| FIELD METHODS IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| FIELD SAMPLING OF FISH AND WILDLIFE | ||
| SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR ANALYZING NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS | ||
| VEGETATION MONITORING AND ANALYSIS | ||
| Foundations of Conservation | ||
| FES 342 | FOREST TYPES OF THE NORTHWEST | 3 |
| or FOR 111 | INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY | |
| FES 440 | WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY | 3-4 |
| or FOR 346 | TOPICS IN WILDLAND FIRE | |
| or FOR 436 | WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT | |
| FES 452/FW 452 | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN MANAGED FORESTS | 3-4 |
| or FW 370 | CONSERVATION GENETICS | |
| FW 251 | PRINCIPLES OF FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION | 3 |
| Fish and Wildlife Biology | ||
| Select three courses from the following: | 9-12 | |
| BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS | ||
| ORNITHOLOGY | ||
| ICHTHYOLOGY | ||
| MAMMALOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTORY POPULATION DYNAMICS | ||
| APPLIED COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY | ||
| ECOLOGY OF MARINE AND ESTUARINE BIRDS | ||
| FISH ECOLOGY | ||
| WILDLIFE ECOLOGY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| HERPETOLOGY | ||
| Habitat Management | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 6-9 | |
| ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | ||
| INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT | ||
| COASTAL ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| ESTUARINE ECOLOGY | ||
| ^WILDLIFE IN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION | ||
| WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| RIPARIAN ECOHYDROLOGY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ECOSYSTEMS OF WILDLAND SOILS | ||
or SOIL 388 | SOIL SYSTEMS AND PLANT GROWTH | |
or SOIL 466 | SOIL MORPHOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION | |
| Natural Resource Policy | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| ^PUBLIC LANDS POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| *ENDANGERED SPECIES, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY | ||
| ^HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *OCEANS IN PERIL | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO PLANT BIOLOGY | ||
| PLANT SYSTEMATICS | ||
| *FUNGI IN SOCIETY | ||
| PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| MYCOLOGY | ||
| ^ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES | ||
| MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES OF PACIFIC SALMON IN THE NORTHWEST | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS IN FISH AND WILDLIFE | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF FISHES | ||
| THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHALES AND WHALING | ||
| AQUATIC BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF WILDLIFE DISEASES | ||
| ^HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | ||
| AVIAN CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ^FISHERY BIOLOGY | ||
| ECOSYSTEM SERVICES | ||
| ANTARCTIC SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION | ||
| METHODS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF MARINE MEGAFAUNA | ||
| EARLY LIFE HISTORY OF FISHES | ||
| WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR | ||
| FISH PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| ^AQUACULTURE | ||
| AQUACULTURE LABORATORY | ||
| SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR ANALYZING NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS | ||
| *OCEANS, COASTS, AND PEOPLE | ||
| BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| HABITAT ANALYSIS 1: HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT | ||
| *BIODIVERSITY: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSERVATION | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| BIOLOGY OF INSECTS | ||
| AQUATIC ENTOMOLOGY | ||
| Total Credits | 37-46 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- +
Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards
- 1
Up to 6 credits of appropriate internships, projects or study abroad may be used to fulfill credit requirements in this option as approved by petition
Option Code: 672