Changes to the older Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences degree concentrations
(SFW046 and SFF046) are listed below following some specific points about
the new curricula in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
(SFW097 and SFF097). If you don't know which curriculum you are in,
it's noted on your degree audit (through your Pack Portal).
If you are one of my (Hess) advisees, please feel free to
contact me
with specific questions. Otherwise, please contact your advisor or
Dr. Chris Moorman, the program coordinator.
1) Beginning in the fall semester 2010, all students will graduate with a degree titled Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. The Concentration names will remain the same, but efforts to create a Conservation Biology Concentration are underway.
2) Transfer students with 2 credits of ENG in the non-degree section can substitute for the Communications Elective.
3) The Plant Biology Elective in the SFW097 Concentration can be substituted without impacting a student’s ability to meet TWS Certification standards. In short, it can act like an Advised Elective for students less interested in Botany.
4) The Wildlife Elective in SFW097 is meant for students to take an -ology required for TWS Certification. Mammalogy is offered every fall to a small number of students; Ornithology will be offered SPRING 2012 and then every SPRING of even years by Simons; and Herpetology will be offered SPRING 2011 and then SPRING of odd years by Heatwole. These all are graduate level courses and somewhat restricted, so only seniors should try to take them.
1) BIO 181 and BIO 183 replace ZO 150 and ZO 160
2) All ZO undergraduate courses are now BIO - the grads are still ZO
3) All BO courses are now PB
4) FW 353 is FALL only and is taught by Lancia
5) FW 404 is FALL only and is taught by Moorman; students should take this their junior or senior year
6) FW 485 has been replaced by FW411, which is SPRING only and taught by Peterson
7) FW 221 is taught every SPRING & FALL by Nielsen
8) FW 460 is taught by Dorgeloh most spring semesters
9) FW 430 has been replaced by NR 460, taught by Cubbage only in the FALL
10) FW 453 is in the SPRING only and taught by DePerno through Spring 2011.
Starting in Spring 2012, the course will be taught by Beth Gardner with an extended
focus on quatitative estimates of population size. Rumors of the course
being split into 3 pieces are not true - it will remain a single, three-credit
course with somewhat different content.
11) FW 311 is now only 3 hours and the lost hour has been replaced by the new course FW 314 (This is summer camp and should be taken by students between their junior and senior years)
12) FW (BIO) 420 is now SPRING only and is taught by Aday
13) Dendrology changed from FOR 212 to FOR 339
14) Ecology is now BIO 360 in Spring semesters and PB 360 in Fall semesters, replacing ZO 260 and BO 360/365.
15) In the Fish Concentration, ZO 460 no longer is offered and the Fish labs taught by Aday (FW 423) and Miller (BIO 442)
may not be offered. Depending on how many hours a student needs for
replacements, these courses can be replaced with BIO 460 (4 hours),
MEA 220 (3 hours), MEA 200 (3/4 hours), or another equivalent course.
Addendum 2011 Oct 4: Chris Moorman is recommending
a new course for Spring 2012 ... Bio 495, Fish biology, ecology, and management (1 credit)
16) EC 201 cannot be counted as a general social science elective, but it can be used in our curriculum as a replacement for EC 205/ARE 201.
17) The Wildlife Elective for the Wildlife Concentration is meant for students to take an -ology required for TWS Certification. Mammalogy is offered every fall to a small number of students; Ornithology will be offered SPRING 2012 and then every SPRING of even years by Simons; and Herpetology will be offered SPRING 2011 and then SPRING of odd years by Heatwole. These all are graduate level courses and somewhat restricted, so only seniors should try to take them.
18) In the Fisheries Concentration, Limnology (BIO 419) is taught by Aday during the fall semester in odd years. Otherwise, students should replace the course hours with BIO 460, MEA 220, MEA 200, or another equivalent course(s).
19) Wildlife students need 12 hours of communication for TWS Certification but SFW046 falls 2 hours short. Transfers generally have the extra 2 hours of English composition. We encourage students to take a Communication course for Advised Elective if possible.