Changes to the Fisheries & Wildlife Curricula There have been many changes to the Fisheries and Wildlife Curricula for a variety of reasons. Most of them are listed below. 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) 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 me; students should take this AFTER summer camp 6) FW 411 replaced FW 485, is SPRING only, and is taught by Peterson 7) FW 221 will be taught every SPRING & FALL by Nielsen (starting in 2010) 8) FW 460 was canceled this spring but hopefully will be taught by Werner in future springs 9) FW 430 has been replaced by NR 460, taught by Cubbage only in the FALL 10) FW 453 is in the SPRING only and taught by DePerno 11) FW 311 is now only 3 hours and the lost hour has been replaced by the new course FW 314 (This is summer camp and should be taken by students between their junior and senior years 12) FW (BIO) 420 is now SPRING only and is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) FW 353 and FOR 339 conflict, so unless something changes they cannot be taken simultaneously 14) Dendrology changed from FOR 212 to FOR 339 15) In the Fish Concentration, ZO 460 no longer is offered, the Fish labs taught by Aday (FW 423) and Miller (BIO 442) were not offered this spring (hopefully they will be offered next spring). 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. 16) EC 201 cannot be counted as a general social science elective, but it can be used in our curriculum as EC 205/ARE 201. 17) The Wildlife Elective for the Wildlife Concentration is meant for students to take an -ology required for certification. Mammalogy is offered by Powell every fall; Ornithology will be offered SPRING 2010 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) Our wildlife students need 12 hours of communication for certification but our current curriculum falls 2 hours short. Transfers generally have the extra 2 hours of English composition. I'm encouraging students to take a Communication course for Advised Elective if possible.