Wildlife Biology Honors Emphasis
The honors curriculum is designed particularly for students
with strong academic records who intend to do graduate work.
Entrance into this emphasis is open only to students who, at
the beginning of the junior year of the wildlife biology program,
have a grade point average of 3.5 or above and who petition
the faculty for entrance.
Honors students must complete either WBIO 370, 470 and 494 (terrestrial
option) or BIOL 308, 366 and WBIO 494 (Aquatic option). Honors
students are encouraged to enroll also in WBIO 497 Senior Thesis.
The balance of the coursework for the junior and senior years
will be developed in consultation with the honors student's
faculty advisor and committee appointed by the director of the
wildlife biology program.
All students in the honors emphasis are required to meet with
their faculty advisors prior to autumn semester registration
of their junior and senior years to work out their course schedules.
Requirements for a Minor
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To earn a minor in wildlife biology, the student must successfully
complete the following coursework: BIOL 103N, 104N, 201N, 250;
FOR 275; FOR 330 or 360; WBIO 180, 270.
Courses
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U = for undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or
graduate credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit
indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum
indicated after the R.
U 180 Careers in Natural Resources 2 cr. Offered autumn
and spring. Same as FOR 180, RECM 180. Subject matter and fields
of study within natural resources management. Topics include
forestry, wildlife biology, range, water, recreation management,
forest products production and other areas of opportunity for
students seeking careers in natural resources.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 240 Ecological Design and Analysis 3 cr. Offered spring
even-numbered years. Prereq., calculus and consent of instr.
An applied introduction to design and analysis of ecological
studies using hypothesis testing and data-based modeling approaches.
U 270 Wildlife Management Issues 2 cr. Offered autumn.
An exploration of wildlife conservation issues and problems
facing wildlife managers; suggestions for solutions. For wildlife
biology majors.
U 295 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
UG 370 Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Management 3 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., junior standing in wildlife biology, an ecology
class, or consent of instr. Application of principles of wildlife
biology to conservation and management of wild bird and mammal
habitats including field applications.
UG 373 Wildlife Techniques 2 cr. Offered spring. Prereq.,
any statistics course; one 300 level ecology or wildlife biology
course. Lab and field oriented class in commonly used wildlife
research and management techniques.
U 374 Hunter Check Stations 1 cr. (R-2) Offered autumn.
Students learn techniques for determining species, age and sex
of game animals, then work 3-5 days as volunteers at hunter
check stations operated by management agencies.
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 396 Independent Study 1 6 cr. (R 6) Offered every term.
U 398 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-15)
Offered every term.
Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience
that provides practical application of classroom learning during
placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from
the faculty supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.
UG 410 Wildlife Policy and Biopolitics 3 cr. Offered
spring. Overview of the laws affecting wildlife and how those
laws are initiated, implemented, and enforced; impact of politics,
interest groups, and agency jurisdictions.
UG 441 Field Methods in Fishery Biology and Management 1 4 cr.
Offered autumn. Prereq., BIOL 308 or 357; consent of instr.
Same as BIOL 415. Field instruction by practicing biologists
in techniques for evaluating and managing aquatic habitats and
fish populations.
UG 460 International Wildlife Conservation Issues 2 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., a course in wildlife biology and/or conservation
biology. Review of major international wildlife conservation
issues with emphasis on the social context of the issues and
applied solutions.
UG 470 Conservation of Wildlife Populations 3 cr. Offered
autumn and spring. Prereq., 300 level animal ecology class,
WBIO 370, and senior standing. The mandate for and the management
of rare, over abundant, and harvested wild bird and mammal populations.
UG 472 Wildlife Handling and Veterinary Perspectives 2 cr.
Offered spring. Field techniques associated with wildlife capture
and handling. Ethical and legal issues, field organization,
animal care and handling, chemical immobilization, veterinary
emergencies and human safety.
UG 475 Case Histories in Conservation Policy 3 cr. Offered
spring. Prereq., senior or graduate standing in conservation
major or consent of instr. Understanding development and primary
aspects of conservation policy. Exercises in policy analysis
as individuals and in team efforts.
UG 494 Senior Wildlife Seminar 1 cr. Offered autumn
and spring. Prereq., senior standing in wildlife biology or
consent of instr. Analysis and discussion led by students of
current topics in wildlife biology.
UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, new courses,
or one time offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 10) Offered every
term. Prereq., consent of instr. Original investigations or
problems not related to student's thesis.
U 497 Senior Thesis 1 3 cr. (R 6) Offered autumn and spring.
Prereq., consent of instr.; senior standing. Preparation of
major paper based on study or research of a topic selected with
an advisor according to needs and objectives of student.
U 498 Cooperative Education Experience 1 6 cr. (R 6)
Offered every term. Prereq., consent of department. Extended
classroom experience that provides practical application of
classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval
must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Center
for Work-Based Learning.
G 540 Experimental Design 3 cr. Offered autumn even-numbered
years. Prereq., introductory statistics course or consent of
instr. Examination of study designs for experiments, quasi-experiments,
observational studies, and sampling surveys with an emphasis
on application.
G 542 Current Issues in Biometrics 1 cr. (R-3) Offered
every term. Prereq., introductory statistics course or consent
of instr. Exploration of current topics in biometrics through
discussions, student presentations, and analysis.
G 562 Wildlife Habitat, Structure and Function 3 cr.
Offered spring. Prereq., For 330, 360; WBIO 370; or consent
of instr. Study of selected topics in habitat classification
and analysis, and animal habitat interactions.
G 570 Applied Population Ecology 3 cr. Offered spring
odd-numbered years. Prereq., courses in ecology, statistics,
and calculus. Application of advanced population ecology tools
and concepts to the evaluation of human perturbations on wildlife
populations. Topics include methods to detect declining trends,
the interacting components of population viability analysis,
and identification of strategies to reverse declines.
G 572 Analysis of Vertebrate Populations 3 cr. Offered
autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., introductory statistics
course or consent of instr. An examination of modeling approaches
for estimating and analyzing demographic parameters of vertebrate
populations, particularly populations with marked individuals.
G 575 Frontiers in Conservation Research 2 cr. (R-6)
Offered autumn. Prereq., upper-level course in conservation
genetics or populations genetics. Same as BIOL 575. Exploration
of current topics in conservation biology with emphasis on genetic
issues in conservation.
G 580 Readings in Population Dynamics 1 cr. (R-6) Offered
autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Discussion of
recent papers on interface of population dynamics, ecological
interactions, and wildlife management.
G 594 Graduate Seminar in Wildlife Biology 1 cr. (R
3) Offered autumn and spring.Prereq., graduate standing in wildlife
biology or consent of instr. Analysis of selected problems in
wildlife biology and conservation.
G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
G 596 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 10) Offered
every term. Prereq., graduate standing and consent of instr.
Original investigations or problems not related to student's
thesis.
G 597 Research Variable cr. Offered every term. Prereq.,
graduate standing in wildlife biology or consent of instr. Graded
pass/not pass only.
G 599 Professional Paper Variable cr. (R 6) Offered
every term. Prereq., graduate standing in wildlife biology and
consent of instr. Professional paper written in the area of
the student's major interest based on either primary or secondary
research. Subject matter must be approved by graduate committee.
Graded pass/not pass only.
G 697 Research 1 15 cr. (R 15) Offered every term.
G 699 Thesis Variable cr. (R 10) Offered every term.
Prereq., graduate standing in wildlife biology. Preparation
of thesis.
Faculty
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Professors
Donald J. Bedunah, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1982
Perry J. Brown, Ph.D., Utah State University, 1971 (Dean)
Edwin J. Burke, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1978
Robert D. Pfister, Ph.D., Washington State University, 1972
(Associate Director, MFCES) (Emeritus)
David H. Jackson, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1975
C. Les Marcum, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1975
Stephen F. McCool, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1970
Alan McQuillan, Ph.D., University of Montana, 1981
Kelsey Milner, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1987
Thomas J. Nimlos, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1959 (Emeritus)
Robert D. Pfister, Ph.D., Washington State University, 1972
(Emeritus)
Daniel H. Pletscher, Ph.D., Yale University, 1982 (Director,
Wildlife Biology Program)
Donald F. Potts, Ph.D., State University of New York, 1979 (Associate
Dean)
Robert R. Ream, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1963 (Emeritus)
Steven W. Running, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1979
Robert W. Steele, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1975 (Emeritus)
Jack Ward Thomas, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1972
Ronald H. Wakimoto, Ph.D., University of California, 1978
E. Earl Willard, Ph.D., Utah State University, 1971
Hans R. Zuuring, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1975
Associate Professors
Paul B. Alaback, Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1980
William T. Borrie, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, 1995
James A. Burchfield, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1991
Thomas H. DeLuca, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1993
Carl Fiedler, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990 (Research)
Wayne A. Freimund, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1993
Paul L. Hansen, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1985 (Research)
L. Scott Mills, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz,
1993
Ramakrishna Nemani, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1987 (Research)
Norma Nickerson, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1989 (Research)
Mike Patterson, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, 1993
LLoyd Queen, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1988
Stephen F. Siebert, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990
Assistant Professors
Tara Barrett, Ph.D., University of California, Berkley, 1996
John M. Goodburn, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
Hayley Hesseln, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1996
R. Neil Moisey, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1997
Diana Six, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1997
