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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
This course covers the safe operation and maintenance of equipment items necessary for conducting wildlife management activities and those commonly used at Hunting Plantations. Topics include the safe use of tractors, backhoes, chainsaws, and other equipment to include firearms and electrical safety. Upon completion, students will demonstrate the safe operation of the various equipment covered in the course.
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5.00 Credits
This course introduces the history and evolution of policies and laws that govern wildlife and natural resources and our interaction with them, to include how these regulations are proposed, passed and enforced. Topics include federal and state wildlife laws and conservation programs important to wildlife managers, current events and political issues that affect the public's view of wildlife and management practices, and policies specific to the protection of the environment and endangered wildlife species. Upon completion, students should understand jurisdictional boundaries in the field of wildlife law enforcement, wildlife and environmental policies and principles, and be able to discuss their affects on the natural resources these policies are designed to protect.
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5.00 Credits
This course introduces the principles of forestry and forest management. Topics include a review of forestry history and current forestry practices, concepts, and techniques. Other subjects covered will include the basics of silviculture, timber harvest, timber regeneration, and forest insects and disease. Upon completion, students will be able to understand and discuss associated terminology and topics pertinent to forest maintenance.
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5.00 Credits
This course introduces the biology of mammals. Topics include life history and taxonomy of mammals, as well as the basics of identifying tracks and sign of mammal species, their ecology, and basic physiology. Students should gain an understanding of mammals and be able to discuss their biology and taxonomy.
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5.00 Credits
This course provides the basis for a fundamental understanding of the underwater environment, the physical properties of water and how these properties affect all life, and the taxonomy and identification of aquatic animal and plant species. This class will emphasize freshwater aquatic organisms, with particular emphasis on those with significant impact on aquatic vertebrates and the recreational fishing industry.
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5.00 Credits
This course provides a basic understanding of commercial and sport fisheries, including natural history and management techniques of important fish species. This class will focus on management techniques for freshwater fish common to the southeast, with particular emphasis on those with significant impact on the recreational fishing industry.
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5.00 Credits
This course introduces wildlife techniques commonly used in wildlife management and a variety of skills important for wildlife technicians. Topics include wildlife data collection techniques, wildlife data analyses, aging wildlife species, radiotelemetry, and basic wildlife population census techniques. Upon completion, students will know and understand basic wildlife management techniques and the terminology associated with them.
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5.00 Credits
This course is a study of the application of habitat management practices beneficial to wildlife. Emphasis is placed on methods for increasing food production, developing water sources, and increasing cover requirements. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of techniques and methods used to manipulate wildlife habitats.
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5.00 Credits
This course introduces the principles and procedures of animal capture and immobilization, to include the proper techniques for care and safe handling of captured wildlife species. Determination of causes of wildlife mortality is covered, including standard necropsy procedures. Topics include trapping/capture terminology, proper use of traps and other tools of the trade, application and theory of predator control, animal care and handling, and wildlife marking techniques. Upon completion, students should be able to safely and effectively capture, immobilize and handle animals.
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5.00 Credits
The Wildlife Internship provides the student with the opportunity to gain wildlife management experience under appropriate supervision in an actual job setting. It is the student's responsibility to secure a position as an intern at a Hunting plantation, Wildlife Management Area, state or federal wildlife organization, or a similar location approved by the instructor. Upon completion, the student should possess the basic knowledge and skills necessary for an entry level position in the wildlife management industry. Prerequisite: Completion of all required program courses
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