2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

596 Course Descriptions/Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences632. Ethology. (3-0). Credit 3. Survey of the control, ontogeny, function and natural selection of behaviorin a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate species; interaction between the organism and its environmentwith regard to the mechanisms and adaptive significance of behavior; evolution of anti-predator, feeding,reproductive and cooperative traits. Prerequisites: BIOL 112 or equivalent; graduate classification.633. Conservation Genetics. (3-0). Credit 3. Genetic concepts and techniques relevant to managementand conservation of biological diversity, research and conservation strategies within a conservation geneticsframework. Prerequisite: Introductory courses in genetics and ecology or biological conservation.Cross-listed with GENE 633.635. Urban Wildlife and Fisheries. (3-0). Credit 3. Urban wildlife and fisheries trains students to establishand maintain diverse, self-sustaining urban wildlife and fish populations at levels in harmony withecological, social, and economic values of the human community and to develop optimal levels of publicappreciation and use or urban wildlife and fish resources and associated habitats. Prerequisite: Graduateclassification or approval of instructor.636. Wildlife Habitat Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Designed to acquaint with major land use practiceson lands that produce wildlife, how these influences wildlife production and alterations or manipulationsof habitat used to achieve specific wildlife management goals. Prerequisite: Graduate classificationor approval of instructor.*638. Techniques of Wildlife Management. (2-3). Credit 3. Techniques available to directly and indirectlymanipulate wild animal populations to achieve balance between socioeconomic and aesthetic values.Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.*639. Wildlife Ecotoxicology. (3-0). Credit 3. Distribution, fate, and effects of environmental pollutantson wildlife behavior and reproduction. Global distribution of pollutants and effects on near and remoteecosystems. Field studies, biomarkers, stable isotope and various techniques for evaluating pollutanthazards on wildlife. Prerequisites: Courses in CHEM and BICH and graduate classification or approvalof instructor.640. Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Fisheries Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Theory and applicationsfor considering human dimensions in an integrated approach to wildlife and fisheries management;a social science perspective with emphasis to diversity of human values, role of constituencygroups, wildlife and fisheries policy development, conflict management, management decision-making,research methods and management case studies.641. Sustainable Military Land Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Overview of the Department of Defense(DOD) lands within a temporal, geographic, and environmental context and perspective; major policies/lawsimpacting military land use and areas critical to mission sustainment; management strategiesimportant to sustaining installations and ranges. Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval ofinstructor.642. Field Military Land Management. (0-2). Credit 1. Review of land management practices and challengeson military and adjacent private lands through field visits of select military installations. Fieldtrips required during Spring Semester. Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.Previous or concurrent registration in WFSC 636 is strongly encouraged.643. Geospatial Technology in Military Land Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Tools for visualizing, creating,managing and analyzing geographic data on military lands and outside areas critical to missionsustainment; familiarization with ArcMap and ArcCatalog in military-related land management scenarios.Prerequisites: Graduate classification or approval of instructor; previous experience with ArcMapand ArcCatalog helpful.646. Quantitative Phylogenetics. (2-3). Credit 3. Designed to provide the theory and tools required forinference of phylogenetic (evolutionary) relationships among biological taxa using various types of comparativedata including morphological characters, biochemical and molecular characters, and DNA sequences;hands-on analysis of data using contemporary tools. Prerequisites: ENTO 601 or approval ofinstructor. Cross-listed with ENTO 606 and GENE 606.647. Nutritional Biochemistry of Fishes. (3-0). Credit 3. Principles of nutritional biochemistry includingnutrient metabolism and biochemical energetics with special emphasis on finfish and shell fish. Prerequisite:BICH 410 or equivalent. Cross-listed with NUTR 647.