2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

University of Florida Graduate School
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Graduate Faculty
Chair: J. P. Hayes. Graduate Coordinator: W. M. Kitchens. Complete
faculty listing by department: Follow this link
The Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation offers Master
of Science (thesis and nonthesis option) and Doctor of Philosophy
degrees in wildlife ecology and conservation. Requirements for these
degrees are described in the General Information section of this
catalog. Program emphases include wildlife biology, ecology, and
management; landscape ecology and restoration; human
dimensions; tropical and international conservation; and
conservation education. Graduate students should have appropriate
undergraduate training in the biological, social, and physical
sciences including physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Students
with inadequate backgrounds may be required to take (without
credit at the graduate level) remedial undergraduate courses
pertinent to their fields of interest.
WIS 5323C: Impact of Diseases on Wildlife Population (3)
Prereq: WIS 3401 or equivalent. Diseases of wildlife, with emphasis
on their impact on avian and mammalian populations of North
America.
WIS 5496: Research Design in Wildlife Ecology (3) Prereq: STA
3023 or equivalent; upper-division course in ecology. Scientific
philosophy and logic of modern ecological approaches, and practical
research design as applied to wildlife field ecology. Offered fall term.
WIS 5521: Plant-Animal Interactions (3) Prereq: PCB 4674 and
one of the following courses: PCB 4044C or WIS 3401 or PCB