ENVC 202 - Wildlife Biology

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 22
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Concepts in wildlife management and biology. Identify wildlife management perspectives and constraints in relation to different cultural and social values. Includes relationships between land use patterns and responses by wildlife populations, and wildlife management with climate change challenges. Lab included.

Prerequisite: None.
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Engage General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Elective Requirements: Fulfills Gray Area Electives
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Apply concepts of population ecology and ecosystem science to wildlife management questions.
Identify social and cultural structures/beliefs held by both indigenous and non-indigenous stakeholders that impact wildlife management.
Articulate how the history of wildlife management has shaped current policies.
Analyze the impacts to fauna and their associated natural systems regionally and globally in response to anthropogenic influences.
Utilize spatial tools (Google Earth, GIS) to assess and track wildlife distributions.

Course Contents

History of wildlife management. Ecosystems and natural communities.
Animal adaptations to environment. Characteristics of natural populations.
Predators and predation including how different social groups view predators.
Feeding types and plant-herbivore interactions. Movement and migration.
Natural regulations of populations. Analysis of wildlife populations.
Wildlife and interactions with landowners; public and private. Conflicts over land use constraints due to presence of endangered and threatened species.
Managing urban wildlife with multiple attitudes towards their presence.
Social attitudes and the science of hunting of wildlife.

Instructional Units: 5.5