Wildlife and Fisheries Science Major, BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Science – Wildlife and Fisheries Management Concentration

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• ¹ Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Global Citizenship – International  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• WFS 100 - Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries Science 1 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• BIOL 150 - Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 158 - Honors: Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours

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Term 2

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• FWF 250 - Conservation 3 Credit Hours *
• MATH 125 - Basic Calculus 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• BIOL 159 - Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 167 - Honors: Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 168 - Honors: Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ³ GIS Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ⁴ Technical Writing Elective 3 Credit Hours

• FWF 212 - Dendrology and Silvics of North American Trees 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ALEC 240 - Effective Oral Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 210 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 217 - Honors: Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 240 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 247 - Honors: Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *

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• Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined:

• CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours * and
• CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

• or

• CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ⁵ Global Citizenship – US  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶ Physical Science Electives 3-4 Credit Hours *

• ESS 231 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 232 - Fundamentals of Soil Science Laboratory 1 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• BIOL 260 - Ecology 2 Credit Hours
• FORS 215 - Forest Ecology 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• MATH 115 - Statistical Reasoning 3 Credit Hours *
• STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *
• STAT 207 - Honors: Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• ⁷ Anatomy and Physiology Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ⁸ Plant Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ⁹ Aquatic Science Elective 3 Credit Hours

• FWF 315 - Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• EEB 444 - Diversity of Tennessee Fishes 4 Credit Hours
• EEB 474 - Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution of Fishes 4 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ¹⁰ Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹¹ Wildlife Ecology and Management Elective 3 Credit Hours

• FWF 310 - Wildland Fire Behavior and Management 1 Credit Hours
• FWF 312 - Principles of Silviculture 3 Credit Hours
• FWF 313 - Measurements and Sampling 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• WFS 444 - Ecology and Management of Wild Mammals 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 445 - Ecology and Management of Wild Birds 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• FWF 415 - Upland Habitat Management 2 Credit Hours
• WFS 305 - Prescribed Fire Management 2 Credit Hours
• WFS 324 - Wildlife Habitat Evaluation 2 Credit Hours *
• WFS 340 - Wetlands Ecology and Management 2 Credit Hours *
• WFS 350 - Wildlife Damage Management 1 Credit Hours
• WFS 440 - Wildlife Techniques 2 Credit Hours *
• WFS 442 - Fisheries Techniques 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ¹² Human Dimensions Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹³ Science Electives 2-4 Credit Hours

• FWF 416 - Planning and Management of Forest, Wildlife and Fisheries Resources 3 Credit Hours *
• FWF 432 - Communicating Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Issues 1 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• AREC 201 - Economics of the Global Food and Fiber System 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 207 - Honors: Introductory Economics 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 211 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit Hours *
• ECON 213 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• WFS 443 - Fisheries Science 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 452 - Ecology and Management of Fishes 3 Credit Hours

Total Hours 120-124

Footnotes

1. Any course approved as Volunteer Core  Arts and Humanities *.
2. Any course approved as Volunteer Core  Global Citizenship – International *.
3. GIS Elective – Chosen from ESS 326  or FWF 430  or GEOG 311  or GEOG 413  .
4. Technical Writing Elective – Chosen from ENGL 295 * or ENGL 360 * or JREM 450 * or JREM 451 *.
5. Any course approved as Volunteer Core  Global Citizenship – US *.
6. Physical Science Elective – Any of the following not used to meet other requirements: CHEM 132 * and CHEM 133 * or ESS 334  or ESS 442  or ESS 462 * or GEOG 436  or GEOL 202 * or GEOL 203 * or GEOL 210  or GEOL 310 * or PHYS 221 *. 
7. Anatomy and Physiology Elective – Chosen from ANSC 220  or BCMB 230  or EEB 353  or WFS 431  or WFS 450 .
8. Plant Elective – Chosen from EEB 330  or EEB 414  or EEB 424  or EEB 426  or EEB 433 * or FWF 325S  or PLSC 421 .
9. Aquatic Science Elective – Chosen from WFS 420  or WFS 441  or EEB 471 * or ESS 424 * or ESS 462 * or GEOG 436  or GEOG 453  or GEOL 456  or GEOL 459  or GEOL 485 .
10. Any courses not already required for the major approved as Volunteer Core  Arts and Humanities * or Social Sciences * or Global Citizenship – International * or Global Citizenship – US *.
11. Wildlife Ecology and Management Elective – Any of the following not used to meet other requirements: WFS 433  or WFS 434  or WFS 445 .
12. Human Dimensions Elective – Chosen from FWF 320 * or FWF 420 * or SOCI 360 * or SOCI 465 *.
13. Science Elective - Any 300-level and above wildlife and fisheries science (WFS); forestry (FOR); forestry, wildlife and fisheries (FWF); entomology and plant pathology (EPP); animal science (ANSC); ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB); microbiology (MICR); or biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology (BCMB) course not already used for the major.

*Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .