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

Campus

Knoxville

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 (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  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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• Select one course:

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

Term 2

• ³ Expanded Perspectives Elective 3 Credit Hours

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

• ⁴ GIS Elective 3 Credit Hours

• FWF 212 - Dendrology and Silvics of North American Trees 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 102 - Principles of Chemistry 3 Credit Hours *
• CHEM 103 - Principles of Chemistry Laboratory 1 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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• 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 4

• ⁵ Technical Writing Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶ Physical Science Elective 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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• Choose a separate lecture and lab or lecture/lab combined:

• BIOL 260 - Ecology 2 Credit Hours and
• BIOL 269 - Ecology Field-Based Laboratory 2 Credit Hours

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• FORS 215 - Forest Ecology 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

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

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• Select one course:

• WFS 434 - Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Mammals 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 444 - Ecology and Management of Wild Mammals 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• 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 *

Term 7

• ¹⁰ Fall Camp Electives 3 Credit Hours

• 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 440 - Wildlife Techniques 2 Credit Hours *

Term 8

• ¹¹ Human Dimensions Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹² Wildlife Management Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹³ Contemporary Topic Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ¹⁴ Science Elective 3 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 *

Total Credit Hours 120-123

Footnotes

1. Any course approved as Volunteer Core Global Citizenship – International*
2. Any course approved as Volunteer Core Arts and Humanities
3. Any course not already required for the major approved as Volunteer Core Arts and Humanities, Social Scince, Global Citizenship U.S. or Global Citizenship International.
4. Chosen from ESS 326 , FWF 430 , GEOG 311 , GEOG 413 .
5. Chosen from ENGL 295  *, ENGL 360  *, JMED 450  *, JMED 451  *.
6. Any of the following not used to meet other requirements: CHEM 112  * and CHEM 113  *, EEPS 202  *, EEPS 203  *, EEPS 210 *, EEPS 310  *, ESS 334 , ESS 442 , PHYS 221  *. 
7. Chosen from ANSC 220 ,  BCMB 320 , EEB 353 , WFS 431 .
8. Chosen from EEB 330 , EEB 414 , EEB 424 , EEB 426 , EEB 433  *, FWF 325S , PLSC 421 .
9. Chosen from  WFS 420 , WFS 441 , EEB 471  *, EEPS 456 , EEPS 459 , EEPS 485 , ESS 424  *, ESS 462  *, GEOG 436 , GEOG 453 .
10. Chosen from FORS 329 , FWF 499 , WFS 350 , WFS 351 , WFS 352 , WFS 353 , WFS 435 , WFS 496 .
11. Chosen from FWF 320  *, FWF 420  *, SOCI 360  *, SOCI 465  *.
12. Any of the following not already required for the major: WFS 433  or WFS 434  or WFS 445 .
13. Chosen from WFS 401 , WFS 405 , EEB 419 , EEB 423 , EEB 430 , EEB 432 .
14. Any 300-level and above course not already required for the major in WFS; FOR forestry, FWF,  EPP, BESS, ANSC, EEB, MICR, BCMB

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.