A general survey of wildlife and wildlife conservation covering population management, habitats, and human interactions.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025← Forest and Wildlife Ecology (F&WECOL)
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F&WECOL 318 covers major environmental factors, population structure and behavior, and conservation of regional wildlife communities.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025F&WECOL 561 teaches wildlife management techniques including collection preparation, food habit analysis, demographic determination, censusing, trapping, banding, and habitat planting.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS covers economic tools for managing natural resources, including cost-benefit analysis and policy issues.
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The course features bi-weekly quizzes and problem sets based on lectures to ensure students stay on top of the material.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026STATISTICAL METHODS FOR BIOSCIENCE I covers statistical inference, ANOVA, regression, and diagnostics for bioscience applications.
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Historical reviews of Bret Larget, Debraj Das: Exams can be difficult and heavily weighted, with one reviewer noting they covered unseen material, while another found them fair and focused on required knowledge.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Principles of wildlife management focusing on conserving animal populations for societal benefit.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026This course examines the ecology, causes, and consequences of species extinction, including habitat alteration and conservation strategies.
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Historical reviews of Karie Cherwin: Reviewers consistently rate the difficulty as low, noting that content is easy and tests are fair, though some find the lack of structure challenging.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025#8 ·F&WECOL 550
Forest Ecology
3 creditsF&WECOL 550 introduces the abiotic and biotic factors influencing forest ecosystem composition, structure, and function, including the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Introduction to Wildlife Ecology and the profession of wildlife management/conservation with an emphasis on career preparation.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Introduces sociological principles by examining human interaction with the natural environment and environmental issues in national and global perspectives.
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Historical reviews of Ian Carrillo, Kathryn Anderson: The workload involves substantial readings and multiple-choice tests, though assessments are considered manageable if students complete the readings and review covered material.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025FORESTS OF THE WORLD covers global forest ecology, conservation strategies, and management trade-offs outside the USA.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025#12 ·F&WECOL 375
Special Topics
1–4 creditsF&WECOL 375 covers specialized, current topics in forest and wildlife ecology for undergraduates.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Dendrology course focusing on identification, ecology, and uses of woody plants native to Wisconsin through lab and field work.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025