I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Wildlife Management
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NATR 2130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers the biological principles that form the basis of current wildlife management, management techniques, and societal factors affecting management decisions. Topics include population dynamics, management techniques, non-game and endangered wildlife, and conservation biology.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NATR 2130 - Wildlife Management
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NATR 2130 - Wildlife Management
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
|
University of Minnesota Crookston
|
March 2010
|
Natural Resources Management
|
University of Wisconsin Steven’s Point
|
2007-2009
|
Natural Resources Management
|
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
Natural Resources
|
AAS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Discuss current wildlife management issues, e.g., wildlife diseases, policy-making decisions, and management techniques. |
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Discuss the use of adaptive management to solve wildlife management issues. |
Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Read and compose a paper on A Sand County Almanac to determine what a land ethic is and how it is used in modern wildlife management. |
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Discuss wildlife management and conservation within Native communities and in countries around the world |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC Goal Area
|
Students will be able examine current issues in wildlife management.
|
|
Students will be able to evaluate different wildlife management techniques used in the field.
|
|
Students will be able to research wildlife diseases, adaptive wildlife management, and habitat evaluation techniques.
|
|
Students will be able to synthesize the current understanding of the systems used in the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
I. Introduction
A. Hearing our voices - what do they say?
|
II. Wildlife Management in the US and Canada
a. Jurisdictional Responsibilities
B. Legislation
C. Administration
|
III. Man and Wildlife
A. Culture
B. Conflict
C. Values and Religion
|
IV. Native American Access to Wildlife
|
V. Some Bases and Approaches to Management
A. Computer Models
B. Behavior
C. Resource Partitioning
|
VI. Parasites, Disease, and Wildlife
A. Rabies
B. Bacterial diseases
C. Viral diseases
|
VII. Management Systems
A. Adaptive Resource Management
B. Passive Resource Management
|
VIII. Habitat Management
A. Habitat Evaluation
B. Techniques
|
IX. Species Management
A. Ungulates
B. Marine Mammals
C. Furbearers
D. Waterfowl
E. Upland Game Birds
|
X. Some Specialized Areas of Management
A. Protected areas
B. Exotics
C. Migratory Species
D. Urban Wildlife
E. Depredation and Humane Trapping
|
XI. Endangered Species Management
|
XII. Environmental Impact Assessment
A. EIA in the US
B. EIA - the Process
|
XIII. International Wildlife
A. IUCN
B. CITES
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. Wildlife Techniques
A. Aging white-tailed deer
B. Aging and sexing upland game birds
C. Radio-telemetry in practice
D. Identifying, aging, and sexing waterfowl
|
II. A Land Ethic
A. Read and compose a paper on A Sand County Almanac
|
III. What is adaptive management?
A. Read and compose a paper on Thinking Like a Manager
|
IV. Wildlife diseases
A. Research and present a wildlife disease of choice
|
V. International Wildlife
A. What is the IUCN and CITES?
B. What is WWF?
C. Current topics in wildlife management
|
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Wildlife Management
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NATR 2130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers the biological principles that form the basis of current wildlife management, management techniques, and societal factors affecting management decisions. Topics include population dynamics, management techniques, non-game and endangered wildlife, and conservation biology.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NATR 2130 - Wildlife Management
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NATR 2130 - Wildlife Management
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
|
University of Minnesota Crookston
|
March 2010
|
Natural Resources Management
|
University of Wisconsin Steven’s Point
|
2007-2009
|
Natural Resources Management
|
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
Natural Resources
|
AAS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Discuss current wildlife management issues, e.g., wildlife diseases, policy-making decisions, and management techniques. |
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Discuss the use of adaptive management to solve wildlife management issues. |
Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Read and compose a paper on A Sand County Almanac to determine what a land ethic is and how it is used in modern wildlife management. |
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Discuss wildlife management and conservation within Native communities and in countries around the world |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC Goal Area
|
Students will be able examine current issues in wildlife management.
|
|
Students will be able to evaluate different wildlife management techniques used in the field.
|
|
Students will be able to research wildlife diseases, adaptive wildlife management, and habitat evaluation techniques.
|
|
Students will be able to synthesize the current understanding of the systems used in the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
I. Introduction
A. Hearing our voices - what do they say?
|
II. Wildlife Management in the US and Canada
a. Jurisdictional Responsibilities
B. Legislation
C. Administration
|
III. Man and Wildlife
A. Culture
B. Conflict
C. Values and Religion
|
IV. Native American Access to Wildlife
|
V. Some Bases and Approaches to Management
A. Computer Models
B. Behavior
C. Resource Partitioning
|
VI. Parasites, Disease, and Wildlife
A. Rabies
B. Bacterial diseases
C. Viral diseases
|
VII. Management Systems
A. Adaptive Resource Management
B. Passive Resource Management
|
VIII. Habitat Management
A. Habitat Evaluation
B. Techniques
|
IX. Species Management
A. Ungulates
B. Marine Mammals
C. Furbearers
D. Waterfowl
E. Upland Game Birds
|
X. Some Specialized Areas of Management
A. Protected areas
B. Exotics
C. Migratory Species
D. Urban Wildlife
E. Depredation and Humane Trapping
|
XI. Endangered Species Management
|
XII. Environmental Impact Assessment
A. EIA in the US
B. EIA - the Process
|
XIII. International Wildlife
A. IUCN
B. CITES
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. Wildlife Techniques
A. Aging white-tailed deer
B. Aging and sexing upland game birds
C. Radio-telemetry in practice
D. Identifying, aging, and sexing waterfowl
|
II. A Land Ethic
A. Read and compose a paper on A Sand County Almanac
|
III. What is adaptive management?
A. Read and compose a paper on Thinking Like a Manager
|
IV. Wildlife diseases
A. Research and present a wildlife disease of choice
|
V. International Wildlife
A. What is the IUCN and CITES?
B. What is WWF?
C. Current topics in wildlife management
|