野生动物生态学理学学士-保护生物学

我们本科课程的学生参加了一系列野生生物生态学和管理课程以及基础科学，自然资源管理，数学和文科课程的核心课程，以完成野生生物生态学学士学位。我们的课程旨在为学生提供满足课程要求的选项，以符合由野生动物协会或美国渔业协会认证的野生生物生物学家或渔业生物学家的资格。保护生物学专长旨在让学生探索保护学，因为它适用于多种物种和生态系统，以及对管理生物多样性和其他自然资源至关重要的社会科学。
Students in our undergraduate program take a core series of wildlife ecology and management courses along with courses in the basic sciences, natural resource management, mathematics, and liberal arts to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology. Our curriculum is designed to provide students the options of meeting course requirements for certification as a wildlife biologist or fisheries biologist by The Wildlife Society or American Fisheries Society. We place high priority on-field activities in our curriculum and use the variety of ecosystems in Maine for teaching and demonstration. While most students in our program aspire to be wildlife or fisheries biologists, ecologists, conservation biologists, or natural resource managers, students also can pursue other individual interests by choosing elective courses in concentration areas such as environmental education, forestry, and international conservation. Undergraduates also can undertake wildlife research under the advisement of a faculty member by participating in the University of Maine's Honors Program or through independent study programs in our department. Also, the faculty strongly believes that field or professional experience enhances career development, and the Department actively assists students in obtaining internships or other employment opportunities. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology has an active wildlife research program, which exposes students to the cutting edge of wildlife ecology and management and provides many opportunities for undergraduate student employment or experience with wildlife research.<br><br>The Conservation Biology concentration is designed to allow students to explore conservation as it applies to a diversity of species and ecosystems, as well as the social sciences that are critical to managing biodiversity and other natural resources.