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Course ID: | WILD 5200/7200. 2-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | Course Title: | International Issues in Wildlife Conservation | Course Description: | An overseas, field-based course that explores wildlife conservation and management topics and issues in the host country. Includes lectures and field projects related to sustainable use of wildlife and human conflicts with wildlife. | Oasis Title: | INTERNATL WILDLIFE | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 5250/7250 | Nontraditional Format: | This will be a field course held during Maymester or summer session. It will consist of travel to a foreign country and focus on a series of wildlife management topics that are relevent in that country. We intend to initiate this course in Uganda where we have contacts with Makerere University. During this course we will travel to the Budongo Forest among other locations and study wildlife issues relative to tropical forests and timber harvest in those forests. We will also travel to Lake Mburo National Park to study the problems of large mammals moving out of the park to private land and encroachment of adjacent cattle ranches on park wildlife. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | Students enrolled in this course will be expected to obtain a
working knowledge of wildlife management issues and problems in
another country and how those problems are addressed. The
students will also obtain some basic understanding of cultural
differences in addressing wildlife management issues. | Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction to the culture of the country(ies) to be
visited.
2. Basic wildlife management issues of that country.
3. Introduction to local ecosystems including plants and animals.
4. Identification of several key wildlife management problems.
5. American and local perspectives on ways to address problems.
6. Short-term field research project.
7. Collection of field data.
8. Write-up.
9. Presentation and class discussion of issues. | Honor Code Reference: | Students in this course are expected to read and follow the
University Honor Code and Academic Honesty Policy. | |
Course ID: | WILD 5200/7200. 2-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. |
Course Title: | International Issues in Wildlife Conservation |
Course Description: | An overseas, field-based course that explores wildlife conservation and management topics and issues in the host country. Includes lectures and field projects related to sustainable use of wildlife and human conflicts with wildlife. |
Oasis Title: | INTERNATL WILDLIFE |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 5250/7250 |
Nontraditional Format: | This will be a field course held during Maymester or summer session. It will consist of travel to a foreign country and focus on a series of wildlife management topics that are relevent in that country. We intend to initiate this course in Uganda where we have contacts with Makerere University. During this course we will travel to the Budongo Forest among other locations and study wildlife issues relative to tropical forests and timber harvest in those forests. We will also travel to Lake Mburo National Park to study the problems of large mammals moving out of the park to private land and encroachment of adjacent cattle ranches on park wildlife. |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students enrolled in this course will be expected to obtain a
working knowledge of wildlife management issues and problems in
another country and how those problems are addressed. The
students will also obtain some basic understanding of cultural
differences in addressing wildlife management issues. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction to the culture of the country(ies) to be
visited.
2. Basic wildlife management issues of that country.
3. Introduction to local ecosystems including plants and animals.
4. Identification of several key wildlife management problems.
5. American and local perspectives on ways to address problems.
6. Short-term field research project.
7. Collection of field data.
8. Write-up.
9. Presentation and class discussion of issues. |
Honor Code Reference: | Students in this course are expected to read and follow the
University Honor Code and Academic Honesty Policy. |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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