Fisheries and Wildlife - Online Minor

Overview | Minor Curriculum | Schedule - All FW Online Classes | Tuition & Fees

Total Credits: 27

You may complete the Fisheries and Wildlife minor no matter where you live. All OSU courses below are offered online, some with videotape/DVD sets. See OSU Catalog's complete description of the Fisheries and Wildlife Minor for a list of all approved courses, including those offered on-campus.

Check out the Ecampus Fisheries and Wildlife Course Schedule to find out when these courses are available, and for more course details, including a course description, instructor, sample syllabus, etc.

Prerequisites: A year of biology with labs equivalent to BI 211, 212, and 213 Principles of Biology is a prerequisite to this minor. Call our Student Services Center at 800-667-1465 for more information.

Course Work

Complete the following courses:

• BI 370. Ecology (3)
• FW 251. Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation (3)

Select a minimum of 7 credits from the following (7-9):

• FW 311. Ornithology (3)
• FW 312. Systematics of Birds (2)
• FW 315. Ichthyology (3)
• FW 317. Mammalogy (3)

You will also need to select 12-14 credits from the following:

• FW 302. Biology and Conservation of Marine Mammals (4)
• FW 303. Survey of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources (3)
• FW 320. Introductory Population Dynamics (3)
• FW 321. Fisheries and Wildlife Resource Ecology (3)
• FW 323. Management Principles of Pacific Salmon in the Northwest (3) 
• FW 325. *Global Crises in Resource Ecology (3)
• FW 326. Integrated Watershed Management (3)
• FW 328. Wildlife Capture and Immobilization (2)
• FW 340. *Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources (3)
• FW 346. Topics in Wildland Fire (3)
• FW 350. Endangered Species, Society and Sustainability (3) 
• FW 360. Origins of F&W Management - Evolution, Genetics and Ecology (3)
• FW 370. Conservation Genetics (4)
• FW 421. Aquatic Biological Invasions (4)
• FW 427. Principles of Wildlife Diseases (3)
• FW 431. Dynamics of Marine Biological Resources (4)
• FW 435. ^Wildlife in Agricultural Ecosystems (3) 
• FW 439. Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management (3)
• FW 446. Wildland Fire Ecology (3)
• FW 451. Avian Conservation and Management (3)
• FW 458. Mammal Conservation and Management (4)
• FW 462. Ecosystems Services (3)
• FW 470. Ecology and History: Landscapes of the Columbia Basin (3)
• FW 475. Wildlife Behavior (4)
• FW 476. Fish Physiology (4)
• FW 479. Wetland and Riparian Ecology (3)
• FW 481. Wildlife Ecology (3)
• FW 454. *Fishery Biology (4)
• FW 485. *Consensus and Natural Resources (3)

Notes:

^=Writing Intensive Course
*=Baccalaureate Core Course