Biology & Wildlife Areas of Study
Alaska offers unparalleled opportunities in wildlife biology. Many of our wildlife students find summer jobs in exciting field locations. Wildlife research focus areas include population dynamics, predator-prey behavior and ecology, migration ecology and evolution, wildlife diseases, and effects of contaminants.
Relevant Courses
- NRM 101: Natural Resources Conservation and Policy
- NRM 204: Public Lands Law and Policy
- NRM 312: Introduction to Range Management
- NRM 338: Introduction to Geographic Infromation Systems
- NRM 341: GIS Analysis
- NRM 351: Silviculture for Wildlife Managers
- NRM 370: Introduction to Watershed Management
- NRM 380: Soils and Environment
- NRM 404: Environmental Impact Statement Law
- NRM 407: Environmental Law
- NRM 450: Forest Management
- NRM 637: Natural Resouce Policy
- NRM 663: Wilderness Concepts
- WLF 101: Survey of Wildlife
- WLF 201: Wildlife Management Principles
- WLF 303: Wildlife Management Techniques
- WLF 304: Wildlife Internships
- WLF 305: Wildlife Diseases
- WLF 410: Wildlife Populations and their Mgmt
- WLF 419: Waterfowl &Wetlands Ecol. & Mgmt
- WLF 421: Ecology and Management of Large Mammals
- WLF 431: Wildlife Law and Policy
- WLF 433: Conservation Genetics
- WLF 458: Vertebrate Endocrinology
- WLF 460: Wildlife Nutrition
- WLF 469: Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat
- WLF 485: Global Change Biology
- WLF 602: Research Design
- WLF 603: Biotelemetry
- WLF 614: Foraging Ecology
- WLF 622: Readings in Conservation Biology
- WLF 625: Analysis of Vertebrate Populations (AS)
- WLF 660: Wildlife Nutrition
- WLF 669: Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat
- WLF 680: Data Analysis in Biology