WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES SCIENCE (WFS)

WFS (BIOL) 3120. General Ecology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Eight semester hours of biology or consent of instructor. The relationship between plants and animals and their environment. This course cannot be taken as part of the university science requirement, and credit will not be given for both BIOL/WFS 3120 and BIOL/WFS 3130.

WFS (BIOL) 3130. General Ecology. Lec. 3. Lab. 3. Credit 4.
Prerequisite: Eight semester hours of biology or consent. The relationship between plants and animals and their environment. The laboratory provides examples of concepts discussed in lecture and analytical procedures used in interpreting data.

WFS (CJ) 3500. Wildlife Law Enforcement. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
State wildlife laws and practices used in their enforcement.

WFS (BIOL) 4220 (5220). Biostatistics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Probability and frequency distribution; statistical populations and samples; and tests of hypotheses used in biological research.

WFS (BIOL) 4230 (5230). Animal Behavior. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor Junior standing. Introduction to basic principles underlying the behavior of animals.

WFS 4500 (5500). National Wildlife Policy. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Eight semester hours of biology. Policies, agencies, and laws that influence wildlife management on a national level.

WFS (BIOL) 4630 (5630). Ornithology. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Eight semester hours of biology Junior standing. General survey of the class Aves with emphasis on morphology, identification, and ecology of local birds.

WFS 4640 (5640). Waterfowl Ecology and Management. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130 and 4740 or consent of instructor. Advanced ecological principles as illustrated by ducks, geese, and swans, including habitat selection, morphological and behavioral adaptations, intraspecific and interspecific interactions, and reproductive ecology. Field techniques for identifying species and management approaches are emphasized in the laboratory.

WFS (BIOL) 4650 (5650). Marine Biology. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: Twelve semester hours of biology, including BIOL 3130 or equivalent WFS 3130. An introduction to the study of the marine environment and marine organisms.

WFS 4660 (5660). Wild Bird Ecology. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite or Concurrent Enrollment: BIOL 1110 and WFS (BIOL) 3130 or equivalent BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130. The ecology and natural history of selected avian species, emphasizing game species, endangered species, predators and pests. Anatomy and procedures for identification are the focus of laboratories.

WFS 4670 (5670). Wild Mammal Ecology. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisite or Concurrent Enrollment: BIOL 1110 and WFS (BIOL) 3130 or equivalent BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130. The natural history and ecology of selected mammal species, emphasizing game species, furbearers, endangered species, predators, and pests. Anatomy and procedures for identification are the focus of the laboratories.

WFS 4700 (5700). Habitat Management. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: AGHT 3450, BIOL 3240, WFS 4740 or equivalent. Description, principles, and techniques of quantitative characterization of wildlife habitat types.

WFS 4710 (5710). Fisheries Management. Lec. 3. Lab. 3. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: WFS 4810 and WFS 4840 or equivalent or consent of instructor BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130. Theory, methods, and techniques of freshwater fisheries management. Field and laboratory.

WFS 4711 (5711). Fisheries Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: WFS 4810 and WFS 4840 or equivalent or consent of instructor BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130. Classroom-based overview of theory, methods, and techniques of freshwater fisheries management.

WFS 4730 (5730). Conservation Biology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: BIOL (WFS) 3130 or equivalent or consent of instructor BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130. Advanced concepts of plant and animal conservation, including biodiversity, population genetics, habitat fragmentation, endangered and threatened species, and ecosystem management.

WFS 4740 (5740). Wildlife Principles. Lec. 2. Credit 2.
Prerequisites: WFS 3130 and junior standing, or consent of instructor BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130. Classroom-based theory and principles of wildlife management.

WFS 4760 (5760). Fish Culture. Lec. 2. Lab. 4. Credit 4.
Prerequisite: WFS 4710 or WFS 4810 or equivalent BIOL 3130 or WFS 3130. Cultural practices; hatchery operation, care of brood fish, transport, and stocking; and the ecological requirements of hatchery species.

WFS 4790. Wildlife Techniques.--Summer. Lec. 2. Lab. 12. Credit 6.
Prerequisite: WFS 4740 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Field-based techniques for studying and managing wildlife populations.

WFS (BIOL) 4810 (5810). Ichthyology. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Eight semester hours of biology Junior standing. Identification, classification, anatomy, physiology, ecology and adaptations of fishes, with emphasis on North American freshwater species.

WFS (BIOL) 4820 (5820). Mammalogy. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Eight semester hours of biology Junior standing. Classification, structure and function, phylogeny and geographical distribution of mammals, with emphasis on Tennessee mammals.

WFS (BIOL) 4830 (5830). Herpetology. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Eight semester hours of biology Junior standing. Classification, adaptions, habits, life histories, and geographical distribution of amphibians and reptiles, with emphasis on North American species.

WFS (BIOL) 4840 (5840). Limnology. Lec. 2. Lab. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Physiochemical and biological dynamics of inland waters.

WFS 4900. Internship in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: See instructor prior to enrolling Consent of instructor required. Students work with a public agency that is compatible with their interests. (May be taken twice if the assignments are with different agencies or different divisions within an agency.)

WFS (BIOL ) 4991-4994. (5991-5994). Advanced Topics. Credit 1-4.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and departmental chairperson. Focused study equivalent to one, two, three, or four credit hours on an advanced topic in the life sciences or wildlife/fisheries sciences under faculty supervision and approval of the department chairperson. Course may be repeated until a maximum of 12 hours of combined credit in BIOL (WFS) 299-Topics or BIOL (WFS) 499- (599-) Advanced Topics courses are earned.