Objectives: This course for non-majors is designed to instruct students in the identification of the vertebrates important to the practice of wildlife management and to provide information about the ecological characteristics and niche relationships of the major game animals. One section of this course is typically offered in the fall semester.

Prerequisites: None

Credit Value: 3

Contact Time: Two 50 minute lectures and one 3 hour laboratory per week.

Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course a student should be able to:

• demonstrate proficiency in the identification of the major genera of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals that are regionally important
• identify the major families and ranges of indigenous and transient populations of game animals
• describe the habitats of major game animals
• describe the major migratory routes of regionally transient game animals
• describe interactions between respective game species

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