4-year Degree
The wildlife major teaches understanding, management, and utilization of the wildlife resource. Students take courses from a variety of disciplines within the natural, physical, and social sciences. Wildlife-specific courses place emphasis upon biology and ecology, populations, habitat, techniques, and policy, providing students with the broad scientific foundation and practical skills necessary to manage the wildlife resource. Students conduct wildlife habitat field studies in a variety of areas including captive wildlife, telemetry, habitat assessment, and other field studies in sites throughout New Hampshire.
Students are encouraged to participate in varied research programs involving numerous topics and species (e.g., frogs, deer, moose, rabbits, birds, turtles, salamanders, snakes, wild turkeys). Current research activities include conservation biology, endangered species, habitat fragmentation, integrated forest-wildlife management, wetland wildlife ecology, game management, and bioenergetics.
