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Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department Philosophy |
Ph.D. Degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science
This degree is intended to educate
students for upper-level management and administrative positions with state and
federal agencies, and private companies. It is also intended to prepare students
in the teaching, research, and service component responsibilities needed for
faculty positions with Universities and Colleges. By building on the educational
foundation that these students obtained from bachelors and masters degree work,
we will endeavor to raise them to a higher intellectual plateau. While
coursework is involved, this is primarily a research and mentoring educational
experience. This degree requires original thought and research contributions,
synthesis and development of information, and contributions to the world and its
resources. Through mentoring and other educational experiences we desire to
bring spirit, enthusiasm, imagination, and optimism to these students. They must
develop independence, mature judgment, and a tolerance of differences among
people, but an intolerance to inferior products and nonprofessional attitudes.
We strive to help these students become both operationally and conceptually
creative. A Ph.D. degree involves a full-time commitment normally requiring
three to five years of effort beyond the M.S. degree.
Ph.D. – Educational Outcomes For The Degree
1. Be knowledgeable regarding biological systems at a level appropriate to a Ph.D. degree holder.
2. Be able to effectively express themselves orally and in written form.
3. To understand the scientific method of solving problems.
4. Be statistically and computer capable.
5. Be specialized in some area of wildlife or fisheries, but still be broadly based in knowledge.
6. Be able to conduct scholarly research.
7. Understand the relationships between biological information and socioeconomic factors.
8. Demonstrate professional development, especially in regard to the need of continued learning after their degree program.
9. Develop a concern and feeling for the natural resources of the world.