Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Course Content Assessment

 

Computer Skills

    Computer assignments, exercises, or lectures (required and optional). 

Course

Required Assignment

Optional Assignment

WL 110
Environmental Conservation

Outlines (formal) must be done on word processor.

 

WL 220
Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries Management

Description on use of Department Home Page.

 

WL 230
Wildlife and Fisheries Techniques

Students are introduced to on-line research publication data bases.

 

WL 363
Ornithology

Term papers electronically submitted. Literature search for papers usually by computer. Students learn birds on birding software. Assignment to find internet sources on bird populations.

 

WL 367
Ichthyology

Literature search for papers usually by computer. All students use word processing for writing assignments.

 

WL 370
Limnology

Analysis must be done by spreadsheet or statistics package. All writing exercises must be done on word processor. Literature search for papers usually by computer.

 

WL 411
Principles of Wildlife Management

One computer population modeling lab. Population model turned in on computer disc. Proposal and paper turned in on disc. Two laboratories involve computer assignments. Literature search for project usually by computer.

 

WL 412
Principles of Fisheries Management

SYSTAT, SAS, Freelance, or Excel for linear regression. WINFIN for back-calculating fish length at age. Literature search for management plan usually by computer.

Nearly all mgmt. plans done on word processor.

WL 430
Human Dimensions in Wildlife and Fisheries

Literature search for papers usually by computer.

 

WL 440
Fisheries and Wildlife Biometrics

All assignments done by computer. SYSTAT, SAS, and Excel software. All course materials are presented using PowerPoint.

 

ABS 475
Integrated

Literature search for project done by computer. Presentations done with PowerPoint. All reports are done on word processing.

 

WL 490
Sophomore Seminar

 

 

WL 490
Senior Seminar

Literature search for oral presentation usually requires computer.

Can use laptops for presentations.

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