The minor will provide basic ecological and management knowledge about, and will cultivate an appreciation for, the value of wildlife resources. The objective of the wildlife sciences minor is to provide students, who might pursue careers in related areas of natural resources management, with basic ecological and management knowledge about wildlife resources. Additionally, the minor will provide students majoring in unrelated fields an appreciation for the value wildlife resources and the need for sound management.

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Students must have a GPA of 2.0 or above to be admitted into the minor. The wildlife minor is not available to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology majors. Interested and eligible students can add the minor in MyPack Portal.

Contact Person

Dr. Lara Pacifici
lara_pacifici@ncsu.edu

SIS Code:  15WSCIM

Plan Requirements

• Overall GPA must be above 2.5.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Required Courses		10
FW 221	Conservation of Natural Resources
AEC/PB 360	Ecology
or FOR 260	Forest Ecology
FW 353	Wildlife Management
Elective Courses		6-7
FW 404	Wildlife Habitat Management
FW 411	Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Fisheries
FW 460	International Wildlife Management and Conservation
FW 444	Mammalogy
FW 453	Principles of Wildlife Science
FW 405	Tropical Wildlife Ecology
or FW 465	African Ecology and Conservation
or FW 445	Human Dimensions of Conservation Biology in the Bahamas
Total Hours		16-17