Master of Science in Wildlife Biology
适用于今天Become a future leader and educator in government agencies, 学术界, and private conservation organizations.
为什么选择楔石学院?
- Learn and explore using Keystone’s 170-acre 林地的校园 with ponds, 流, 湿地, Lake Manataka Environmental Field Station, 和小洛基谷, which provide unparalleled learning opportunities. Few colleges in the nation offer students such a pristine natural environment for education and recreation.
- The program offers the flexibility to take courses remotely while still having access to hands-on research experiences.
- Learn from subject matter experts from around the country.
- A thesis track that allows students to tailor their research to what is of most interest to them.
联系
Dr. 杰西卡仿
Program Director of Wildlife Biology
570-945-8405
NSM@basilinfracon.com
林地的校园
The 170-acre 林地的校园 features a nature preserve, 养蜂场, 枫糖加工, 流, 还有几条徒步小径. The outdoor classrooms and field stations provide unparalleled opportunities for outdoor discovery and learning opportunities.
霍华德詹宁斯自然保护区
The College dedicated a portion of its beautiful 170 acre 林地的校园 as a nature preserve, that will not be developed in any way, to honor the years of dedication of Professor Howard Jennings.
糖小屋
重点大学 is very fortunate to have its own small 枫糖加工 that includes a sugar shack with an evaporator and a sugarbush, where we have approximately 275 taps deployed.
项目目标-论文轨道
- 获取特定内容知识.
- Perform specific laboratory skills with appropriate technology while adhering to all safety requirements associated with those endeavors.
- 用数学方法处理数据.
- Plan and implement a mentored research project.
- 评估和表达, 口头及/或书面, the outcome of research and laboratory experiments.
项目目标-非论文轨道
- 获取特定内容知识.
- Perform specific laboratory skills with appropriate technology while adhering to all safety requirements associated with those endeavors.
- 用数学方法处理数据.
- 评估和表达, 口头及/或书面, the outcome of research and laboratory experiments.
程序的格式
The Master of Science in Wildlife Biology will be delivered in an in-person format and/or synchronous remote format.
For those enrolling in the synchronous remote format, an in-person summer residency will be required to fulfill the lab and research components of the program.
Those attending in-person will have the choice to complete their lab and research credits during the fall, 春天, 或者夏季学期.
Fall and 春天 semester courses will operate on a 15-week session with students completing 9 credits of study per session.
项目的先决条件
Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree (any major) from a regionally accredited college or university with an overall GPA of 3.00 or higher, including the following undergraduate coursework:
- 普通生物学6 - 8学分
- 普通化学6 - 8学分
- Mathematics 6 to 8 credits, including a statistics and a calculus course
- Additional Botany, Ecology, and Evolution courses preferred.
应用程序
重点大学 accepts students to the MS in Wildlife Biology program for fall, 春天, 夏季学期.
In addition to the application materials required for all master’s applicants, applicants to the MS in Wildlife Biology program must also provide:
- Three letters of recommendation, including one from a science faculty member
- 重新开始
- Research statement (thesis track) or Statement of purpose (non-thesis track)
课程要求
BIOL 5100 – Scientific Writing and Communication
BIOL 5175 – Ecology of Wildlife Populations
种群动态
BIOL 5240 -游戏管理
MATH 5150 – Statistics and Research
生态学与有机体生物学 Elective
生态学与有机体生物学 Elective
生态学与有机体生物学 Elective
or Environmental and Physical Science Elective
Animal and Natural Resource Management Elective
Animal and Natural Resource Management Elective
or Environmental and Physical Science Elective
And choose Thesis or Non-Thesis跟踪
论文跟踪
BIOL 6810 – Biological Thesis Research I (Under development)
BIOL 6910 – Biological Thesis Research II (Under development)
Non-Thesis跟踪
Analytical Tools, Research, and Statistical Analysis Elective
生态学与有机体生物学 Elective
生态学与有机体生物学
溪流生态学
生物学版5160 -森林生态学
BIOL 5170 – Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Zoology
微生物生态学
BIOL 5210 -动物行为
BIOL 5215 -哺乳动物
生物学号5220 -鸟类学
BIOL 5225 -鱼类学
生物学号5230 -爬虫学
BIOL 5235 – Wetland and Riparian Ecology
Animal and Natural Resource Management
BIOL 5180 – Fish Management and Culture
BIOL 5185 – Natural Resources Policy and Management
BIOL 5195 – Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation
BIOL 5245 -保护生物学
Environmental and Physical Sciences
biol5150 -湖泊学
土壤科学
BIOL 5165 – Environmental Toxicology
Analytical Tools, Research, and Statistical Analysis Elective
BIOL 5160 – Geospatial Methods in Resource Management
Graduate Catalog and 课程要求
2023-2024
视图23-24 | 下载23-24毕业生(PDF)
阿比盖尔海福特, a graduate student in Keystone’s Wildlife Biology master’s degree program, instructs a group of high school students during the recent Community Connections to Our Watershed event on Keystone’s 林地的校园. Keystone hosted about 50 students from local schools as part of a partnership with Lackawanna State Park.
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