Staffan Lindgren, Professor Emeritus
Michael Gillingham, Professor Emeritus
Katherine Parker, Professor Emerita
Ken Otter, Professor and Chair
Mark Dale, Professor
Russell Dawson, Professor
Dezene Huber, Professor
Chris Johnson, Professor
Nicola Koper, Professor
Brent Murray, Professor
Mark Shrimpton, Professor
Erin Baerwald, Associate Professor
Heather Bryan, Associate Professor
Eduardo Martins, Associate Professor
Roy Rea, Associate Professor
Shannon Crowley, Adjunct Professor
Dexter Hodder, Adjunct Professor
Jenia Blair, Senior Lab Instructor
Saphida Migabo, Senior Lab Instructor
Website: www.unbc.ca/wildlife-fisheries
Major in Wildlife and Fisheries (BSc)
Major in Wildlife and Fisheries (BSc Honours)
The BSc in Wildlife and Fisheries provides students with a solid foundation in wildlife and fisheries biology, with considerable indoor and outdoor laboratory experience, exposing students to an integrated approach to resource issues that confront today's professionals. The combination of theoretical and applied ecology with practical labs and exercises in the Wildlife and Fisheries degree gives students the background to pursue post-graduate studies and public- and private-sector employment in the wildlife or fisheries professions. Students completing all courses in the Wildlife and Fisheries degree meet the education requirements for eligibility as a Registered Professional Biologist (RPBio) in BC.
The minimum requirement for completion of a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries is 123 credit hours.
Major in Wildlife and Fisheries
Program Requirements
Lower-Division Requirements
100 Level
| Introductory Biology I | |
| Introductory Biology II | |
| Introductory Biology I Laboratory | |
| Introductory Biology II Laboratory | |
| General Chemistry I | |
| General Chemistry II | |
| General Chemistry Lab I | |
| General Chemistry Lab II | |
| Calculus for Non-majors | |
| * | Field Skills |
| Introduction to Natural Resources Management and Conservation | |
| Communications in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies | |
| or | Writing and Communication Skills |
| Physics for Life Sciences I | |
| or | General Introduction to Physics |
*Applications for exemption from must be made within the first year of study in this degree.
200 Level
| Ecology | |
| Genetics | |
| Organic and Biochemistry | |
| Forest Plant Systems | |
| or | Systematic Botany |
| Introduction to Soil Science | |
| Terrestrial Ecological Classification | |
| Introduction to GIS | |
| Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries | |
| Basic Statistics |
Two of the following:
| Invertebrate Zoology | |
| Plant Biology | |
| Animal Diseases and Parasites | |
| Introduction to Earth Science | |
| Hydrology | |
| Integrated Resource Management |
Upper-Division Requirement
300 Level
| Limnology | |
| Ichthyology and Herpetology | |
| Ornithology and Mammalogy | |
| Evolutionary Biology | |
| Ecological Analyses | |
| Environmental Impact Assessment | |
| or | Environmental Law |
| or | Public Engagement for Sustainability |
| or | Environmental and Professional Ethics |
| Aboriginal Perspectives on Land and Resource Management | |
| or | Society, Policy and Administration |
400 Level
| Aquatic Plants | |
| or | Plant Ecology |
| Fish Ecology | |
| Population and Community Ecology | |
| Wildlife Ecology | |
| Wildlife Management | |
| or | Fisheries Management |
One of the following:
| Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems | |
| Conservation Biology | |
| Field Applications in Resource Management | |
| Natural Resources Planning | |
| Conservation Planning | |
| Watershed Management |
*Note: Prerequisites for these courses may be met by appropriate selection of courses in options listed in Two of the following at the 200 level above.
Elective Requirement
Elective credit hours as necessary to ensure completion of a minimum of 123 credit hours, while ensuring 15 courses (45-46 credit hours) are at the upper-division level in any of BIOL, FSTY, NREM, NRES, or ORTM.
BSc Honours - Wildlife and Fisheries
The Honours in Wildlife and Fisheries recognizes undergraduate students who both excel at their studies and who complete an undergraduate thesis (normally ).
To enter the Honours Program, students must have completed 60 credit hours and obtained a minimum Cumulative GPA of 3.33. Attaining the minimum requirement does not guarantee admission into the Honours Program, which will be at the discretion of the Ecosystem Science and Management Program. Maintenance of a Cumulative GPA of 3.33 is required to remain in the Honours Program.
Honours students are required to complete the degree requirements for the BSc in Wildlife and Fisheries. Each student also must complete a 6-credit Undergraduate Thesis (as part of their elective credit hours) under the supervision of a faculty member. Students are responsible to find their own undergraduate thesis research supervisor. Faculty members are under no obligation to supervise Honours students.
Updated: June 28, 2024