446 / 861
Grading schedule:
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
69-79% = D
<60% = F
Tentative Course Outline:
A. A brief history of wildlife management. Landmark legislation. Some successes in managing
wildlife.
B. Population ecology. Food and cover. Animal behavior and wildlife management.
Ecosystems and natural communities.
C. Wildlife diseases. Predators and predation. Ethics of hunting/trapping- a brief historical
approach. Wildlife and water. Wetland classification.
D. Wildlife and soils. Wildlife and farmland. Wildlife and rangelands. Forest management
practices.
E. Exotic wildlife – problems and prevention. Nongame and endangered wildlife. Economics of
wildlife. Wildlife as a public trust.
F. Big game biology. Big game species and civilization.
G. Fisheries management. Freshwater ecology and physical parameters. Management
techniques.
H. Law enforcement methodology and techniques.
Student E-mail Policy:
Dakota College is increasingly dependent upon e-mail as an official form of communication. A
student’s campus assigned e-mail address will be the only one recognized by the campus for
official mailings. The liability for missing or not acting upon important information conveyed
via campus e-mail rests with the student.
Classroom Policies
:
All students will respect the classroom environment that which will allow for maximum
interaction between students and the professor.
Lab policies:
Labs in this class are a privilege. Violation of school procedures regarding
student conduct will not be tolerated. Many of the labs are all day field trips and you will be
exempt from other classes. However, this does not exempt you from the work that is missed for
those classes. All missed work from classes missed because of FWLD 122 lab will be made up
per arrangements with the other instructors. Students that violate this will miss out on future
field trips. Labs are repeated around the same time each year.
Academic Integrity
:
All students will do their own, original work on reports, laboratory assignments, and essays.
Any student caught cheating on an exam or quiz will be reprimanded the first time. If it
happens again, the student will drop the class.
Disabilities and Special Needs
: Please inform the professor within the first week of classes if
any assistance is required due to disabilities or special needs. If you have a disability for which