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Human Dimensions of Wildlife

WFB 4930 [undergrad]

WFB 6810 [grad]

We examine and study human interactions with wildlife and fisheries, including social principles important for understanding and addressing wildlife management and conservation challenges.
 

  • We discuss quantitative and qualitative social research methods, popular views of wildlife, stakeholder involvement, changing environmental behavior, human attitudes towards hunting and fishing, public trust approach to wildlife management, and other salient topics.
     

  • We conduct an engaged learning research project in this course (both undergrad and graduate sections).

 

This research has 2 purposes to:
 

  1. Engage Clemson students in real research as a pedagogy tool, and
     

  2. Achieve actual research goals.Research Spring 2017: Perceptions of Native/Non-native Status ("Nativeness"); Per the latter, we worked to determine how  wildlife professors at  land grant universities in all 50 states indicate their perceptions of the status of several wildlife species found in the U.S. Manuscript in preparation.

Conservation Biology is a discipline that focuses on conserving species and their habitats so that biodiversity will persist on Earth. This course is organized into five sections and disciplinary concepts:
 

  1. Introduction - the first lecture period will be a microcosm of the different aspects we will address in the course.
     

  2. What is happening? - how species get into trouble to begin with?
     

  3. How and why is this happening? – what’s causing this problems?
     

  4. Why does it matter? - why does anyone care about loss of biodiversity?
     

  5. What are we doing about it? - what steps are people and organizations taking to conserve biodiversity?
     

This organization differs somewhat from most conbio courses and texts available, which start with definitions of biodiversity. We, instead, jump right into some of the fundamental concepts and will circle back to definitions – in many cases, students are asked to inductively develop definitions and concepts along the way.

This approach leads to a style of teaching and active learning which fosters participation, rather than passive learning.

Conservation Biology

(WFB 3130)

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Wildlife Biology Lab (WFB 3010)

This course focuses on the practice of identifying wildlife species common to southeastern US from photographs, voucher specimen and vocalizations, as well as an exploration of possible job opportunities within the field of wildlife in the U.S. 

 

By the end of the semester, students are able to:

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  1. Able to identify common wildlife species found in South Carolina using common methods (physical characteristics, habitat, vocalizations, etc.).
     

  2. Able to reference such wildlife using their common and scientific names, and habitat.
     

  3. Familiar with job opportunities in the field of wildlife in the U.S.

 

The course includes field trips that will be scheduled. 

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