Minor: Fisheries

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OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 21

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to earn minor: 2.0

Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: None.

Other GPA requirements to earn minor: None.

Contact Information: James R. Gilbert, Coordinator, 210 Nutting Hall, 207 581-2866, james.gilbert@umit.maine.edu

The Fisheries minor is designed for students in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture who would like an emphasis in fisheries or students in other programs who have an interest in fisheries or natural resource management. The minor is designed to partially fulfill certification requirements of the American Fisheries Society for fishery biologists. Current certification requirements can be found at www.fisheries.org.

Requirements:

WLE 200 - Ecology Credits: 3
or
BIO 319 - General Ecology Credits: 3
or
SMS 300 - Marine Ecology Credits: 3
WLE 410 - Wildlife Population Dynamics and Conservation Credits: 3

SMS 321 or WLE 340 is required plus one additional course from the following list:

SMS 211 - Introduction to Aquaculture Credits: 3
SMS 321 - Introduction to Fisheries Science Credits: 3
SMS 422 - Biology of Fishes Credits: 3
WLE 340 - Freshwater Fisheries Ecology and Management Credits: 3

One of the following courses:

BIO 447 - Experimental Aquatic Ecology Credits: 4
BIO 468 - Limnology Credits: 3
SMS 302 - Oceanography Credits: 3

One of the following courses:

MAT 232 - Principles of Statistical Inference Credits: 3
WLE 220 - Introduction to Statistical Ecology Credits: 4

One of the following courses:

ECO 377 - Introduction to Natural Resource Economics and Policy Credits: 3
WLE 470 - Wildlife Policy and Administration Credits: 3
Minimum course prerequisites for the fisheries minor are BIO 100, BIO 200, MAT 111 and INT 110 or ECO 120. Some combinations of courses in the minor also will require CHY 121/123, CHY 122/124, PHY 112 and SMS 100 as prerequisites.