Wildlife Conservation

will receive welding certifications applicable to the highest level welding performance test he or she successfully performs. In addition to performing the actual welding, the student will be able to select, prepare, and perform destructive and non-destructivetesting on welding specimens. In addition to welding skills, the program will require the student to complete coursework in the fields of print reading, machine tool operations (lathes, milling machines, drill presses, etc.), technical mathematics,and technical communications. This broad-based foundation will afford the students, who successfullycomplete the program, the opportunity to become productive employees for companies ranging from structural/ fabrication welding shops to repair/rebuild machine shops.

MajorArea required courses: ENG 11103 Composition I* ......................................3 MFG 10103 Basic Welding.......................................3 MFG 10203 GMAW Processes.................................3 MFG 11102 Blueprint Reading .................................2 MFG 12103 WeldingTesting & Inspection...............3 MFG 12403 ManufacturingProcesses......................3 MFG 20103 AdvancedWelding................................3 MFG 20203 GTAW Processes ..................................3 MFG 24103 Materials & Metallurgy.........................3 TEC 11704 Technical Mathematics I*.......................4 Total required hours for certificate......................................30

* Placement determined by testing.

To receive the Welding Certificate, student must achieve a 2.00 overall grade point average in all Manufacturing/ technology-relatedcourses and a 2.00 overall grade point average in all coursework.

To view and/or print a copy of the Welding fact sheet, which includes a suggested course sequence; visit the program’s website at https://www.rio.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2020/06/Welding.pdf

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION(23431)

School of Natural & Social Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

Kidd Math/Science Center 740-245-7397 office; 740-245-7172 fax

Mission Statement

Provide the fundamental educational background in wildlife and fish conservation and management to be sufficiently knowledgeableto secure employment as a professional with a natural resources-orientatedagency, organization, or company or continue on to graduate school.

Program Design

The Rio Wildlife Conservation curriculum provides critical thinking skills, a solid academic background, and specific field and lab skills required for employment by either government or non-governmentagencies and organizations focused on management, monitoring, and/or research of wildlife and fish resources. Coupled with instilling an attitude of lifelong learning, these skills encourage the flexibility necessary for graduates to advance beyond entrylevel positions, and actively engage in management of wildlife and fisheries in the 21st century.

Earning the Wildlife Conservation degree can be accomplished in one of two ways: Pursue the full 4-year course requirement as a Rio Student or complete a Hocking College (HC) Associate of Applied Science degree in either Wildlife Management Resources or Fish Management and Aquaculture Science then transfer to Rio as a junior. The Rio Wildlife Conservation degree curriculum addresses theories, issues, and challenges in the context of both basic science and applied management as well as provide hands-on fieldorientated instruction.

Degree Offered

♦ Bachelor of Science – Wildlife Conservation

Learning Outcomes

The successful student will be able to: • Interpret and apply information provided in technical and/or peer-reviews formats to address conservation issues. • Analyze and summarize natural resources/wildlifeoriented data sets using descriptive statistics and graphical formats. • Effectively communicate, in oral and written form, environmental and natural resources technical information. • Relate models, theories, and concepts to wildlife conservation challenges.

Certifications

The curriculumfor the WildlifeConservationprogramis designed to meet the educational requirementsto earn Certified AssociateWildlifeBiologist (CAWB) status awarded byThe WildlifeSociety. Elevationto the status of a CertifiedWildlifeBiologist(CWB) is possible when one obtains at least 5 years of full-timeprofessional experience within a 10-year period. Although not all employers require certificationas a conditionof employment,both CAWB and CWB certificationconveys to employersthan an individual has both fundamentaleducationaland ethical standards essential for success as a natural resource professional.

Degree Requirements

Bachelorof Science – Wildlife Conservation (23431)

First two years: Option A: Complete at Rio General Education must include........................ 39-40

MTH 21404 Introductory Probability & Statistics....4 BIO 12104 Biology I.................................................4 CHM 15005 General Chemistry I .............................5

Major Area required hours.................................55-59 BIO 12204 Biology II ...............................................4 BIO 20704 Ecology...................................................4 BIO 24203 Wildlife Natural History and ID.............3 BIO 25203 Principles & Practices of Wildlife

Management..........................................................4 BIO 26901 Wildlife Practicum (repeat 3 times)........3 NSC 22304 Environmental Science..........................4 BIO 31303 Advanced Ornithology ...........................3 BIO 32303 Mammalogy............................................3 BIO 35304 Field Biology & Methodology ...............4 BIO 36303 Local Flora .............................................3 NSC 31303 Tech. Comm.-Natural Resources...........3 HPE 24302 Safety & First Aid..................................2

Select one of the following two courses:

BIO 48803 Selected Topics in Biology.....................3 Or BIO 49903 Directed Studies in Biology....................3

Upper Division BIO Electives (Choose at least four)

*The below list are suggestions

BIO 30304 Microbiology..........................................4 BIO 32603 Epidemiology .........................................3 BIO 36304 Genetics..................................................4 BIO 37504 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy..........4 BIO 38503 Environmental Toxicology.....................3 BIO 40303 Evolution................................................3 BIO 41304 Limnology..............................................4 BIO 41703 GIS App. For Resource Mgmt................3 BIO 43103 Applied Population Biology...................3 BIO 43404 Parasitology............................................3 BIO 45303 Conservation Biology.............................3 BIO 48803 Selected Topics.......................................3

Personal electives may include: .........................21-26 CHM 15505 General Chemistry II............................5 CHM 26202 Organic Chem Lab I.............................2 CHM 26303 Organic Chem Theory I........................3 CHM 27202 Organic Chem Lab II............................2 CHM 27303 Organic Chem Theory II ......................3 MTH 15105 Calculus I..............................................5 NSC 20303 Physical Geology...................................3 Total Major Hours..............................................68-72

Personal Elective Hours.....................................21-26 Total hours required for degree.............................120

Note: C- or better required in all core and elective courses in the program. Option B: Transfer from Hocking College: Associate ofApplied Science degree in Wildlife Management Resources or Fish Management and Aquaculture Sciences........................................................71 Remaining General Education required hours*.............9-15

Hocking College transfer students must have taken HC ENGL 2123 English Composition II or HC ENGL 2225 Technical Writing. Otherwise, they are required to take URG ENG 11203 Composition II. Additionally, Hocking College transfer students must have taken HC CHM 131 Environmental Chemistry as one of their physical science classes, or they must take URG CHM 15005 General Chemistry I. If they have not taken HC BIOS 1120 Botany, URG BIO 28802 Special Topics: Fundamentals of Biology will also be required. If they have not taken HC WLM 2251 Biostatistics for Wildlife Management, URG MTH 21404 Introductory Probability and Statistics will be required.

Additional 100-200 level classes at Hocking to meet standards for Wildlife Certification ................................0-9

Junior –Senior Course Requirements: 30000-40000 level Required Courses (34 hours minimum) NSC 31303 Communication EnvironNat

Res Info ..................................................................3 BIO 31303 Advanced Ornithology ............................3 BIO 32303 Mammalogy............................................3 BIO 35304 Field Biology & Methodology................4 BIO 36303 Local Flora..............................................3 BIO 37103 Principles of Conservation Genetics .......3 BIO 41304 Limnology...............................................4 BIO 42303 Human - Wildlife Conflicts.....................3 BIO 43103 Applied Population Biology....................3 BIO 45303 Conservation Biology..............................3 BIO 47103 GIS Applications for Resources

Management ..........................................................3 Minimum of 4 hours taking either:

BIO 48802-03 Selected Topics in Biology ........ 2-3

BIO 49902-03 Directed Studies in Biology ....... 2-3 Total required hours for degree..............................122

*Students completing a Hocking College AAS Degree in Wildlife Management Resources or Fish Management and Aquaculture Sciences will have completed URG General Education Requirements in Communication, Math and Science, and partially completed Health and Social Science requirements. They will need to complete 0 - 2 semester hours of health, 9 semester hours of humanities, and 0-4 semester hours of social sciences.

Note: Hocking College transfer students must take HC CHM131 Environmental Chemistry as one of their physical science classes.