We offer one major in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. Within the major, we offer three distinct concentrations:
- Wildlife Biology
- Conservation Biology
- Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Please click here for more information about our major, concentrations, courses, and graduation requirements.
Our faculty and students placed first in nation-wide rankings of scholarly productivity and citations of publications in leading wildlife journals and have earned international, national, and state awards for excellence in research, teaching, and outreach.
Together, we solve environmental problems!
We were the first academic program to emphasize the importance of incorporating public input and two-way communication in decision-making for wildlife policy. Our program has an international reputation for developing new quantitative methods in applied ecology and conservation biology. Results of these initiatives have often had important policy implications. Our faculty have worked to remediate the toxic effects of mining wastes, pesticides, and other contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial habitats and food webs.
Research and Teaching
Each year our program is awarded external research grants exceeding $3 million, which helps students gain essential field experience as they apply what they learn. Research results are brought immediately into the classroom so our students learn the very latest information, and students have been part of this process by coauthoring scientific publications in nationally peer-reviewed journals.
Join our outstanding undergraduate student body!
We are actively seeking ways to increase the cultural diversity of our student body by attracting highly qualified individuals from throughout the state and nation. And we are proud of the fact that women comprise half of our graduates. Our students participate in on-campus seminars and forums, professional activities through self-organized student chapters, and in research projects with mentors from CSU faculty and scientists at neighboring governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Opportunities abound for students to interact with each other and faculty, including social events sponsored by student organizations, e.g. banquets and student fund-raising events with student chapters of the American Fisheries Society, the Society for Conservation Biology and The Wildlife Society.
Our Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology program offers students the opportunity to study and work with renowned researchers in diverse topics such as:
Integrated resource management
Human and wildlife conflicts
Policy, communications and leadership
Conservation biology and biodiversity
Larval fish ecology and taxonomy