According to a resource on higher learning, degreedirectory.org, the Princeton Review and the U.S. News and World Report list University of Arizona as the top public university in the United States. It offers a Master of Science in Natural Resources with a concentration in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Management in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment. The program covers the interactions that wildlife has with other wildlife, people and their environments. It expects that students take part in research projects, data analysis and oral presentations.
University of Arizona
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Biological Sciences East
Tucson, AZ 85721
520-621-7255 (main office)
snr.arizona.edu
Brigham Young University has a Master of Science in Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation in its College of Life Sciences department. The program has an emphasis on the scientific method to help students understand issues about the conservation and management of wildlife and the wildlands. Students must take part in an original research idea and present it as their final thesis project. The final thesis project should be of a professional quality that could be submitted to scholarly journals for publication. The idea for the research project must be formally presented to the faculty.
Graduate Studies
Brigham Young University
105 FPH
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-4091
byu.edu
Auburn University has a Master of Science in Wildlife Sciences in its School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. The program requires the completion of 30 hours and a thesis. Students take part in research projects and research assistantships. Examples of graduate student projects include the study of the behavior and ecology of coyotes in an urban-rural gradient by students Holly Jantz, Dalinda Dennis, and Erica Santana under professor Dr. Jim Armstrong. Another student, Clint McCoy, studied the social stress of white-tailed deer in an enclosed space under professor Dr. Steve Ditchkoff.
Auburn University
Forestry & Wildlife Bldg.
602 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849-5418
(334) 844-1007
forestry.auburn.edu/