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| Education & Training |
Unit personnel fully particpate in teaching graduate-level courses in Fisheries and Wildlife.
| Course Number | Title and Description | Credits | Instructor |
| FW 6500 Fall | Design and Analysis of Ecological Research Examines research design from statistical perspective, showing how data analysis is largely determined by reserach design and its implementation. Reviews statistical tools for analysis of ecological data in the context of design. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. | 4 | Edwards Syllabus |
| FW 6510 Spring | Topics in Spatial Ecology An annual seminar on the analysis and interpretation of spatially explicit ecological data. Topics vary yearly, and range from spatial statistics to assessing uncertainty in environmental information systems to spatial analyses of plant and animal populations. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Repeatable for credit. |
1-3 | Edwards Syllabus |
| FW 6700/7700 Spring | Landscape Ecology Focuses on landscape-scale patterns and processes, and ways of understanding ecological complexity. Explores conceptual underpinnings of larger-scale ecology. Emphasizes understanding of current peeer-reviewed literature. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. | 4 | Bissonette |
| FW 6600 Spring | Population Assessment This course is divided into two sections, with the first part covering techniques for population assessment and the second part covering models for summarizing population assessment data. Topics covered include line transects, mark recapture, life tables, Leslie matrices, dealing with uncertainty, predicting extinction risk, and life cycle models. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. | 3 | Budy |
