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Conservation Biology Graduate Certificate

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Contact Information
Departments: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Forestry

For more information, contact Rose-Marie Muzika using the address or phone number above.

About the Certificate

The graduate certificate in conservation biology provides students with interdisciplinary training outside the boundaries of current MU graduate degree programs. There is no single graduate program at MU that effectively prepares students for the interdisciplinary nature of a career in conservation biology.

Eligibility

Students must be enrolled in a graduate degree program at MU to participate.

Plan of Study

Students must complete 15 credit hours of course work outside their area of major for a PhD, or 9 credit hours of course work outside their area of major for a MS/MA, and practical internship: 160 total hours of an internship in resource management or public policy or both.

Courses

No specific courses are required. Interdisciplinary course work should include:

  • 15 credit hours of course work outside their area of major for a PhD or 9 credit hours of course work outside their area of major for a MS/MA
  • Practical Internship: 160 total hours of an internship in resource management or public policy or both

Students will be required to take the needed course work outside their area of major or department. Courses may not count for both degree course credit within their department and conservation biology certificate credit but would be considered “electives.” However, total credit hours needed to complete their degree need not exceed Graduate School requirements (i.e., 30 hours for MS/MA and 72 hours for PhD degrees).

Students will be required to take courses that broaden their knowledge and practical skills. Students will take courses in three major areas:

  1. Policy
  2. Science
  3. Techniques

Elective Courses

  • Atmospheric Science 7520 (Science)
  • Agricultural Economics 7356 (Policy)
  • Agricultural Economics 8410 (Policy)
  • Agricultural Economics 8420 (Policy)
  • Agricultural Economics 8430 (Policy)
  • Biological Sciences 3650 (Science)
  • Biological Sciences 7660 (Science)
  • Biological Sciences 7670 (Science)
  • Biological Sciences 8187 (Science)
  • Biological Sciences 8600 (Techniques)
  • Biological Sciences 8700 (Science)
  • Biological Sciences 8740 (Science)
  • Biological Sciences 8730 (Science)
  • Chemistry 4280 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 3400 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 3800 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 7100 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 3600 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 7600 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 7800 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 7200 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 7400 (Techniques)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 7700 (Techniques)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 8440 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 8450 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 8460 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 8520 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 8550 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 8560 (Science)
  • Fisheries and Wildlife 8620 (Science)
  • Forestry 7320 (Science)
  • Forestry 7380 (Science)
  • Forestry 7390 (Science)
  • Forestry 8460 (Science)
  • Forestry 8490 (Science)
  • Forestry 8515 (Techniques)
  • Geography 7780 (Policy)
  • Geography 7840 (Techniques)
  • Geography 7940 (Techniques)
  • Geography 8840 (Techniques)
  • History 7440 (Policy)
  • History 8440 (Policy)
  • History 8445 (Policy)
  • History 8560 (Policy)
  • Journalism 7416 (Techniques)
  • Natural Resources 7320 (Science
  • Natural Resources 7353 (Policy)
  • Natural Resources 7385 (Techniques)
  • Natural Resources 7395 (Techniques)
  • Natural Resources 8416 (Techniques)
  • Parks, Recreation and Tourism 7333 (Policy)
  • Parks, Recreation and Tourism 7340 (Policy)
  • Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences 7740 (Science)
  • Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences 7730 (Science)
  • Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences 9810 (Science)
  • Political Science 4870 (Policy)
  • Rural Sociology 7310 (Policy)
  • Rural Sociology 7370 (Policy)
  • Soil Science 7308 (Science)
  • Soil Science 7318 (Science)