Hunting & Wildlife Conservation

Catalog description

This course gives students the opportunity to learn and connect issues in wildlife conservation as they pertain to hunting. Basic concepts of ecology, ethics, human health, policy, economics, history, culture, and other disciplines will be used to examine the role hunting plays in wildlife and conservation management. Assignments allow students to study issues and topics surrounding hunting in the U.S. and around the world. These include the following topics: endangered species and associated policies worldwide, the hunter’s role in wildlife conservation, infectious diseases of game animals transmittable to humans, government’s role in hunting regulations, major hunting and anti-hunting organizations, conservation management funding, invasive species, cultural differences within and outside the U.S., economic impact of hunting, and perceptions and myths of hunting.