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Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

If you enjoy the outdoors, are comfortable handling animals and are interested in society’s impact on wildlife, fish and their habitats, consider majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources. You’ll learn about everything from the conservation and preservation of animal habitats to wildlife disease, allowing you to identify and solve many possible issues related to wildlife.

Our program prepares you for careers as wildlife and fisheries biologists, toxicologists, fish hatchery personnel, conservation officers and planners, and animal damage control specialists, as well as a wide variety of natural resources communication specialists and managers.

Courses are lab-based with ample opportunity for valuable field experiences. You can choose a concentration in wildlife or fisheries (or both) to meet the requirements for professional certification as either a wildlife biologist (certified through The Wildlife Society) or fisheries biologist (certified through The American Fisheries Society).

Intakes

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Our graduates understand the historical importance of wildlife and fisheries management, and the role contemporary agencies play in wildlife and fisheries management in the U.S. You’ll be able to explain and employ commonly used wildlife and fisheries management principles, methods and techniques.

Many of our graduates pursue work with the Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, and many other government and non-profit organizations.

PSW Opportunity

12 to 36 months( OPT duration depends on the major studied)

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Freshman:

Must have at least a 2.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale for general admission.
Must meet English Proficiency or request conditional admission and admission to the Intensive English Program (IEP).
Please be advised that some Engineering majors may reach capacity and therefore will be restricted from entry.
For direct admission to some colleges and majors, SAT or ACT scores are required and must be sent to WVU directly from the respective testing services. Please review the program requirements. For all other majors, international students are encouraged but not required to submit SAT or ACT scores, if available. SAT/ACT scores are useful for determining scholarship eligibility.
WVU welcomes applications from students with IGCSE and O-Level Certificates from Cambridge International for admissions consideration. We require a minimum of five subject passes, of which two must be English and Mathematics. The average of the grades must be at least a 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale). A passing grade in the subject of English will be accepted as evidence of sufficient English ability.

Transfer:

Must have at least a 2.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale in all college work attempted.
Must meet English Proficiency or request conditional admission and admission to the Intensive English Program (IEP).
In addition, transfer students who have fewer than 24 transferable credit hours, must also meet freshman admission standards and submit secondary school/high school transcripts.
Some individual programs and majors have different course requirements and higher grade point average requirements; .
Grades and credits are transferable for college-level courses from regionally accredited U.S. institutions..

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West Virginia University

Morgantown , West Virginia ,United States