Course Number |
Course Title (semester/year*) |
Hours |
---|
WFA 6223 |
Wildlife Plant Identification (Summer/every year) |
3 |
WFA 6513 |
Current Topics in Human-Wildlife Interactions (Spring/even years) |
3 |
WFA 6393 |
Urban Wildlife Ecology (Summer/odd years) |
3 |
WFA 8343 |
Concepts in Ecology and Natural Resource Management (Spring/odd years) |
3 |
WFA 8463 |
Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation (Fall/even years) |
3 |
BIO 8043 |
Ecology and Environment (Summer/every year) |
3 |
BIO 8053 |
Comprehensive Study of Animals (College of Arts & Sciences: Department of Biological Sciences)(Fall/every year) |
3 |
BIO 8063 |
Comprehensive Study of Plants (Spring/every year) |
3 |
FO 6123 |
Forest Ecology (Fall/every year) |
3 |
GG 6523 |
Coastal Environments (Summer/every year) |
3 |
GG 8203 |
Ocean Science (Summer/every year) |
3 |
GG 8233 |
Environmental Geoscience (Fall/every year) |
3 |
GR 6303 |
Principles of GIS (Fall and Summer/every year) |
3 |
GR 8633 |
Climate Change (Summer/every year) |
3 |
*Odd years end in 1,3,5,7,9; even years end in 0,2,4,6,8
Capstone Course and Comprehensive Exam
The capstone project course (WFA 8763) is designed for students to apply their knowledge and skills gained from their successful completion of the major required courses in the M.S. in Conservation Education degree program. Students will seek out an organization that is involved with conservation education to develop a short-term partnership. During the partnership, students will evaluate the organization’s conservation education program, identify a need, and develop and deliver a tailored conservation education project to the conservation organization.
To aid in successful completion of the capstone project, the student and the conservation organization are supplied with Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture faculty-developed rubrics. These rubrics are designed to provide guidance for the implementation of the project. Additionally, the rubrics uphold academic rigor and standardize evaluation across capstone projects.
Additionally, during the capstone project course, students will schedule and complete their final comprehensive exam.
The examination must be scheduled by the student and taken at an approved location that provides proctoring. The examination date must be scheduled at least two weeks' time prior to the deadline posted on the Graduate Academic Calendar for the semester in which the student plans to graduate.
As noted in the Graduate Catalog, students must be in their final semester of coursework to participate in the comprehensive exam. Please note: students who fail the initial attempt CANNOT apply to retake the exam until three months from the date of the original exam (see Graduate Catalog). Also, any student on probationary status cannot take comprehensive exams until the probationary status has been lifted. Hence, some students may need an additional semester to take the comprehensive exam.
A Proctor Request Form, provided in the Capstone Course Canvas Class, MUST be submitted for approval two weeks prior to the examination date.
Email the completed form to the Conservation Education Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Leslie Burger, for pre-approval. If you have any questions about the process or requirements, please email Dr. Burger at leslie.burger@msstate.edu.