{"id":11829,"date":"2017-03-21T12:42:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/?page_id=11829"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:30:47","slug":"master-of-science-in-fisheries-wildlife-and-conservation-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/fisheries-wildlife-and-conservation-biology-program\/graduate-programs\/master-of-science-in-fisheries-wildlife-and-conservation-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/09\/FWCB_0012_grad1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Student with a coyote in the field - Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Graduate Programs - Forestry and Environmental Resources Spotlight: William Casola - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty and students in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology (FWCB) conduct applied <a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/fisheries-wildlife-and-conservation-biology-program\/graduate-programs\/student-research\/\">research<\/a> to help guide sustainable solutions for conservation challenges locally, regionally and globally. For a look at topics graduate students have pursued, please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/grad.ncsu.edu\/students\/etd\/\">Electronic Thesis and Dissertation<\/a>\u00a0Library of the NC State Graduate School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that this is an interdisciplinary degree program. Students who pursue specific aspects of fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology are supervised by <a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/fisheries-wildlife-and-conservation-biology-program\/directory\/\">FWBC Program Faculty<\/a> from several departments and reside in the department of their major professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degree Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Master of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology degree requires a minimum of 30 credits, including one to two hours of seminar and no more than six hours of research credits. A thesis is required. Further requirements may be imposed by the advisory committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The one to two hours of required seminar can be met by taking one or a combination of seminar classes approved by the student&#8217;s committee. We encourage students to take <span id=\"m_6338078117650286479:2ep.1\">AEC<\/span>&nbsp;502, but other good options include FOR 801\/803, and&nbsp;<span id=\"m_6338078117650286479:2ep.2\">PRT<\/span>&nbsp;801.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty and students in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology (FWCB) conduct applied research to help guide sustainable solutions for conservation challenges locally, regionally and globally. For a look at topics&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"parent":11823,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11829","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11829"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27962,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11829\/revisions\/27962"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}