HUNTING FOR CONSERVATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the demographics of hunters in North America and their motivations for participating. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the role of hunting in wildlife management and conservation and how this relationship evolved. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the reason for and effect of hunting laws and regulations. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate the principles of firearm safety and describe the role of hunter education. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify methods, types of hunting, and skills hunters use to legally harvest game animals in North America. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Discuss the unique roles hunting plays in society, including intrinsic, cultural, biological, ecological, economic, and personal values. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Describe the responsibility and ethics hunters are charged with to not only pursue their quarry safely and legally, but also ethically. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the demographics of hunters in North America and their motivations for participating. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the role of hunting in wildlife management and conservation and how this relationship evolved. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the reason for and effect of hunting laws and regulations. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate the principles of firearm safety and describe the role of hunter education. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify methods, types of hunting, and skills hunters use to legally harvest game animals in North America. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Discuss the unique roles hunting plays in society, including intrinsic, cultural, biological, ecological, economic, and personal values. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Describe the responsibility and ethics hunters are charged with to not only pursue their quarry safely and legally, but also ethically. Audience: Undergraduate