Conservation Career Pathway

Overview of Conservation

Careers in conservation use science to understand, study, and conserve the natural world. 

Conservation Career Options

• State and Federal agencies (e.g. Fish&Wildlife)
• Environmental consultant
• Non-profit conservation organizations
• Park ranger
• Zookeeper
• Teaching

Recommended Biology Electives

• Bi 429 Conservation Biology 
• Bi 410 Selected Topics (Conservation Genetics)
• Bi330 Introduction to Plant Biology
• Bi360/361 Introduction to Marine Biology 
• Bi386/386L Invertebrate Zoology
• Bi387/387L Vertebrate Zoology
• Bi412 Animal Behavior
• Bi413/413L Herpetology
• Bi414/414L Ornithology
• Bi415/415L Mammalogy
• Bi416/416L Marine Mammals
• Bi425/425L Natural History of Antarctica
• Bi432 Plant Diversity and Evolution
• Bi435/435L Plant Systematics
• Bi471 Plant Ecology
• Bi473 Field Sampling
• Bi479 Plant Reproductive Biology

Recommended Non-Biology Electives

• ESM424 Wetland Ecology
• ESM426 Ecology of Streams and Rivers
• ESM444 Forest Ecology
• ESM445 Old Growth Forest Ecology
• ESM474 Fish Ecology and Conservation
• ESM480 Coastal Marine Ecology
• ESM483 Marine Conservation and Management
• ESM485 Ecology and Management of Bio-Invasions
• WR410 Science Writing
• Geog313 Biogeography
• Geog488 Geographic Information Systems

Internship Opportunities