该系提供野生生物科学专业的研究生学位，以取得理学硕士学位。渔业科学专业是野生动物科学专业的选修课。申请者还应联系他们希望与之合作的系的教员，并且该教员需要同意担任学生的教员并资助其研究。成功的申请人将从符合上述平均绩点，GRE分数，简历和教育背景的条件下，并且似乎具有个人历史和书面参考资料所显示的职业承诺的人中选拔。
The Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (FWCE) offers graduate work leading to the Master of Science degree with a major in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology. Faculty members in the department also may advise Ph.D. candidates through the graduate programs in the Department of Biology, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, as well as other Ph.D. granting departments. For additional information please see the graduate catalog entries for the respective departments.<br><br>For the Master of Science degree, a minimum of 30 semester credits of graduate work in the major and related subjects is required, together with a thesis for most students. Of these credits, at least 15 must be in courses numbered 500 or above, and at least 15 must be for courses with the FWCE prefix. Those programs involving a thesis or research project include 4 to 6 credits of research (FWCE 598 Special Research Programs or FWCE 599 Master's Thesis). Students electing a minor in FWCE are required to take at least 9 credits in the minor field. A nonthesis option is available to some students, depending on prior training and experience, and subject to approval by the advisor and department head.