Fisheries
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Fisheries Program
907-474-7289
www.sfos.uaf.edu/academics/
Minimum Requirements for Degree: 130 credits
The fisheries undergraduate program offers broad basic education and training, preparing graduates to work in management, law enforcement, public information, business administration and education. The program provides a solid foundation for graduate study for students contemplating careers in research, administration, advanced management or teaching. The undergraduate program is offered only on the UAF Fairbanks and Juneau campuses.
With a number of subarctic streams and lakes within easy reach, Fairbanks offers an excellent location for the study of Interior Alaska aquatic habitats. Access to the marine environment from the Fairbanks campus is in Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet.
The Juneau Center, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, houses the UAF fisheries science program near the Auke Bay National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory north of Juneau. The Juneau Center has freshwater and seawater wet labs, computer labs and ready access to marine and freshwater habitats. The Fishery Industrial Technology Center, located in Kodiak, has new facilities for work in harvest technology, seafood technology, seafood biochemistry and microbiology.
Fisheries students in Fairbanks and Juneau have an opportunity to associate with personnel of federal and state conservation agencies and these agencies hire students for summer fieldwork. Bachelor of science candidates are strongly urged to obtain work experience in fisheries with public resource agencies or private firms. Faculty members can help students contact potential employers. Fisheries undergraduate students are asked each fall to describe their work experience of the previous year.
- Complete the general university requirements. (As part of the core curriculum requirements, complete MATH F200X or F272X.)
- Complete the B.S. degree requirements. (As part of the B.S. degree requirements, complete STAT F401 or STAT F402.)
- Complete the following fisheries core requirements:*
BIOL F115X--Fundamentals of Biology I**--4 credits
BIOL F116X--Fundamentals of Biology II**--4 credits
BIOL F271--Principles of Ecology--4 credits
BIOL F310--Animal Physiology--4 credits
BIOL F362--Principles of Genetics--4 credits
BIOL F473W--Limnology (4)
or MSL F411--Current Topics in Oceanographic Research (3)
or BIOL F476--Ecosystem Ecology (3)
or BIOL F483--Stream Ecology (3)--3 - 4 credits
CHEM F105X--General Chemistry**--4 credits
CHEM F106X--General Chemistry**--4 credits
ECON F200--Principles of Economics (4)
or ECON F235--Introduction to Natural Resource Economics (3)
or ECON F201--Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics (3)
and ECON F202--Principles of Economics II: Macroeconomics (3)
or ENGL F414W--Research Writing (3)--3 - 4 credits
FISH F101--Introduction to Fisheries--3 credits
FISH F288--Marine and Freshwater Fishes of Alaska--3 credits
FISH F315--Fisheries Techniques--4 credits
FISH F425--Fish Ecology--3 credits
FISH F427--Ichthyology--4 credits
FISH F490--Experiential Learning Internship--1 credit
FISH F487W,O--Fisheries Management--3 credits
MSL F111X--The Oceans**--4 credits
PHYS F103X--College Physics**--4 credits
STAT F200X--Elementary Probability and Statistics--3 credits
STAT F401--Regression & Analysis of Variance--4 credits
or STAT F402--Scientific Sampling--3 credits - Complete 12 credits of electives* from Fisheries, Biology or Natural Resource Management (of which 7 credits must be upper division).
- Complete 4 credits of electives* from Chemistry, Geology or Physics.
- Complete 4 upper-division credits of other electives*.
- Minimum credits required--126 credits
* Student must earn a C grade or better in each course.
** Courses completed in the fisheries core may be used to meet the core natural sciences or B.S. degree natural science requirements but not both.
Note: Fisheries majors are encouraged to reinforce their fisheries qualifications by earning a minor in a program related to fisheries. Some exampls are biology, business management, chemistry, economics, mathematics, natural resources management (animal science), northern studies, statistics or wildlife.