Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences (M.S., Ph.D., minor)

The Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences graduate program offered by the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences provides students with the opportunity to study with faculty that have expertise in a diverse array of disciplines including but not limited to fish ecology, quantitative analyses of marine and freshwater fish populations, water quality, fish systematics, fish and invertebrate physiology, stream ecology, modeling of aquatic ecosystems, land use interactions, conservation genetics, endangered species, conservation biology, conservation psychology, habitat restoration, and aquaculture.

In addition to our traditional faculty, the Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit resides with the department and Unit scientists teach graduate level courses and maintain active graduate research programs funded in part by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Graduate faculty are located on the main Corvallis campus, Hatfield Marine Science Center, location of the Marine Mammal Institute, and at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

The Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences aspires to preeminence among academic programs in ecology, management, and conservation biology in terrestrial, freshwater aquatic, and marine ecosystems. We are dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge in conservation of biodiversity, natural resource management, and the sustainable use of natural resources.