Zoo and Aquarium Management - Master of Science

The following Core courses (6 credits):
One of the following courses:
Population and Community Ecology
All of the following courses (16 credits):
Concepts of Biological Information Systems
Tourism in Regional Development
Park and Recreation Administration and Policy
A minimum of 8 credits from the following courses:
Population Analysis and Management
Fisheries and Wildlife Laws and Regulation
Conservation and Genetics
Park and Recreation Planning and Design Concepts
Park Interpretive Services and Visitor Information Systems
Resource and Environmental Economics
Legal Aspects of Parks, Recreation, and Sport
The Economics of Environmental Resources
The Law and Leisure Services
Park, Recreation and Natural Resources Marketing
Quantitative Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Complete an internship with an industrial partner.
Pass a final oral examination.
All students in the program will be required to complete a Certificate Program in Basic Business and Communication Skills. The certificate program is organized as a series of week-end workshops covering such topics as project management, business law, intellectual property, management theory, finance, writing skills, presentation skills, information retrieval, interpersonal skills and group work. The certificate program offered by the faculty of The Eli Broad College of Business and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, will include a case-study approach. It will normally be undertaken during the first year of enrollment and will involve an additional cost to the student beyond usual tuition and fees.