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The Wildlife and Fisheries Science major aims to equip undergraduates with the expertise, abilities, and ethical standards needed for conserving and managing fish, wildlife, and their habitats. The program offers a comprehensive science foundation that includes natural resource management concepts, preparing graduates for various career paths including advanced studies, work with resource agencies, consulting companies, non-governmental organizations, and more.
Students can specialize further through different program tracks. The Wildlife concentration fulfills The Wildlife Society's professional certification standards, while the Fisheries option meets the American Fisheries Society's certification requirements.
The majority of Penn State’s applications come from traditional, first-year students. The following types of students are considered first-year applicants (or freshman applicants, as some refer to them): Current high school student in his or her senior year; Student who has earned a high school diploma or a GED and has no post-secondary coursework; Student who has attempted 17 or fewer credits (semester hours) of college coursework at a regionally accredited college/university before attending Penn State; Current high school student who may have enrolled in another institution(s) before graduating from high school (dual enrollment); Student who may have attended Penn State on a nondegree basis.
English Language Proficiency
The following are ways in which you can satisfy the language proficiency requirement: TOEFL: A minimum TOEFL score of 80 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 550 on the old paper exam and a minimum of 20 in each section of the new paper exam (code #2660); IELTS: A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 on the academic test.