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General Rules

This paper will maintain the highest professional standards in content, style and appearance.

Format and Style

The format and style of the professional paper should be consistent throughout and should follow the format of the primary professional journal or report of the profession or discipline involved.

All narrative material should be clearly understandable to the reader through careful, well-organized writing and adequate use of references and footnotes.

Please not that if a word processor is used, papers printed by dot matrix printers will not be accepted. The paper will be permanently bound.

Paper Content

This paper is to be the original work of the student. The paper should not be a diary or compendium of progress reports. Such material may be placed in an appendix and reference to it made in the narrative of the text.

Sample Program

  • Ecology:
    • WFSC 301-Wildlife and Changing Environment
    • WFSC 420 Ecology for Teachers
    • WFSC 422 Behavioral Ecology of Vertebrates
    • WFSC 604 Systems Analysis and Simulation in Ecology and Natural Resource Management
    • WFSC 611 Estuarine Ecology
    • RLEM 612 Restoration Ecology
  • Resource Policy/ Management:
    • RENR 662 Environmental Law and Policy
    • WFSC 640 Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Fisheries Management
    • RENR 664 Coastal Zone Management
    • AGEC 604 Natural Resource Economics
    • FRSC 614 Economic Analysis for Forest Resource Decisions
  • Other:
    • STAT 651 Statistics in Research I
    • COALS Courses
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