Course
Techniques for Wildlife Field Research
Techniques for Wildlife Field Research
4 credits
This course exposes students to a suite of wildlife field techniques and methods routinely used to assess wildlife ecology and management policies and practices in Tanzania, with specific application to the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem conservation areas. The focus of the course is multidisciplinary and reflects the complex realities of balancing ecological, economic, and sociocultural factors in sustainable wildlife conservation and management studies. Students learn foundational skills in observation and evaluation of wildlife, as well as interactive methods used for assessing local community attitudes and behaviors toward conservation efforts, and they apply these techniques to advance long-term research goals at the Center.