Academic Credit Options
Build your college credits with expert instructors at the Center for Wildlife Studies.
Interested in an undergraduate program in the wildlife sciences?
Undergrad Wildlife Track
A partnership between the College and CWS allows students to add a Wildlife Track to their biology or environmental science major!
Earn graduate or undergraduate credit through CWS?
Guest Learner
Earn academic credit and receive a transcript by registering as a βguest learnerβ via our partnership with Colby-Sawyer College. No need to be a current student or enrolled in a degree.
Earn graduate or undergraduate credit through your home institution?
Other Academic Credit
Earn academic credit directly through your home institution (with approval of your advisor/registrar).
Frequently Asked Questions
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CWS will support our learners with instructors who are experts in their field, build practical skills to jumpstart your wildlife career, earn shareable digital badges to showcase your skills to employers, and graduate mentors, gain professional certification from The Wildlife Society, Ecological Society of America, and others
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Simple! Contact your school and register.
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Foundations of Wildlife Conservation & Management
Mammalogy
Principles of Botany
Plant Taxonomy & ID
Wildlife Field Techniques
Wildlife Ecology & Management
Applied Wildlife Habitat and Population Management
Ornithology
Human Dimension of Wildlife Ecology & Management
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