Academic Credit Options

Build your college credits with expert instructors at the Center for Wildlife Studies.

Wildlife Track

Are you a current or prospective student at Colby-Sawyer College? A partnership between the College and CWS allows students to add a Wildlife Track to their biology or environmental science major!

Guest Learner

Register as a guest learner to receive an official transcript of your CWS courses via our partnership with Colby-Sawyer College. No need to be enrolled in a degree program.

Other Academic Credit

Enrolled at another college or university? You may be able to earn academic credit directly through your home institution.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • 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

  • Simple! Contact your school and register.

    • 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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