Knowledge

After completion of the course students should have acquired indepth knowledge on a selected range of topics of high contemporary importance within Norwegian wildlife management. The subjects may vary among years depending on accessibility of lecturers and changing news picture, but include topics such as

• Laws and regulations in Norwegian wildlife management
• Large carnivore management - balancing politics and nature management
• Conservation biology in practice - the case of the Scandinavian Arctic fox and wild reindeer
• Managing populations through hunting - to which extent are different harvesting strategies at the root of the decadal increase in red deer and decrease in willow grouse?
• Using seabirds as ecological indicators to monitoring the health status of marine ecosystems

Skills

Upon completion, the student should understand and be able to discuss scientific literature and to write a scientific essay on the subjects wildlife ecology and management.

Generel competence

Upon completion, the student should be able to synthesize information within important conflict areas in Norwegian wildlife management, such a large carnivore conflicts, conservation of threatened wildlife species and assessing the threat of invasive species. The student should be able to use this knowledge to advice solutions to problems within wildlife management.