ROBERT A. GARROTT
Professor Fish and Wildlife Management
Ecology Department--Montana State University
Office Phone: (406) 994-2270 FAX: (406) 994-3190 e-mail: rgarrott@montana.edu
TEACHING & COURSES
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Teaching & Courses F&WL 301 F&WL 504 BIOL 580
RESEARCH VENTURES
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Dr. Garrott currently teaches three courses that are offered through the Ecology and Fish & Wildlife Management curriculums. Please read on below to learn more about these classes and to visit links to specific course information.
Courses taught: Undergraduate courses: BIOL 101 -- Survey of Organisms Fall semesters, 4 cr., team-taught with Dr. Kearns and Dr. Willey The class presents an introduction to the study of life in all its varied forms and complex processes. The foundation of the course is evolutionary theory, introducing students to the diversity of life through the study of the evolution of life forms on earth over the past 3.5 billion years. The final segment of the class provides a premier on interactions of life forms at the population, community, and ecosystem levels of organization.
F&WL 301 -- Principles of Fish and Wildlife Management Spring semester, 3 cr., team-taught with Dr. McMahon The class provides an introduction to topics of applied ecology related to the conservation and management of fish and wildlife resources. Dr. Garrott teaches the first half of the class which emphasizes the history of natural resource management in North America, the linkages between life-history characteristics and ecological requirements of wildlife and conservation/management challenges, and the interactions between changing and diverse public expectations and science, politics, and natural resource management and policy.
Graduate courses: F&WL 504 -- Wildlife-Habitat Relationships Currently not being offered, 3 cr. An exploration of current understanding of the relationships between wildlife populations and communities and characteristics of the landscape they occupy. A cooperative learning laboratory focuses on the evaluation and management of wildlife habitat on local lands.
BIOL 580 -- Scientific Writing
Spring
semester, 3 cr., restricted entry, limited to 6 students This
is an intensive writing class designed for graduate students that have
completed most of their research and are in the process of writing their
thesis/dissertation. Students are required to produce initial drafts and
revisions of previous writing assignments at 2-week intervals, with
classroom sessions devoted to thorough critiques by the instructor and
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