Spring 2026 Courses

Core Courses

Course #Course TitleInstructorCredits
WIS 6558Introduction to U.S. Wildlife Law, Policy & EthicsJoseph Rivera3
WIS 6934Forensic DNA Statistics and Applied Population GeneticsJeff Rodzen3
WIS 6561Wildlife Crime Scene ProcessingSusan Underkoffler3

Electives

Course #Course TitleInstructorCredits
WIS 5562Conservation Medicine - Elective for Master's, Core Requirement for Graduate CertificateNicole Lewis3
WIS 6581Working Dogs in Conservation and Forensic SciencesNgaio Richards3
VME 6574Aquatic Animal Pathology and Forensic ScienceMegan Stolen3
WIS 6306Applied Wildlife Forensic GeneticsNicole Chinicci3
WIS 6052Bird LanguageLee Burton3
VME 6617 Environmental Risk Assessment of Veterinary Drugs Ngiao Richards3
WIS 6905*Supervised Research (Special Topics)Susan Underkoffler/Ngaio Richards1-5
WIS 6946*Internship in Wildlife Forensic Sciences and ConservationSusan Underkoffler/Ngaio Richards1-6

*Requires approval before registration. Please review procedure here: Internship or Supervised Research Request

Master’s students may take any electives from UF’s online Veterinary Forensic Sciences program to satisfy any elective requirements for the online Wildlife Forensic Sciences and Conservation program. View additional elective courses here.


Registration for courses is available to students once they have been accepted to the program. Students cannot register themselves using One.UF.

Courses and schedule are subject to change based on demand and availability.