Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Technology - Diploma
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There is an ever-growing need for skilled technologists to play a critical role in understanding, managing and protecting our vital natural environments. Whether your interests lie in the importance of ensuring the integrity of fish and wildlife habitats or creating sustainable outdoor recreation opportunities, this program is for you.
Experience-based learning using new technology gives you the hands-on skills and knowledge necessary to successfully compete for jobs like park rangers, provincial fisheries and wildlife technologist and recreation technologist.
Practical training includes computer systems for environmental technologies, ecosystem health and management, fish and wildlife identification and management, parks and recreation management, avalanche awareness, and back-country navigation and travel. Our outdoor classroom provides relevant learning experiences for you to gain valuable skills in backcountry recreation and fish and wildlife management and get practical training in computer systems for environmental technologies, ecosystem health and management, fish and wildlife identification and management, parks and recreation management, avalanche awareness and backcountry navigation and travel.
*This program may be eligible for the post-graduation work permit (PGWP).
Accreditation
The Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Technology Program is nationally accredited through Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC). It is provincially accredited by the College of Applied Biologists.
To help ensure the program is relevant, the quality of the program has been assessed against industry outcomes. The program receives feedback from our Program Advisory Committee, which consists of industry and government representatives, including many past graduates.
Transferability
The Recreation, Fish & Wildlife Program ladders into the Bachelor's Degree in Geographic Information Systems.
There is a long-standing tradition of our graduates transferring and successfully completing university degrees. Program graduates have successfully transferred credit toward degrees in universities throughout Canada and the United States.
Selkirk College also has formal transfer agreements with:
- Thompson Rivers University, Bachelor of Natural Resource Science
- Lethbridge University, Bachelor of Applied Conservation Enforcement
- Vancouver Island University, Bachelor Natural Resource Protection
Please note that students planning to transfer into a degree program at another post-secondary institution must check the transfer requirements of the program they wish to enrol in. It is strongly recommended that students consult with the program advisor of the receiving institution to ensure that they have all of the necessary transfer requirements.
Common Core
The first year of the Recreation, Fish & Wildlife consists of a core of environmental courses in soils, hydrology, botany, surveying, fish and wildlife, ecology, mapping, communications, computers and math. This core year is common with the Applied Environmental Science and Planning Technology (AESP) and Forest Technology programs.
The second year of each program synthesizes the skills, knowledge, and professionalism of first year with applied management, planning, and advanced techniques and principles. Integration of learning in each program is required.
The common core allows students to obtain an additional diploma in Applied Environmental Science and Planning Technology or Forest Technology by completing the relevant third year.