WFS 323:
Human Dimensions in Wildlife and Fisheries
Instructors: William G. Minser
Credits 1 hour
Course Objectives:
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To gain a broad understanding of opportunities available to wildlife and fisheries professionals and agencies in carrying out public relations. |
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To learn how to present natural resource stories to the public and stakeholder groups to make wildlife and fisheries program successful. |
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To learn how to present news into the media in various formats: radio, TV, newspaper, magazines. |
Class Overview
In this class you will have the opportunity to sit in on technical seminars involving a variety of speakers who specialized in media related topics. The class will also attend a TVA public meeting in order to fully understand how vital communication between public and private sectors is to accomplishing a desired goal.
Various assignments included a news release, letter to the editor of a newspaper and comprehensive field notebook of the entire spring camp experience.