{"id":1198,"date":"2013-03-22T19:52:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T19:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/experience\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2020-01-24T14:33:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T19:33:14","slug":"wildlife-and-conservation-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wildlife-and-conservation-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife and Conservation Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p>While engaged in the supportive environment of an internship, apprenticeship or special project, you can test career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Below are your options for earning experiential credits. Please meet with your academic advisor before making a final decision regarding which option is best for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"step-container\">\n<h3>Experiential Learning Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Up to 12 credits of experiential learning courses may be taken. A maximum of 10 credits of letter grade courses may be taken for concentration credit; up to 12 credits of letter grade courses (in<em><strong>italics<\/strong><\/em> below) or S\/U courses may be used as supporting electives<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>NRS 395 Research Apprenticeship: 1 &#8211; 3 credit (S\/U Only)<\/li>\n<li>NRS 397 Internship: 1 &#8211; 6 credits (S\/U Only)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>NRS 491\/492 Special Projects: 1 &#8211; 3 credits\/each<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>NRS 495 Advanced Apprenticeship: 3 or 6 credits (S\/U Only)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>NRS 497 Cooperative Internship: 6 &#8211; 12 credits<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>NRS 498 Teaching Practicum: 1 &#8211; 3 credits (S\/U Only)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>NRS 499 Senior Thesis: 6 credits<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Art Gold<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:agold@uri.edu\">agold@uri.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>401.874.2903<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"opps\">\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<h3>Explore Past Internship Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The following list is a <strong><em>SAMPLE<\/em><\/strong> of placements in which environmental, marine, health and economic-related students have participated for experiential credits. <strong>This list is not exhaustive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div>\n<h4>Rhode Island Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Cancer Society, New England<\/li>\n<li>Bioactive Botanical Research Lab<\/li>\n<li>Blue Cross &amp; Blue Shield of Rhode Island<\/li>\n<li>Environment RI<\/li>\n<li>Institute for the Study &amp; Practice of Nonviolence<\/li>\n<li>Metcalf Institute for Marine &amp; Environmental Reporting<\/li>\n<li>Narragansett Bay Research Reserve<\/li>\n<li>Newport Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Norman Bird Sanctuary<\/li>\n<li>Ocean State Clean Cities<\/li>\n<li>RI Department of Environment Management<\/li>\n<li>RI Department of Health<\/li>\n<li>RI Hospital<\/li>\n<li>RI Eye Institute<\/li>\n<li>Roger Williams Park Zoo<\/li>\n<li>Save the Bay<\/li>\n<li>Sport and Spine Physical Therapy<\/li>\n<li>URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America<\/li>\n<li>URI Recreational Services<\/li>\n<li>US Environmental Protection Agency<\/li>\n<li>West Bay Family YMCA Athletic Training<\/li>\n<li>Westerly Animal Hospital<\/li>\n<li>WPRI\/WNAC-TV-Meterology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Out-Of-State Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Orthopedics<\/li>\n<li>Berkshire Botanical Garden<\/li>\n<li>Cabbage Hill Farm<\/li>\n<li>Cape Cod National Seashore<\/li>\n<li>Chatham Shellfish Company<\/li>\n<li>Fairfield Animal Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Groundwater &amp; Environmental Services<\/li>\n<li>Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Marine Conservation Biology Institute<\/li>\n<li>Marine Environmental Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Marine Fish Conservation Network<\/li>\n<li>Mystic Aquarium &amp; Institution of Oceanography<\/li>\n<li>Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association<\/li>\n<li>New York State Institute for Research<\/li>\n<li>New England Wild Flower Society<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Phipps Conservatory &amp; Botanical Gardens<\/li>\n<li>Prehab Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Student Conservation Association, INC<\/li>\n<li>Students for a Just &amp; Sustainable Future<\/li>\n<li>UC San Diego Institute of Oceanography, Marine Physical Lab<\/li>\n<li>Ullucci Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<li>University Orthopedica, INC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Sources: End-of-year-report pages 34-37: Internship Placements from Fall 2010, Spring 2011, &amp; Summer 2011, and Explore Internship Opportunities by Major Archives 2009-2011 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRS 395 Research Apprenticeship: 1 &#8211; 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