ENVS 4950 Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies

ETSU, Spring 2018:

Making a Connection: Rehabilitating Wildlife and Interpreting Cultural and Natural Resources to the Public 

Customized syllabus for T.S.

Statement of Purpose

I would like a career in wildlife rehabilitation and interpretation to the public with State Parks, or at a zoo as a Zookeeper.

Additional Texts

In addition to the texts that all students are required to take for this course, I have selected the following:

- Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America. By Jon Mooallem. Penguin Press, 2013. 339 pages.

- American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West. By Nate Blakeslee. Broadway Books, 2018. 299 pages.

Service Placement

Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium, Kingsport, TN, www.baysmountain.com/

Supervisors: Rob Cole, Park Manager and Megan Krager, Senior Naturalist

My duties at Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium are to assist in wildlife care at the park and to help interpret the importance of wildlife to the public.