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.