Integration of wildlife science and management and veterinary medicine has become increasingly important with current diverse uses of wildlife and other renewable natural resources. As wildlife habitats dwindle and animal populations become more compressed, biologists must increase their attention towards disease diagnosis and abatement. This integrated curriculum allows the student to earn a 3+1 undergraduate degree program in Wildlife and Fisheries. For the first three years, the student matriculates into the
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Then, if accepted into the Veterinary Medicine program in the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, the student’s final year of the program consists of successful matriculation in the first year of study in the Veterinary Medicine Program.
Successful graduates of this program are qualified to apply for Certified Wildlife Biologist with
The Wildlife Society as well as being qualified to practice veterinary medicine.

Mississippi State requires a minimum of 124 hours for the undergraduate degree. Therefore, to qualify of the
B.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries, a student must complete the 3 years of the above listed undergraduate
course work (114 hours) in the wildlife pre-veterinary program and also successfully complete the first year in
the Veterinary Medicine curriculum.