Choose Your Track
Pick one track. Week 1 is orientation and Week 6 is the practicum and specialist dossier in every track. Weeks 2 to 5 are the track study weeks, shown below for each track.
Hominid
- Week 1 — Track orientation and specialist standards
- Week 2 — Hominid reports and evidence standards
- Week 3 — Advanced gait and footprint, specialist level
- Week 4 — Hominid hoaxes and misidentification
- Week 5 — Hominid field casework
- Week 6 — Practicum and specialist dossier
Marine
- Week 1 — Track orientation and specialist standards
- Week 2 — Lake and sea reports
- Week 3 — Sonar, photo, and video evidence in water
- Week 4 — Marine misidentification, logs, waves, known animals
- Week 5 — Marine casework
- Week 6 — Practicum and specialist dossier
Aerial
- Week 1 — Track orientation and specialist standards
- Week 2 — Thunderbird and flying reports
- Week 3 — Aerial sighting analysis, distance, size, flight
- Week 4 — Misidentification, birds, aircraft, balloons
- Week 5 — Aerial casework
- Week 6 — Practicum and specialist dossier
Terrestrial Carnivore
Open Terrestrial Carnivore lessons and exam
- Week 1 — Track orientation and specialist standards
- Week 2 — Dogman
- Week 3 — Big cats and large carnivores
- Week 4 — Predation, tracks, and livestock evidence
- Week 5 — Carnivore casework
- Week 6 — Practicum and specialist dossier
Examination — Level 4 Specialist
The examination for a Level 4 track follows the same rules as Levels 2 and 3: 30 questions drawn at random from a 60-question bank for that track only, with an 80% pass mark (24 correct answers) required to earn the certificate. Each track page — linked from its track card above — contains only its own track's lessons and its own track's examination. Choosing a track on this page does not open another track's lessons or exam.
Certificate — Level 4 Specialist
On passing a track examination, the student earns a Level 4 Specialist certificate in the chosen track: Hominid, Marine, Aerial, or Terrestrial Carnivore. The exact certificate wording is to be confirmed by IHSE before publishing, following the Level 2 and Level 3 certificate pattern.