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Ecology - Wildland Resources - MS

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Program Overview

Program Requirements

Program Learning Outcomes

Total Credits Required In Program Coursework

30

Total Credits Required To Earn This Credential

30
Completion requirement

The Ecology M.S. degree requires a research thesis (M.S. Plan A Thesis).

Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
Earn at least 2 credits from the following:

M.S. students must pass this 1-credit course at least two times during their program of study.

Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
6 total credits of a demonstrated breadth of knowledge in Ecology

  • M.S. students must take 3 credits from at least two of the five Ecology Blocks

    • Block #1: Biophysical Ecology

    • Block #2: Organismic, Population, and Evolutionary Ecology

    • Block #3: Community, Ecosystem, and Landscape Ecology

    • Block #4: Quantitative Ecology

    • Block #5: Human Ecology

Students are advised to discuss course options with their Graduate Program Coordinator to fulfill block requirements. For a list of courses qualifying under these blocks, please visit our website.

Remaining credits to reach 30 credit hours (minimum)

  • Fulfilled via:

    • Graduate level course work (6000 and above)

    • No more than 12 credits of 5000-5990 level courses

Optional Forest Ecology Specialization:

Ecology majors who are housed in the Department of Wildland Resources have the option of adding a specialization in Forest Ecology to appear on their transcript upon completion. To opt for this specialization, students must declare this to their home department (Wildland Resources). Please use specialization code FOEC.

Required elements for this specialization include:

  • 3 courses (credits vary) approved by the Forest Ecology Specialization Committee for their relevance to Forest Ecology.

Optional Climate Adaptation Science Specialization:

Ecology majors who are housed in the Department of Wildland Resources have the option of adding a specialization in Climate Adaptation Science to appear on their transcript upon completion. To opt for this specialization, students must declare this to their home department (Wildland Resources). Please use specialization code CLAD.