The Graduate Program

The goal of our graduate program is to produce tomorrow's leaders in natural resources science in the academic arena, the public sector, and private industry. Graduate students in the Department of Natural Resources Science pursue prgrams of study leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Environmental Sciences. The programs are multifaceted, and offer students the opportunity to engage in basic or applied research on a variety of natural resources topics. Interdisciplinary research, a hallmark of the Department, is a natural outgrowth of the broad range of expertise represented by the faculty. Through thesis and nonthesis options, NRS graduate students collaborate with faculty on studies of soil, water, forest, wildlife, and wetland resources, and seek lasting solutions to pressing land use problems. Graduate study in Natural Resources Science is highly flexible, with programs tailored to the interests and goals of individual students.