Curriculum
The master of science degree in environmental sciences requires a minimum of 33 hours of graduate work for those students electing to complete a thesis and 38 hours of graduate work for those students electing to complete a non-thesis paper.
Students will choose one of five emphasis options.
Within the first semester of study, the student must select a graduate faculty member as thesis (or non-thesis) chairperson for graduate advisory committee. The chairperson will advise the student on course work and research. Within the first year of study, the graduate advisory committee must be complete, consisting of the chairperson and two or more additional graduate faculty members. The graduate advisory committee should consist of faculty with expertise or interests that are appropriate to the student's academic background, goals, and career interests. The graduate advisory committee and the student will develop a research project outline and will determine before the work begins whether the project is to result in a thesis or a non-thesis paper. The research project is then approved for initiation and supervised by the committee chairperson.
