Available M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees Programs

Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences Biological Science

About our Degree Programs

M.S. and Ph.D. graduate students develop course programs in consultation with an advisory commitee. A minimum of 24 semester hours and successful completion and defense of a thesis is required to earn a M.S. degree. The Advisory committee outlines the course requirements for a Ph.D. Most Ph.D. students must demonstrate knowledge of plant genetics, plant physiology, biochemistry, ecology and plant biology before taking written and oral qualifying examinations. The Ph.D. student must complete and defend a dissertation in one of the areas of seed biology that makes a scholarly contribution to our knowledge of the field.

Graduate teaching and research assistantships (fellowships) are available in the Seed Biology program on a competitive basis. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for all entering graduate students and students should have a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average as an undergraduate. Students with English as a second language are required to have a minimum score of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).