The MS is a research degree designed for students who want to specialize in particular academic or scientific areas. This degree is for students who plan an academic, research, or staff specialist career, and for those students who plan to pursue a PhD. Choose from among several disciplinary areas:
- Community Forestry and Arboriculture*
- Environmental Education
- Fisheries Science
- Forest Biology*
- Forest Business
- Forestry
- Geospatial Information Science (GIS)*
- Parks, Recreation and Tourism
- Policy and Sustainability
- Water and Soil Resources
- Wildlife Science
*can be declared as official Area of Emphasis
Curriculum
The MS requires a thesis and minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate level course work, but additional courses may be required by the student’s Advisory Committee.