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Wildlife and Fisheries Science


College or University: Mississippi State University

Type of degree: M.S.

Brief overview of program: The Wildlife and Fisheries Department offers graduate education leading to the Master of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Science with emphasis in wildlife, fisheries, and aquaculture. The Masters of Science degrees requires 24 hours of course work, including one graduate course in statistics, a thesis and a comprehensive oral examination. Students are also required to take an ecology proficiency exam during the first two weeks of acceptance into the program. A Ph.D. degree is offered in Forest Resources with emphasis in wildlife, fisheries, and aquaculture. The Ph.D. requires a comprehensive written diagnostic examination, one graduate level statistics course, variable hours of course work (determined by graduate committee), oral and written comprehensive preliminary examinations, a dissertation and oral defense of dissertation. A limited number of graduate research assistantships are available.

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Program Point of Contact: Dr. Bruce Leopold

Email: bleopold@cfr.msstate.edu

Institution address: 110 Thompson Hall
                             Missippi State,MS

 



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