Areas of Emphasis

Forest Sciences
Wildlife Ecology and Management
Spatial Sciences

A minimum of 9 hours in discipline appropriate coursework is required for each area of emphasis; e.g., 9 hours of 5000-level FOR courses are
required for a M.S. in Forest Resources with an emphasis in Forest Sciences. Additionally, the SIS emphasis requires an additional minimum
of 3 hours of FOR, WLF, or non-core FRS coursework.

FOREST SCIENCES EMPHASIS REQUIRED CURRICULUM:

Forest Sciences Electives                         9 hours
                                 (9 hours of FOR graduate courses or 6 hours of FOR graduate courses
and 3 hours of non-core FRS graduate courses)

Free Electives                                      5 – 8 hours

SPATIAL SCIENCES EMPHASIS REQUIRED CURRICULUM:

Spatial Sciences Electives                         9 hours
(graduate courses with SIS prefixes)

Forest Resources Elective                         3 hours
                                                    (graduate courses with either FOR or WLF prefixes, or non-core FRS graduate courses)

Free Electives                                      2 – 5 hours

WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS REQUIRED

CURRICULUM:

Wildlife Ecology and Management Electives    9 hours
(9 hours of WLF graduate courses or 6 hours of WLF graduate courses
and 3 hours of non-core FRS graduate courses)

Free Electives                                           5-8 hours

GRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM:

(Required for all Emphasis Areas)

FRS 5102 Research Methods       2 hours

FRS 5113 Statistics in Research I     3 hours

FRS 5123 Statistics in Research II     3 hours

FRS 5691 Seminar (two required)     2 hours

FRS 579V Research and Thesis     3-6 hours*

*Based on the scope of individual thesis projects and determined by the Advisory Committee.

Total Hours 30 hours

      
                                                                     

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