Admission Requirements

• Completion of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited 4-year institution according to the following guidelines:
  • Horticulture: a bachelor’s degree in horticulture, botany, biology or related agricultural science.
  • Park Management and Conservation: a bachelor’s degree in the life sciences or natural resources is preferred but not required.
  • Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise Management: a bachelor’s degree in biology, environmental science, ecology, or related field.
• GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale, based on the courses taken during the last two academic years.
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required.

More detailed admission information for M.S. degree programs can be found at this site.

Course Requirements

The M.S. requires at least 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. Master’s students should earn a significant majority of their credit hours in courses numbered 700 or above. Therefore, of the 30 credit hours normally required for the master’s program of study at least 18 hours should be at the 700 level and above, including the thesis/research and the report/problems hours required by the thesis and report options. Course and research credit requirements are as follows:

• HORT 951 - Horticulture Graduate Seminar Credits: 1 (2) †
• Research Methods and/or Scientific Writing Credits: 3
• Statistics courses at 700-level or above Credits: 3
• Other courses to be selected with major advisor and committee

Research

• HORT 899 - Research-MS  Credits: 6-8 (Thesis option)

or

• HORT 898 - Master’s Report  Credits: 2 (Report option)

 

More detailed course work information for M.S. degree programs can be found at this site.

†Note: Each M.S. degree program must include 2 credit hours of Graduate Seminar (HORT 951 ).