Department of Soil&Crop Sciences

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Requirements leading to the Master of Science degree :

  • 32 graduate credit hours beyond the B.S. degree; general requirements are:
    1. 24 course hours approved by the student's advisory committee and the Office of Graduate Studies
    2. One course (minimum of 3 hrs.) in statistics
    3. Graduate seminar (1 hr.)
    4. No more than 8 hours of AGRO 691 (Research) or AGRO 685 (Directed Studies)
    5. No more than 9 hours of upper level (300 and 400) undergraduate courses and no graduate credit for the following courses required for a B.S. degree: AGRO 101 AGRO 105 AGRO 301
    6. See Graduate Catalog for additional requirements.
  • A thesis written on original research as directed by student's advisory committee.

Requirements leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree:

  • 64 graduate credit hours beyond the M.S. degree (or 96 hours beyond the B.S. degree in cases where no M.S. degree is obtained); general requirements are:
    1. No set number of course hours is required; however, most committee chairs and advisory committees demand from 32 to 40 semester hours of classroom study, which usually includes courses in fields other than agronomy
    2. Graduate seminar (1 hr.)
    3. Students who accumulate more that 99 semester credit hours may be required to pay out-of-state tuition on any additional hours.
    4. See Graduate Catalog for additional comments.
  • A dissertation written on original research as directed by the student's advisory committee.