Information for prospective graduate students
Master of Science - M.S. Degrees are offered in Range Science, Wildlife Science, and Fisheries Science.
The M.S. degree requires a minimum of 24 hours of graduate course work plus 6 hours of thesis. Before being recommended for candidacy to a master's degree program, the student may be requested to take a preliminary examination to determine proficiency and background for graduate work. The student may be required to take (without graduate credit) such undergraduate leveling courses as may be designated by the graduate advisory committee. All M.S. degree candidates are required to take experimental design.
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. Degrees are offerred in Range Science, Wildlife Science, and Fisheries Science.
An oral and/or written preliminary examination is required of all students seeking a Ph.D. degree. If the preliminary examination reveals weaknesses in the student's background, remedial courses may be designated by the graduate advisory committee. The student's graduate advisory committee will also recommend courses to be taken in supporting disciplines. A Qualifying Examination for admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree will also be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Graduate School. This Qualifying Examination is prepared and administered by the candidate's graduate advisory committee and any other professors the committee may consider necessary.
The doctorate normally requires completion of 60 to 80, or more, semester credit hours of graduate course work beyond the bachelor's degree, exclusive of credit for the dissertation. In addition to the courses required for the major, an applicant for the doctorate must have taken at least 15 semester hours of graduate course work outside the department. These hours may be taken in several supporting fields without concern for a minor specialization, depending on recommendation of the student's graduate advisory committee. However, if they are taken in a block of related courses, they may be declared as a minor.
There is no foreign language requirement for the Ph.D. degree, but such a requirement may be incorporated into individual programs at the discretion of the student's graduate advisory committee. All doctoral candidates must successfully complete or have completed two semesters of calculus, one semester of experimental design, one semester of teaching practicum (RWFM 7210), and College Teaching in Agriculture (AGED 5310) or College Teaching (EDHE 5342).
Texas Tech University, Department of Natural Resources Management,
Box 42125, Lubbock, TX 79409
806.
742-
2841, fax: 806. 742 - 2280