The M.S. degree is a research degree designed for students who want to specialize in particular academic or scientific areas. This degree is for students who plan an academic, research, or staff specialist career, and for those students who plan to pursue a PhD. The MS requires a thesis and minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate level course work.
Dr. Kyle Maurice Woosnam Director of Graduate Studies woosnam@uga.edu Graduate Program Administrator Kate deDufour dedufour@uga.edu 706.542.1183 warnell.uga.edu
30 hours
Apply to the UGA Graduate School and include the following: 3 Letters of Recommendation CV or Resume Statement of Purpose (career goals) Unofficial Transcript (3.0 minimum undergraduate GPA) Graduate Study Objective form indicating faculty member(s) contacted for potential advisors. International students: For students whose primary language is not English, proof of English proficiency is required. Students need to submit official university documents according to the UGA Graduate School requirements. Students will also have to show certificate of finances upon acceptance to the program.
| FANR 7000 (6 hours) | Master's Research | 1-18 |
| FANR 7300 (3 hours) | Master's Thesis | 1-12 |
| FANR 8060 | Forestry and Natural Resources Seminar Series | 1 |
| WILD(FISH) 8001 | Principles of Fisheries and Wildlife Management | 3 |
*Must be taken in the first or second semester of degree program
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| FANR 6750-6750D | Experimental Methods in Forestry and Natural Resources Research | 4 |
| STAT 6220 | Introduction to Statistical Methods II | 3 |
Other graduate-level statistics course approved by advisory committee
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| ERSH 4200/6200 * | Methods of Research in Education | 3 |
| FANR 8200 | Scientific Research in Forestry and Natural Resources | 3 |
| FANR 8600 * | Qualitative and Case-Study Methods in Natural Resources Research | 2 |
| SOCI 6600 * | Research Methods | 3 |
*May be taken with committee's approval
Choose 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
Courses numbered 6000 or above
Choose 1 credit hour(s) from the following:
Non-split-level courses numbered 6000 or above
Choose a minimum of 6 credit hour(s) from the following:
|
ANTH(PSYC)(ECOL)(WILD) 4744/6744
Analytical Thinking
Communication
Critical Thinking
Leadership & Collaboration
|
Primate Behavior | 3 |
|
ECOL 4000/6000
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Population and Community Ecology | 3 |
|
ECOL 4010/6010
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Ecosystem Ecology | 3 |
|
ECOL 4080/6080
Analytical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
|
Principles of Integrative Conservation and Sustainability | 4 |
|
ECOL(BIOL)(IDIS) 4150/6150-4150L/6150L
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Population Biology of Infectious Diseases | 4 |
|
ECOL(FANR) 4220/6220
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Restoration Ecology | 3 |
| ECOL(FISH)(WASR) 4310/6310 | Freshwater Ecosystems | 3 |
|
ECOL 4450/6450-4450L/6450L
Analytical Thinking
|
GIS for Ecologists | 3 |
|
ECOL 4500/6500
Analytical Thinking
|
Evolutionary Ecology | 4 |
| ECOL 4570/6570 | Comparative Biodiversity and Land Conservation Policy: Costa Rica and the United States | 4 |
| ECOL 4640/6640 | Animal Cognition | 3 |
| ECOL 4800/6800-4800L/6800L | Statistical Thinking in Ecology | 4 |
|
ECOL 8000
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Topics in Modern Ecology | 4 |
| ECOL 8020L | Research Modeling | 3 |
| ECOL 8145 | Life History Evolution | 3 |
|
ECOL 8220
Analytical Thinking
|
Stream Ecology | 2 |
| ECOL 8300 | Behavioral Ecology | 3 |
|
ECOL(PBIO)(WILD) 8310
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Population Ecology | 4 |
| ECOL(WILD) 8322 | Concepts and Approaches in Ecosystem Ecology | 4 |
| ECOL(PBIO)(WILD) 8325-8325L | Modeling Population Ecology | 4 |
| ECOL 8730 | Environmental Policy | 3 |
| EPID(ECOL)(IDIS) 8515 | Modeling Infectious Diseases | 4 |
| ECOL(WILD) 8750 | Endangered Species Practicum | 4 |
| FANR 4040/6040 | LaTeX for Writing Science | 1 |
|
FANR 4350/6350
Analytical Thinking
|
Conservation Genetics | 3 |
| FANR 4444S/6444S | Foundations of Environmental Education | 3 |
|
FANR 4800W/6800W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Renewable Resources Policy | 2 |
|
FANR(WILD) 4820/6820
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
|
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife Conservation | 3 |
|
FANR 5620/7620-5620L/7620L
Analytical Thinking
|
GIS Applications in Natural Resources and Ecology | 3 |
| FANR 5630/7630 | Statistical Software for Natural Resource Management | 1-3 |
| FANR 5640/7640-5640L/7640L | Unmanned Aerial Systems' (UAS) Role in Natural Resource Management | 3 |
| FANR 8130 | Landscape Genetics | 2 |
|
FANR(BINF)(GENE) 8140
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Functional Genomics | 3 |
| ENTO(ECOL)(PBIO)(FANR) 8150 | Wetland Ecology | 3 |
| ENTO(ECOL)(PBIO)(FANR) 8150L | Wetland Ecology Laboratory | 1 |
| FANR 8300-8300L | Scientific Communication in Forestry and Natural Resources | 3 |
| FANR 8400 | Advanced Spatial Analysis for Natural Resources | 1-4 |
| FANR(ECOL) 8500 | Agent-Based Modeling in Ecology and Management | 3 |
| FANR 8700 | Social and Political Theory for Natural Resource Management | 2 |
| FANR(COFA)(FISH)(FORS)(GISC)(PRTM)(WASR)(WILD) 8950 | Special Topics in Forestry and Natural Resources | 1-4 |
| FANR 9200 | Applied Research in Forestry and Natural Resources | 1-18 |
| FISH 4200/6200 | Aquatic Biology | 3 |
| FISH 4200L/6200L | Aquatic Biology Lab | 1 |
| FISH(ECOL)(MARS)(WILD) 4550/6550-4550L/6550L | Sustainable Aquaculture | 4 |
| FISH(EHSC)(ECOL)(ENTO)(VPHY)(PHRM) 8350 | Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology | 3 |
| IDIS(ECOL) 8240 | Vector-borne Diseases in a Changing World | 1 |
| JURI(FANR)(ECOL) 4810/6810 | Natural Resources Law | 3 |
| PBIO(ECOL) 4520/6520 | Plant-Animal Interactions | 3 |
| PBIO(WILD)(ECOL) 8410 | Plant Population and Community Ecology | 4 |
| PBIO(FORS)(ECOL) 8770 | Communities and Ecosystems | 3 |
| WASR(CRSS)(ECOL)(ENGR)(GEOG)(GEOL) 4700L/6700L | Hydrology, Geology, and Soils of Georgia | 3 |
| WILD(ECOL) 4040/6040-4040L/6040L | Herpetology | 4 |
| WILD(BIOL) 4050/6050 | Mammalogy | 3 |
| WILD(BIOL) 4050L/6050L | Mammalogy Laboratory | 1 |
|
WILD(ECOL) 4060/6060-4060L/6060L
Analytical Thinking
|
Ornithology | 4 |
| WILD 4110/6110 | Wildlife Science: Design, Sampling, Analyses, and Inferences for Fish and Wildlife Populations | 3 |
| WILD 4110L/6110L | Wildlife Science Lab | 1 |
| WILD 4280/6280 | Field Study in Natural History | 3 |
|
WILD 4400/6400
Critical Thinking
|
Wildlife Physiology and Nutrition | 3 |
| WILD 4500/6500 | Nongame and Endangered Species Management | 3 |
| WILD(ECOL)(POPH) 4575/6575 | Conservation Medicine | 6 |
| WILD 4650/6650-4650L/6650L | Wildlife Techniques Field Camp | 4 |
|
WILD 4900/6900
Analytical Thinking
|
Wildlife Damage Management | 2 |
|
WILD 4900L/6900L
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
|
Wildlife Damage Management Lab | 1 |
| WILD(POPH) 5100/7100 | Principles and Management of Wildlife Diseases | 3 |
| WILD 5200/7200 | International Issues in Wildlife Conservation | 2-6 |
| WILD 5350/7350 | Wetland Management for Wildlife | 2 |
| WILD 5350L/7350L | Wetland Management for Wildlife Laboratory | 1 |
|
WILD 5700/7700
Analytical Thinking
|
Applied Population Dynamics | 2 |
|
WILD 5700L/7700L
Analytical Thinking
|
Applied Population Dynamics Lab | 1 |
| WILD(FISH) 5750E/7750E | Statistical Software for Fish and Wildlife Population Analysis | 3 |
| WILD 7980 | Wildlife Ecology and Management Problems | 1-12 |
| WILD(FISH) 8300 | Wildlife and Fisheries Seminar | 1-2 |
| WILD 8320 | Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution | 2 |
|
WILD 8321
Analytical Thinking
|
Wildlife Habitat and Movement Modelling | 4 |
| WILD(FISH) 8327 | Spatial Capture-Recapture | 2 |
| WILD(ECOL) 8330 | Landscape Ecology | 3 |
| WILD(FISH) 8360 | Quantitative Conservation Science | 3 |
| WILD(FISH) 8370-8370L | Bayesian Modeling for Conservation Science | 3 |
| WILD(FISH) 8390 | Inference for Models of Fish and Wildlife Population Dynamics | 3 |
| WILD 8500 | Willdlife Disease Ecology: Investigation and Management | 3 |
| WILD 8980 | Wildlife Ecology and Management Problems | 1-12 |
| GRSC 7001 | GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar | 1 |
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program. All courses must be approved by Major Professor and Advisory Committee
Graduates pursue PhD degrees, as well as careers with private industry, government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations.
Competitive Warnell Scholarships
Students are encouraged to present their research at conferences, professional meetings, and the annual Warnell Graduate Student Symposium.
Warnell Graduate Student Association (WGSA)
Other programs in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources: Doctoral of Philosophy (PhD) PhD Integrative Conservation (with an emphasis in Forestry and Natural Resources) Master of Forest Resources (MFR) Master of Natural Resources (MNR)