30 hours

Welcome to the Poultry Science Graduate Program at UGA! The best way to begin the process of applying for admission to a graduate program in the Department of Poultry Science is to contact a prospective faculty advisor with which you share common interests. This is because you cannot be admitted as a graduate student in the department without a faculty mentor. We recommend that you start by sending prospective faculty advisors an email describing your experience, your research interests and how they fit into the faculty’s research program, your most recent GPA or unofficial transcript, and your GRE scores (if known). Once a faculty member has agreed to take you on as a student in his/her laboratory, you can then submit an application to the graduate school. This application will be forwarded to the Poultry Science department for a departmental decision, and the Graduate School will send the final notification of acceptance.

STEP 1: Identify a prospective faculty member by perusing faculty research interests at: https://poultry.caes.uga.edu/people/faculty.html STEP 2: Contact the prospective faculty member. STEP 3: Once the prospective faculty member has agreed that you have a common interest, submit the following application materials to the UGA Graduate School: Unofficial transcript GRE scores (and TEOFL or IELTS if needed) Three letters of recommendation A statement of your research interests

*Note that International Students do NOT need TOEFL/IELTS scores if a degree was received from an accredited US institution or from an institution where English is the primary language. Minimum scores for admission are a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, a combined GRE score (verbal and math) of 297 International Students, the following minimum scores apply: Minimum TOEFL score requirement: overall score of 80 with at least 20 on speaking and writing Minimum IELTS score requirement: overall band-width of 6.5, with no single band (score) below 6.0

Application Deadlines - Domestic Fall: July 1 Spring: November 15 Summer: May 1 Application Deadlines – International Fall: April 15 Spring: October 15 Summer: February 15

PhD Coursework

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

POUL 8050

Scientific Communication Skills Training

1

POUL 8100  ^

Poultry Science Seminar

1

POUL 8120  *

Scientific Writing and Literature Retrieval

3

POUL 8200

Professional Development in Poultry Science

1

POUL 9300

Doctoral Dissertation

1-9

STAT 6210  **

Introduction to Statistical Methods I

3

STAT 6220  **

Introduction to Statistical Methods II

3

Choose 10 credit hour(s) from the following:

8000-9000 level coursework

Choose 4 credit hour(s) from the following:

Graduate level coursework (can include POUL 9000)

^This course should be taken twice (2 hours total) *Or equivalent scientific writing course **Or equivalent statistics course

Direct PhD (starting without a Master's)

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

POUL 8050

Scientific Communication Skills Training

1

POUL 8100  *

Poultry Science Seminar

1

POUL 8120

Scientific Writing and Literature Retrieval

3

POUL 8200

Professional Development in Poultry Science

1

POUL 9300

Doctoral Dissertation

1-9

STAT 6210  ^

Introduction to Statistical Methods I

3

STAT 6220  ^

Introduction to Statistical Methods II

3

Choose 4 credit hour(s) from the following:

8000-9000 level coursework (cannot include POUL 9000)

Choose 11 credit hour(s) from the following:

Graduate level coursework (can include POUL 9000)

*This course should be taken twice (2 hours total) ^Or equivalent statistics course

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.