The Department of Animal and Dairy Science offers research-based graduate programs of study leading to the MS degree in animal science and dairy science with special emphasis in biotechnology, breeding and genetics, meats and muscle biology, nutrition, reproductive physiology, or production management. In addition, the department offers a Non-Thesis MS degree, which is considered a terminal degree. The department has full-time faculty members located in Athens and Tifton.
Director of Graduate Studies: Dr. Alexander Stelzleni astelz@uga.edu 706-583-0398 Graduate Program Administrator: Mrs. Susan Bradley susanb@uga.edu 706-542-0953
30 hours
Contact faculty members with Graduate Faculty Status in ADS who can take you into their program. Then apply to the UGA Graduate School and include the following: 3 Letters of recommendation Statement of Purpose indicating why you want to pursue a graduate degree, the area of interest (species, discipline) and long-term career goals. Unofficial transcript (3.0 minimum gpa) 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, currently TOEFL and IELTS scores are accepted.
Choose 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
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BIOS 7010
Analytical Thinking
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Fundamentals of Biostatistical Reasoning | 3 |
| BIOS 7020 | Intermediate Biostatistical Reasoning | 3 |
| POPH 8310L | Population Health Statistics I | 3 |
| POPH 8320L | Population Health Statistics II | 4 |
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STAT 6315
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Statistical Methods for Researchers | 4 |
| STAT 8200 | Design of Experiments for Research Workers | 3 |
Special Problems and programing courses do not count for statistical credit.
Choose a minimum of 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
| ADSC 8330 | Nutritional Biochemistry of Livestock | 3 |
| BCMB 6000 | General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 3 |
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BCMB 4010/6010
Analytical Thinking
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I | 4 |
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BCMB 4020/6020
Analytical Thinking
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II | 3 |
| BCMB 8010 | Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I | 4 |
| BCMB 8020 | Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II | 4 |
| FDST 4040/6040-4040L/6040L | Food Chemistry | 4 |
No course substitutions are allowed. This course is not required for Breeding and Genetics program area.
| STAT 8200 | Design of Experiments for Research Workers | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
BCMB prefix courses
GENE prefix courses
BIOL prefix courses
VPHY prefix courses
Choose 1 to 2 credit hours from the following:
| ADSC 8800 | Graduate Seminar | 1 |
Thesis students complete a minimum of 2 hours; non-thesis students complete 1 hour.
| GRSC 7001 | GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar | 1 |
The MS program of study requires a total of 30 hours of graduate credit including 24 hours of course work with at least 12 hours of courses on the program of study being open only to graduate students. MS students must have 3-6 credit hours of Master’s Research (ADSC 7000) and 3 credit hours of Master’s Thesis (ADSC 7300). A minimum of 3 hours of graduate level coursework in biochemistry, and 3 hours of statistics is required in the program of study. The non-thesis degree program requires a student to achieve 30 hours of graduate credit with 24 hours of course work with at least 12 hours of courses on the program of study being open only to graduate students and a minimum of 3 hours, with a max of 6 hours, related to a specific research (ADSC 8700 and/or ADSC 8710) project directed by their faculty mentor. This degree program does not require Master’s Research (ADSC 7000) or Master’s Thesis (ADSC 7300). Students can have no more than 6 hours of ADSC 8700 and ADSC 8710 combined
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.