Students undertaking graduate work in poultry science at the University of Georgia have excellent opportunities for strong course background, broad research experience and practical exposure to the dynamic poultry industry. UGA's Department of Poultry Science offers specialized training in physiology, genetics, nutrition, products technology, parasitology, toxicology, microbiology and molecular biology leading to the M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in poultry science. Our world-renowned faculty have won nearly every major research, teaching and extension faculty award offered by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and by the Poultry Science Association.
This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Avian Biology BSA/Poultry Science MS Biological Science BSA/Poultry Science MS For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu
Laura Ellestad Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies lellestad@uga.edu
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
| POUL 7300 | Master's Thesis | 1-9 |
| POUL 8100 | Poultry Science Seminar | 1 |
| POUL 8120 | Scientific Writing and Literature Retrieval | 3 |
| STAT 6210 * | Introduction to Statistical Methods I | 3 |
Choose 2 course(s) from the following:
| POUL 8050 | Scientific Communication Skills Training | 1 |
| POUL 8200 | Professional Development in Poultry Science | 1 |
Choose 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
Graduate only coursework (exclusive of POUL 7000)
Choose a minimum of 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Additional Graduate-level coursework (exclusive of POUL 7000)
Choose a minimum of 6 credit hour(s) from the following:
Additional graduate coursework (can include POUL 7000)
*Or equivalent statistics course
| POUL 7001 | Independent Research for Non-Thesis M.S.Students | 3 |
| POUL 8120 | Scientific Writing and Literature Retrieval | 3 |
| POUL 8310 (6 hours) | Internship in Poultry Science | 3 |
| STAT 6210 * | Introduction to Statistical Methods I | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| POUL 8050 | Scientific Communication Skills Training | 1 |
| POUL 8200 | Professional Development in Poultry Science | 1 |
Choose a minimum of 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
| ANNU(ADSC)(POUL) 4370/6370 | Monogastric Nutrition | 3 |
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POUL(BIOL) 4060/6060
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Reproductive Endocrinology | 3 |
| POUL 4200/6200-4200L/6200L | Avian Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| POUL 4300/6300 | Nutritional Immunology in Health and Production | 3 |
| POUL(FDST) 4860/6860-4860L/6860L | Poultry Processing | 3 |
| POUL 8150 | General Nutrition and the Organization of Feeding Studies | 2 |
| POUL 8333 | Poultry Science Graduate Practicum | 1-3 |
Choose a minimum of 6 credit hour(s) from the following:
Graduate-Level Courses
*Or equivalent statistics course
| GRSC 7001 (thesis and non-thesis) | 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.