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Graduate Rangeland Ecology and Management Education at OSU
Oregon State University's Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management offers
the Master of Science, Master of Agriculture, and Ph.D. degrees. The Department
is accredited by the Society for Range Management who is recognized throughout
the country as one of the leading institutions of rangeland management. Upon
completion of the degree, the graduate should have a fundamental and comprehensive
understanding of rangeland ecology and management. This understanding will be
achieved by study with professors who have specific knowledge and unique perspectives
on the many facets of rangeland science.
Graduate Areas of Concentration:
- Agroforestry
- Ecology of Rangelands
- Physiological Ecology
- Range Improvement
- Range Nutrition
- Riparian Zone Management
- Watershed Management
Graduate work leading to degrees may involve research on domestic or wild animals,
range nutrition, community ecology, physiology of range plants, range improvement,
range watershed and riparian zone management, rangeland restoration, utilization
and management, agroforestry, and range economics Students have access to greenhouses,
field plots, pastures, ranges, and animal facilities on campus, at the Eastern
Oregon Agricultural Research Center at Union and Burns, Oregon, and on private
ranches.
Graduate students in Rangeland Ecology and Management may select courses in
complementary areas, including agricultural and resource economics, animal science,
biology, botany, fisheries and wildlife, forestry crop science, soils, and statistics.
The selection of these complementary areas depends on the interest of the students,
their aptitude, and the thesis topic chosen. Minors are commonly elected in
animal nutrition, agricultural and resource economics, botany, fisheries and
wildlife, forage crops, or in integrated programs of study.
We recommend students take a few minutes to read their respective section in
the Department's Graduate Handbook. While each graduate program can be different
the handbook provides future students with a good idea of course requirements
and a basic timeline of events for their program. 2007-08
Graduate Student Handbook
Assistantships
Assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis considering scholarship, course
background, experience, letters of recommendation, and are contingent upon admission
of the applicant to OSU's graduate school.
The assistantship stipend for what is almost a one-half time appointment (0.49
FTE) on a 12-month basis is around $18,152 depending on the qualifications of
the successful candidate. Assistants pay approximately $400 per term in incidental
fees; however tuition is waived.
Appointees are required to devote approximately one-half time to approved projects,
and carry a maximum of 48 credit hours per calendar year. Most graduate assistants
earn their master's degree in two years, and their doctoral degree in three
additional years.
Admissions Requirments
We require at least a 3.0 GPA. on the last 90 hours of undergraduate work. If
you do not have a B.S. degree in Range or a related discipline, you will probably
have some make up course work to complete. We do not require GRE scores. For
more information about Admissions requirements at OSU visit: http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/graduate.html
Be sure to check out the new application deadlines as of 1/09/07 for Graduate Students and International Students Here:
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/range/events/intldeadline.php
For more information about your area of interest write to: Rangelands@oregonstate.edu
or Department Head, Dept. of Rangeland Ecology and Management, 202 Strand
Agriculture Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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