All Graduate School requirements for a master’s degree must fall within a six-year time limit beginning with the first registration for graduate courses listed on the program of study and ending with the final semester of the sixth year. The program of study for Master of Science degree must contain a minimum of 30 hours of graduate course work. These 30 hours must include at least 21 hours of graduate course work exclusive of 7000 (research) and 7300 (thesis writing). Twelve of these 21 hours must be courses that are restricted to graduate students. The program of study must include a minimum of 3 hours of 7300 (thesis writing).
Any courses below the 8000 level which are open only to graduate students must be marked with an “*.” The remaining six hours may be 7000 (research), 7300 (thesis writing), or any other appropriate graduate coursework. Courses not allowed on a program of study are 7005 (Graduate Seminar), GRSC 7770, GRSC 9270, and ELAN 7768 / 7769.
General Electives should be chosen in conjunction with your faculty advisor and approved by your Advisory Committee.
Masters Degree Core Courses:
GRSC 7001: First-year Introduction to research and scholarship training
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The GradFIRST seminar series will supplement discipline-specific training in graduate students’ academic programs with focused professional development and engagement/networking opportunities with faculty and other graduate students across UGA’s campuses. GradFIRST seminars will be 1-credit courses (GRSC 7001) taught by UGA graduate program faculty.
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EHSC7490: Principles of Toxicology
Offered fall semester every year.
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Effects of toxic agents on human health, emphasizing those agents found in the environment by understanding the physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms which lead to adverse effects in humans and other organisms.
Not open to students with credit in EHSC 4490 or EHSC 6490, PHRM 6910, VPHY 6910, EHSC 6910
BIOS7010: Introductory Biostatistics I
Offered fall and spring semester every year.
Not open to students with credit in STAT 6200 or STAT 6210 or STAT 6310
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Introductory statistics with applications to medical and biological problems. Topics to be covered include biostatistical design in health research, data collection and management, and introductory concepts and methods of statistical data analysis.
VPHY8960: Molecular Toxicology
Offered spring semester every year.
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Molecular mechanisms of toxicities.
FISH8350: Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology
Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology
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An introduction to the toxic effects of contaminants on non-human organisms, types of contaminants impacting ecosystems, fate and transport of contaminants in the environment, effects of contaminants at various levels of biological organization ranging from biochemical reactions in the cell to ecosystem function, and ecological risk assessment.
FANR6750: Experimental Methods in Forestry and Natural Resources Research
Offered fall semester every year.
Not open to students with credit in FORS 6750
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Statistical procedures and computer software to collect, analyze, and interpret forest resources research data.
7000: Thesis Research
Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year.
Research while enrolled for a master’s degree under the direction of faculty members.
7300: Master’s Thesis
Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year.
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
