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Requirements: Thesis Option The thesis-based masters program in EES is designed to provide students with the background that is necessary to conduct or evaluate research. Applicants that might want to continue for a PhD should pursue the thesis option. EES also provides a non-thesis option for students who want to work in a less technical capacity (environmental writing, etc.) or students who need more advanced coursework for their jobs. This option is considered a terminal degree. Financial assistantships may be available for students accepted for the thesis option but are usually not available for those accepted to the non-thesis option. For the M.S. degree (thesis option) in Ecology and Environmental Science, the student must complete at least 30 credits. The program of study must include two seminar credits, a minimum of 6 credits thesis research, and a minimum of 18 course credits (12 credits 500 level or above), as determined by the student and her/his graduate advisory committee. The additional course credits must include 9 credits in a primary subject division area and 6 credits distributed in any manner within the other three subject division areas. The subject division areas are: 1) Physical Sciences, 2) Biological Sciences, 3) Chemical Sciences, and 4) Natural Resource Policy and Management. It is also expected that every student will demonstrate a competency in statistical methods or include a statistics course in her/his program of study. Students may select (with advisory committee consent) an area of concentration to be listed on the diploma. The student is expected to form a graduate advisory committee by the end of the first semester of study and to complete the M.S. degree program within two years of full-time study. The student's graduate advisory committee will be comprised of a minimum of three faculty from at least two division areas. Each full-time student will submit a fully signed program of study to the Graduate School and the Ecology and Environmental Science Program Director and will present an oral pre-thesis seminar early in her/his second semester. A written thesis proposal must be approved by her/his graduate committee by the end of the second semester (full-time students). In the early part of the fourth semester all students will be required to submit a written synopsis to their graduate advisory committee that describes progress and presents and updated time-table for completion of the degree. After the course work is completed and the thesis is submitted to the graduate advisory committee, the student will defend her/his thesis. This defense will consist of a public seminar and open question session followed by a separate session of questioning by the student's graduate advisory committee. Upon successful completion of the thesis defense and program of course study, the student will be awarded the M.S. degree in Ecology and Environmental Science. Students will be expected to meet all general requirements of the Graduate School not explicitly indicated here. Students wishing to petition for modification of degree requirements specific to the program of Ecology and Environmental Science must make a formal written request to her/his advisory committee and the Ecology and Environmental Science Curriculum Committee for approval. Overview of Program Requirements
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