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Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2013-2015 
    
Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2013-2015 [Archived Catalog]

Plant Biology


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Program Overview: The Environmental and Plant Biology Department offers graduate study leading to the M.S. in a broad range of areas in plant biology with research foci in plant cell wall biotechnology, eastern deciduous forest ecology, plant evolution and development, and phylogenic systematics.

Admissions Policy: A BS or BA degree in the natural sciences (with significant biology emphasis) is required, course work in the physical sciences (physics, chemistry, math, related disciplines) recommended, GPA of 3.0 or better, GRE general test within the last 4 years and percentile scores of 50% or better preferred. International students, whose native language is not English, must also submit scores from either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the English Test of the University of Michigan English Language Institute. Your minimum TOEFL score should be 620 (written), 260 (computer), or 105 (internet). Applications for the MS program are considered out of cycle. If you want to be considered for both admission and funding for the next academic year, submit all materials by January 15.

Change Policy: Changes in status require readmission and acceptance to the new program or home department of choice.

Transfer Policy: Requirements for transfer are the same as for admission.

Opportunities: A student with a MS in plant biology could work at a college or university, teaching or doing research in a variety of specialty areas or they could work in private industry or governmental agencies dealing with agriculture/ horticulture/floriculture, biotechnology or pharmaceutical firms, conservation agencies and museums of natural history, environmental consulting firms, food companies, the brewing and fermentation industry, lumber/pulping companies, plant nurseries, greenhouses, botanical gardens, and arboreta.

Environmental and Plant Biology Courses


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