MS in Crop and Soil Sciences

Students pursuing master's or doctoral degrees in crop and soil sciences can select from the following areas of emphasis:

• Soil Science: View the requirements for the soil science area of emphasis.
• Weed Science: View the requirements for the weed science area of emphasis.
• Sustainable Agriculture: View the requirements for the sustainable agriculture area of emphasis.

Each student will submit to the graduate coordinator, through his/her major professor, a program of study (list of proposed courses) by the end of the first semester of residence. The program of study must then be submitted to the Graduate School. A thesis proposal approved by the advisory committee must be submitted to the graduate coordinator by the end of the second semester. These items become a permanent part of the student's departmental file and record. The thesis proposal ensures an early start on a research project suitable for a thesis.

Program of Study

• Minimum of 30 hours of graduate coursework
• Includes 3 hours of CRSS 7300 (thesis writing)
• Includes maximum of 6 hours of CRSS 7000 (thesis research)
• Twelve of the remaining 21 hours must be graduate level only
• Includes 1 hour of CRSS 8100 (graduate seminar)
• Includes 1 hour of GRSC 7001 (GradFirst seminar - must be taken during first year)
• Includes at least one graduate statistics course
• Must be completed within a six-year timeframe
  

Advisory Committee

• Includes major professor and at least two other members
• May have two co-major professors, in which case one has to be from the Crop and Soil Sciences department
• May include a non-UGA member with terminal degree
• Majority of committee must have UGA graduate faculty status

Degree Code

MS_CRSS