Natural Resources and Environmental Science, M.S.

The master of science degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Science is offered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science. To ensure consideration for admission to the program, students must have a minimum overall grade-point average of 3.0, a GRE score of 1000 (500 on both verbal and quantitative) and strong letters of recommendation. Specific programs of study are developed through the collegial interaction of the student with his/her Graduate Advisory Committee. The program emphasizes the functioning of range, forest and aquatic ecosystems. Students study in the areas of: (1) wildlife and conservation biology, (2) environmental science (including watershed science), and (3) forest and rangeland ecology and management. Brief descriptions of current research programs for individual faculty are available at the department’s web site http://www.cabnr.unr.edu/nres/ Prospective students should correspond with potential faculty whose research interests mirror their own interests early in the application process because admittance to the program requires a graduate faculty advisor and because most graduate assistantships are through the research grants of individual faculty.

Master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees may be earned in Environmental Sciences in an interdisciplinary program. For further information, refer to the Interdisciplinary Programs  section of this catalog.

Master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees may be earned in Hydrologic Sciences in an interdisciplinary program. For further information, refer to the Interdisciplinary Programs  section of this catalog.

A doctor of philosophy degree in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology is available in an interdisciplinary program. For further information, refer to the Interdisciplinary Programs  section of this catalog.