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The Wildlife and Fisheries Department offers graduate education leading to the Master of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Science with emphasis in wildlife, fisheries, and aquaculture. The Masters of Science degrees requires 24 hours of course work, including one graduate course in statistics, a thesis and a comprehensive oral examination. A Ph.D. degree is offered in Forest Resources with emphasis in wildlife, fisheries, and aquaculture. The Ph.D. requires a comprehensive written diagnostic examination, one graduate level statistics course, variable hours of course work (determined by graduate committee), oral and written comprehensive preliminary examinations, a dissertation and oral defense of dissertation. A limited number of graduate research assistantships are available which include tuition waiver and medical insurance reimbursement for in and out of state students.

For Additional Information Write To:

Dr. Bruce Leopold
Department Head
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Box 9690
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9690

or by email at bleopold@cfr.msstate.edu