Master's Degree Requirements

Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
Master of Science Degree Requirements (.pdf)

A minimum of 30 semester hours including six hours of thesis research credit (ANSC 799) and a thesis are required for the degree of Master of Science. Of the 24 hours required in graduate courses, no less than 12 must be earned in the major subject. No less than 12 credits must be from courses numbered 600 or above. Students must maintain an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better in courses taken for graduate credit. In addition to the Graduate School requirements, the following program requirements apply to students pursuing an M.S. degree:

• All M.S. candidates must demonstrate satisfactory course experience in biochemistry and statistics.
• All students must fulfill the ANSC 698, Graduate Seminar (described elsewhere).
• No more than two credits of special problems (ANSC 699) are acceptable as part of the 24 required course credits.
• During the student’s first semester, the student and his/her advisor will recommend at least two members of the graduate faculty to serve as the student’s Graduate Advisory Committee (Appendix A).
• The Advisory Committee and the student must meet before the end of the second semester to approve the student’s Plan of Study (proposed schedule of courses), signed by the student and his/her Advisory Committee, and a thesis research proposal (Appendix A). Since the Plan of Study represents the course work contract between the student and the program, the student is expected to update and refile the Plan of Study whenever changes are necessary.
• The thesis will be presented in a public seminar followed by an oral examination as per regulations of the Graduate School. Notice must be posted one week prior to the seminar. The examining committee will reach one of the following decisions:
  
  a. Pass, with a recommendation to pursue the Ph.D.
  b. Pass, with a recommendation that the M.S. degree be terminal.
  c. Fail, with a recommendation that the candidate by re-examined at a later date. This decision does not extend the Graduate School limit for the M.S. degree.
  d. Fail, with the recommendation that the candidate should not be re-examined.

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