Entrance Requirements for Graduate Program
Competence in ecology requires a background in a number of disciplines. Although ecologists usually have their primary training in biology, they should also have some understanding of geology, soils, meteorology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and statistics. Accordingly, incoming students who lack course work in these areas may be asked to make up deficiencies in addition to the course of studies required for the degrees themselves. Please click on Graduate Students button for degree requirements.
Applicants are evaluated based on their transcripts, scores on the Graduate Record Exam, and three letters of recommendation. However, acceptance usually depends on whether or not a faculty member has an opening in his or her program. Hence it is advisable for an interested applicant to initiate preliminary correspondence with faculty associates whose areas of research best match those of the prospective student. Research interests and departments of the participating faculty are shown under Faculty. Inquiries sent to the Ecology Center will be routed to appropriate department(s), to department head(s), or directly to faculty member(s). Formal application should be made to:
The School of Graduate Studies
Utah State University
0900 Old Main Hill
Logan, Utah 84322-0900
(Phone: 435-797-1189, Fax: 435-797-1192)
http://www.usu.edu/gradsch/
The department of interest should be specified. Departments offering Ecology degrees are:
Biology, -website
Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, -website
Watershed Sciences, -website
Wildland Resources, -website