UGA Graduate School - Degree Programs: Forest Resources (MS)

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Forest Resources (MS)

Degree: Masters Degrees

To prepare leaders in the conservation and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources; to discover ways to restore and better use the earth’s natural resources; and to put into practice forestry and natural resources knowledge.

School/College	Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Forestry and Natural Resources Building Athens, GA 30602-2151 Phone: 706/542-1183
Academic Department	Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Forestry and Natural Resources Building Athens, GA 30602-2151 Phone: 706/542-1183

Contacts
Graduate Coordinator	Peter S. Bettinger	706/542-1183
The MS degree is a research degree designed for students who want to specialize in particular academic or scientific areas. This degree is for students who plan an academic, research, or staff specialist career, and for those students who plan to pursue a PhD. The MS requires a thesis and minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate level course work, 12 hours of which must be in courses open to graduate students only, and three hours of which must be in FORS 7300 (thesis). Specialized programs are offered in ten general fields of study. Opportunities for interdisciplinary research are available within most of the programs. Individual faculty members are identified with a particular field of study. Some are identified with more than one area. Faculty addresses, e-mail and telephone numbers are listed on the Web page and in the Faculty section. Alternatively, they can be contacted by mail at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2152 USA, or by telephone at (706)542-2686.
Degree	Code	Course Descriptions
MS	352	Find Courses

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