Click HERE for a list of the current students, their research interests, and their email addresses. Almost all students are funded by the department for the entirety of their graduate career. Financial support varies on a case by case basis, but in general, students in the Master's program are supported for 2 years, and those going on to the PhD program receive an additional 3 years of support. If these time periods are exceeded, the department will then determine support on an individual basis, but it is very rare for a student to lose funding during his or her graduate education. The majority of students are supported on teaching assistantships.
Students holding teaching or research assistantships are exempt from tuition and service fees.
An additional 2 months of support can be available from alternate sources, to be determined by the department and the student's advisor. The more experienced TAs in the department assist in higher level courses like entomology, ecology, and animal behavior. A master's degree program will normally take at least 1.5 years, which incudes one summer of research. But more typically, especially since a bulk of course work is completed during this time, the master's degree takes about 2 years to complete. A Ph.D. program will normally take an additional 4-5 years beyond the master's degree.