Students seeking admission into the Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences program must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and the specific program requirements. Applicants lacking a part of these prerequisites, but who are otherwise exemplary, may be granted conditional admission to the program and required to make up these deficiencies. These course credits cannot be applied toward fulfillment of doctoral requirements. In some cases, the Environmental Sciences Graduate Program Committee may agree to substitute equivalent, documented work experience in the environmental field for specific courses, and, in rare cases, other criteria for admission. Substitution of equivalent statistics courses may be made upon the recommendation of the dissertation committee with the approval of the Environmental Sciences Program committee.
Students have a number of electives from which to choose.
Specific coursework requirements will be determined by the Doctoral Advisory Committee. Each candidate for the Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences must execute an original and rigourous research project culminating in the completion and defense of a dissertation.