Courses in red are required. Further, these students should have at least a 3.2 GPA in graduate courses and a satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Exams. Entry into the Environmental Dynamics program is by committee evaluation. Students are required to integrate components of the physical, social, and biological sciences into their Ph.D. program. The advisory committee will determine the courses required and help the student balance courses between the three areas.
Students become candidates for the doctorate only upon passing a candidacy examination.
This examination must be passed at least nine months before expected graduation. A reading knowledge of at least one foreign language is required, selected from Russian, German, French, or Spanish. In special cases, another language may be selected to meet the requirement. Each candidate must complete a doctoral dissertation on a topic determined through collaboration of the major professor and the dissertation committee. This dissertation must be a scholarly and significant original contribution to knowledge within the field of Environmental Dynamics.