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Application Deadlines
Fall:
February 15 for financial assistance
July 1 for fall session (April 1 recommended for fall session) Spring:
December 1 for spring session (note Environmental Conservation is
Fall Only) Summer:
Not open for admissions
Application Requirements
*Deadline Exceptions:
March 1 for Environmental Conservation option.
Fall only for Environmental Conservation option. Test
Scores: GRE
Special Instructions: No specific special instructions. If you
have any questions regarding application requirements or other aspects
of the program please contact the department directly.
New England Regional:
Natural Resources (No Option):
Massachusetts
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Natural Resources
James Hall
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862 - 3932
Email:
Web Address:
www.unh.edu/natural-resources/
Degree Offered (MS):
The Department of Natural Resources offers a master of science in natural
resources along with options in five areas.
Natural Resources: General
This program is designed for students whose work crosses disciplinary boundaries
within the natural resources and does not easily fit within one of the existing
options. Students can later choose to specify one of the five options if their
research interests change or if they become specific to one individual area.
Natural Resources: Forestry
Areas of interest include forest resource economics and management, biometrics,
genetics, forest ecosystem dynamics, spatial data analysis (remote sensing and
GIS).
Natural Resources: Environmental Conservation
Areas of interest include natural resource policy, conservation biology,
sustainability, ecological ethics and values, international environmental
affairs, and spatial data analysis (remote sensing and GIS).
Natural Resources: Soil Science
(Option has been discontinued as of
6/17/2008)
Areas of interest include soil biology and biogeochemistry.
Natural Resources: Water Resources
Areas of interest include wetlands, land-water interactions, groundwater
chemistry, and biogeochemistry.
Natural Resources: Wildlife
Areas of interest include field and laboratory aspects of wildlife energetics,
wildlife use of managed and unmanaged forest systems, habitat management and
fragmentation, conservation biology, wetland wildlife ecology, population
dynamics.
Admission Requirements
Applicants are expected to have completed either an undergraduate degree in the
field in which they plan to specialize or show adequate preparation in the basic
support courses of the field. Students with good undergraduate records who lack
a background in a particular field may be admitted to a program, provided they
are prepared to correct any deficiencies. All entering students must have taken
at least one statistics course or do so at the graduate level. Applicants must
submit current scores (within five years) from the general test of the GRE.
Students entering the forestry option may elect to develop concentrations within
any of the above-listed areas. Applicants are expected to have backgrounds in
forestry or related biological sciences. Entering students in water resources are required to have adequate preparation in chemistry and
mathematics as well as biological or earth sciences. Students interested in
wildlife are expected to have adequate preparation in biological sciences,
chemistry, and mathematics. Students interested in environmental conservation
should have a background appropriate for their area of interest. Since
environmental conservation covers such a broad area, applicants are always
reviewed carefully on an individual basis.
Prior to submitting an application, applicants should contact one or more
graduate faculty advisors to discuss programs and funding, and secure a
commitment of a faculty member to serve as graduate advisor.
Degree Requirements
An M.S. degree is conferred upon successful completion a program of not less
than 30 credits, including the following course requirements or equivalents: NR
993, Seminar; NR 903, Approach to Research, a quantitative methods course; and
NR 996, Natural Resource Education; and NR 998, Directed Research, or NR 899,
Thesis and a formal presentation of the thesis or directed research results.
Cooperative Doctoral Program
The Department of Natural Resources participates in the Natural Resources and
Earth System Science Ph.D. Program (NRESS), an interdepartmental degree offered
at UNH. For further details on this program, please visit the NRESS program
page.
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