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Application Deadlines
Fall:
Screening candidates for fall admission will begin February 15th and
will continue through March or until the program is full. Spring:
December 1st Summer:
Not open for admissions
Application Requirements Test Scores: GRE and Subject Tests
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:
No
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Zoology
Rudman Hall
Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862 - 2100
Email:
Web Address:
http://zoology.unh.edu/
Degree Offered (MS, PHD):
The Department of Zoology offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in zoology.
Admission Requirements
Applicants ordinarily must have completed an undergraduate major in biology or
zoology. A basic array of courses including general biology, development,
general ecology, genetics, morphology, and physiology is normally required.
Additionally, organic chemistry and a semester each of calculus and physics are
necessary. Applicants who are deficient in any of these requirements may be
admitted to graduate status but may be required to remedy their deficiencies by
taking courses that do not give graduate credit. Applicants must submit current
scores (within five years) from the general test and subject biology scores from
the Graduate Record Examination.
Degree Requirements
M.S. Degree Requirements
Students plan a program of study (minimum of 30 credits) in conjunction with a
faculty advisory committee. Students complete a thesis of 6 to 10 credits that
is acceptable to the thesis-examining committee. Prior to the receipt of the
master’s degree, all candidates must pass a thesis defense, which will include
questions covering general knowledge in zoology in addition to specific
questions relevant to the student’s research at UNH.
Ph.D. Degree Requirements
Students plan a program of study in conjunction with a faculty guidance
committee. All doctoral students must demonstrate proficiency in one foreign
language. The student will present to the committee a research proposal in which
the soundness, originality, and feasibility of the investigative ideas are
clearly revealed, and which, when approved, will serve as the basis of the
doctoral dissertation. After the successful completion of all required courses,
and the approval of the proposal, students who wish to be admitted to doctoral
candidacy must demonstrate, in a qualifying examination, a broad basic knowledge
of their major and minor fields and their ability to carry out basic research in
zoology. All students must complete an original dissertation project, present
the results at a public seminar, and pass an oral defense consisting of
questions put forth by members of the dissertation committee.
Teaching Requirement
All graduate students are encouraged to obtain appropriate teaching experience,
preferably as a teaching assistant.
Research and Facilities
The zoology graduate program is enhanced by courses and research in other
biological science departments and institutes at the University. These include
the Marine Program and its associated centers and programs, the Center for
Marine Biology, the Center for Ocean Sciences, the Center for Ocean Engineering,
N.H. Sea Grant Program, the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine
Environmental Technology (CICEET), the Center of Excellence in Coastal Ocean
Observation and Analysis (COOA), the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans,
and Space (EOS), UNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), and the Joint
Hydrographic Center, Ocean Processes Analysis Laboratory (OPAL), and the
Cooperative Institute for New England Mariculture and Fisheries (CINEMar),
including the UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture Demonstration Project. There are five
marine laboratories: Jackson Estuarine Lab, Coastal Marine Lab, Anadromous Fish
and Aquatic Invertebrate Research Lab (AFAIR), the Aquaculture Research Center
(ARC) and Shoals Marine Lab and two specialized research facilities, the
Polynucleotide Sequencing and the Image Analysis Lab.
In addition, the Center for Freshwater Biology (CFB) jointly administers (with
the UNH Cooperative Extension) the Lakes Lay Monitoring Program, which is
dedicated to the preservation and sound management of lakes through
citizen-based monitoring and research. The Hubbard Center for Genomic Studies
provides training and research in comparative and environmental genomics, with a
special emphasis on novel model species. It provides expertise in constructing
DNA libraries, DNA sequencing, fragment analysis, and the analysis of gene
expression.
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