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Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Graduate Programs The Department offers MS and PhD degrees in Natural Resource Ecology and Management with specializations in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Forest Resources, Rangeland Ecology and Management, and Wildlife Ecology and Management. In addition, students may work toward the MS and PhD degrees in the Environmental Science Graduate Program and the PhD degree in the Plant Science Graduate Program with faculty members from the Department. The overall goals of the Department's graduate program are to provide high-quality advanced training and instruction in the application of the scientific method to problems in natural resource ecology and management. This includes problem analysis and identification, research methods, synthesis of results and communication of findings through publications and presentations. The Department strives to develop the capability for original and creative work under the guidance of established professionals and scientists. Graduate instruction is a critical component of the research, instruction and Extension missions of the Department. Students work directly with a member of the faculty to design a program of study to serve individual career goals. The prerequisite for graduate study in the Department is a bachelor's degree in an area aligned with the student's research interests with a minimum overall GPA of 3.00. Please refer to the website nrem.okstate.edu (http://nrem.okstate.edu) for a full description of the application process. A student must be accepted by a member of the Department's faculty prior to official admission to the program. Faculty Robert J. (Jim) Ansley Jr., PhD—Professor and Head Regents Professor: Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, PhD Professors: Craig A. Davis, PhD; R. Dwayne Elmore, PhD; Karen R. Hickman, PhD; Salim Hiziroglu, PhD; Thomas Kuzmic, PhD; Rodney E. Will, Jr., PhD; Gail W.T. Wilson, PhD Associate Professors: Timothy J. O'Connell, PhD; Daniel E. Shoup, PhD; Chris Zou, PhD Assistant Professors: W. Sue Fairbanks, PhD; Laura E. Goodman, PhD; Omkar Joshi, PhD; Scott R. Loss, PhD; Bryan D. Murray, PhD Adjunct Associate Professors: Shannon Brewer, PhD; James Long, PhD Non-tenure Track Faculty: Marley Beem, PhD; John R. Weir, MS
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