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This interdisciplinary program is designed to provide students with specialized training in Environmental Science. All the departments in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters participate in the program, as do several other colleges at Florida Atlantic University.
Students are required to take their coursework spread across the four core subject areas and electives listed below. The exact courses taken are to be determined by students and their advisory committees. The application deadlines are March 15 for the fall semester and October 1 for the spring semester. The FAU Graduate College uses the online GradCAS system for all applications.
Admission will be based upon your academic record (B or better average on the last 60 hours of undergraduate credits or established graduate-level proficiency), your personal statement, three letters of recommendation (including the FAU faculty sponsor), and minimum GRE scores of 151 Verbal and 151 Quantitative. GRE scores more than five years old will not be accepted.
Potential students (both non-thesis and thesis) must have a faculty "sponsor" from within Florida Atlantic University, who will then act as the student’s advisor for thesis students until a thesis topic has been chosen. The faculty sponsor and two additional references will submit their letters of recommendation directly through the GradCAS application system.
For sponsor selection suggestions, contact Program Assistant Cynthia Berman at envirosci@fau.edu, Program Coordinator Michelle Petersen at mpeter45@fau.edu, or go to the departmental web pages to examine the fields and interests of individual faculty. When you find a faculty member in your field of interest, contact them directly.
A student curriculum currently consists of a minimum of 36 credits taken in the following five categories:
Core Subject Areas: 12-27 graduate credits with at least one course from each of the four core subject areas.
Electives:
No more than 15 graduate credits of electives will be counted toward the degree. Up to 3, graduate credits combined of Directed Independent Study (EVS 6905) and Directed Independent Research (EVS 6916) may be counted toward this degree.
Thesis:
6-12 credits (EVS 6971).
Environmental Science Colloquium Series (EVS 6920): 2 credits or more. No more than 4 credits of EVS 6920 may be counted toward this degree. This course is currently only offered in the fall semester. Students must take EVS 6920 during their first fall semester.
Fundamentals of Environmental Research (EVS 6917): 1 credit. This course is currently only offered in the spring semester. Students should take EVS 6917 during their first spring semester.
Degree requirements may change. Students must either: 1) fulfill the requirements in effect during the first semester they are enrolled in the program, or 2) they may choose to fulfill the requirements in effect during the semester they graduate. The FAU University Catalog is the only official source for determining degree requirements.
A student curriculum consists of a minimum of 36 graduate credits taken in the following five categories:
Core Subject Areas: 12-30 graduate credits with at least one course from each of the four core subject areas.
Directed Independent Study (EVS 6905) or Directed Independent Research (EVS 6916): 3 credits combined.
Electives: No more than 18 graduate credits of electives will be counted toward the degree.
Environmental Science Colloquium Series (EVS 6920): 2 credits or more.
Fundamentals of Environmental Research (EVS 6917): 1 credit.
Degree requirements may change. Students must either: 1) fulfill the requirements in effect during the first semester they are enrolled in the program, or 2) they may choose to fulfill the requirements in effect during the semester they graduate. The FAU University Catalog is the only official source or determining degree requirements.
Core Subject Areas:
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