Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Resources- Forestry

The Department of Forestry offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science in forestry and Doctor of Philosophy in forest resources. Specialized areas of study include forest business, forest management and economics, forest genetics, forest hydrology and soils, silviculture, forest biometrics, forest photogrammetry and remote sensing, forest tree and seed physiology, forest harvesting and operations, and forest ecophysiology. The department has an extensive research program within the MSU Forest and Wildlife Research Center. This program provides graduate students with a wide choice of problems for thesis or dissertation research supervised by an experienced faculty member.

Admission to the Ph.D. program in the Department of Forestry requires:Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and an M.S. degree in a related field (or approval for exceptions to the Master’s requirement);GPA >= 3.1 in previous graduate coursework or 3.25 in Bachelors degree coursework without MS degreeMS degree (or equivalent) recommended