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34.3 Program Requirements

  1. Students admitted to the program must complete a research thesis under the supervision of a faculty member or members, and a minimum of four courses (12 credit hours) as determined by the thesis supervisor. Three courses are selected from four core courses. A fourth course can be selected from a list of optional courses.

  2. All students must complete three core courses:

    • BEAS 6000 - Issues in Boreal Ecosystems and Agricultural Sciences (3 credit hours). This course will initially be offered during the Fall semester.

    • BEAS 600A/B - Graduate Research Seminar (3 credit hours). Students will normally register for BEAS 600A in the Fall semester and BEAS 600B in the following Winter semester. A grade of NC (No Grade Expected) will be assigned to BEAS 600A.

  3. Students must also complete one of the two following courses: BEAS 6002 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods for the Natural Sciences or BEAS 6003 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (3 credit hours).

  4. A further 3 credit hours will be accumulated in elective courses related to the student’s research area. Students should view Table 1 Research Areas and Sample Elective Courses for suggestions.

Table 1 Research Areas and Sample Elective Courses

Economics & Social Science

Plant Science

Soil and Land Resource

Water Resources

BEAS 6010 Agriculture and Forestry Economics

BEAS 6020 Management of Crop Nutrition

BEAS 6021 Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture

BEAS 6022 Plant Biochemistry

BEAS 6023 Plant Physiology

BEAS 6030 Chemical Speciation Modeling for Environmental Matrices

BEAS 6031 Soil Functions: Soil as a Bioreactor

BEAS 6032 Environmental Soil Physics

BEAS 6033 Soil and Water Conservation

BEAS 6040 Advanced Groundwater Management

BEAS 6041 Applied Hydrology

BEAS 6042 Soil and Groundwater Remediation

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