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The Five-Year Combined Degree Program
M.S. in Environmental Science
Description
The
five-year, combined degree program is open to students in Tulane’s Newcomb and
Tulane colleges.
It combines the Bachelor of Science degree in either the Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) or the Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences with
the terminal Master of Science degree in Environmental Science, condensing what
would normally be about six years of study into five years.
Undergraduate
students typically graduate after four years of study, having fulfilled all
regular requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in either
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology or Geology.
The accelerated master’s degree component allows six graduate credits
(two 600- or 700- level courses) completed during the senior year to be applied
to the B.S. degree as well as to the M.S. degree.
Each student pursuing the M.S. degree in Environmental Science then
completes course work toward the master’s degree during one additional year of
graduate study.
During the fifth (graduate) year the student typically completes a
minimum of 24 credits (eight courses, four each semester) of graduate work for a
minimum total of 30 semester hours (10 courses).
Eligibility
Candidates
for the program should apply for admission during the junior year, but students
in their senior year also may apply.
By the end of the junior year (or at the time of application), candidates
should have completed all LAS proficiency and distribution requirements for the
B.S. degree and all core requirements for either the EEB major or the GEOL
major.
In addition, candidates are required to have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
and EEB or Geology GPA.
To advance to the fifth (graduate) year, candidates must complete all
requirements for the B.S. degree in EEB or GEOL by the end of the senior year,
while maintaining the minimum 3.0 cumulative and EEB or Geology GPAs.
Teaching assistantships are not available to students pursuing the
master’s degree in Environmental Science as they are only awarded to doctoral
students.
Tuition
Tuition
for this M.S. degree program is a discounted rate of $5,000 per semester.
Additional fees are not discounted and presently include an Academic
Support Services Fee ($280/semester), Student Health Service Fee
($160/semester), Reily Recreation Center Fee ($100/semester) and Student
Activity Fee ($60/semester).
These fees are current as of the 2000-2001 academic year and are subject
to change.
Admission
Applications
are made to the Tulane University Graduate School.
The Graduate School application form may be downloaded at
There is a $45 non-refundable application fee.
Official transcripts and two letters of recommendation (unless waived by
the EEB or EENS Department) must accompany the application.
Scores from the GRE exam are not required for admission to this program.
The applications are forwarded to the department in which the student is
completing the undergraduate major for an admission decision.
Admitted students will be assigned a graduate faculty advisor in the
department in which the undergraduate major, unless the student wishes to
redirect her/his disciplinary emphasis and requests an advisor in the other
department. Students admitted to
the program should be aware that in the fifth (graduate) year their academic
progress is evaluated using the performance standards expected of all graduate
students; the Graduate School catalog should be consulted for details.
Curriculum/Program Outline
Credit/course
total:
10 courses at 3 credits each = 30 credits
Maximum
of 6 credits counting from B.S. degree
(Note:
The departments will consider admitting to the program students from Tulane and
other institutions who had not completed six graduate credits in their senior
year but potentially could complete the M.S. degree within one year.)
Core
courses:
Minimum
of three (3) of the courses selected from the list below
One
course must be selected from each category
Each
core course to be interdisciplinary in nature
Statistics
Biostatistics
(new course in EEB)
Advanced
Statistics for Environmental Scientists
(new course in EEB)
Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology
Ecosystem
Ecology
(new course in EEB)
EEOB/EENS
621, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Geology
EENS
603, Environmental Methods
EENS 619, Marine Geology
EENS 626, Paleoclimatology
EENS
630, Groundwater Hydrology
Elective
courses:
Seven
(7) courses to be completed in either department, depending on the interest of
the student and the guidance of the student’s faculty advisor
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