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Plant Pathology (Master's) at Michigan State University

Michigan State University, United States

Programme overview

The MS in Plant Pathology is offered under Plan A (with thesis) or Plan B (without thesis) in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences.

Faculty: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources  |  Department: Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences  |  Duration: at least 30 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: East Lansing, MI, United States

What you will study

At least 30 credits including at least two graduate-level seminar courses in the biological sciences, teaching experience by assisting in at least one course, and a program arranged by a guidance committee. A reading knowledge of a foreign language may be required.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Regular admission: bachelor's degree or equivalent, 3.00 grade point, and appropriate training in the biological and physical sciences and mathematics; provisional admission possible.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants can start in fall (late August), spring (January) or summer (May) in the MPH programme; intake terms for other graduate programmes are set by each department or program.

The graduate application fee is $75 for domestic and international applicants, with one fee per application; applicants may submit up to two applications to different graduate majors per semester. Applications are reviewed by the department or program, which sets its own deadlines.

MPH application deadlines (SOPHAS completion): fall May 18, spring October 18, summer February 15; MSU supplemental application: fall June 1, spring November 1, summer March 1.

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