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Prospective Graduate Students

Graduate Degrees offered

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Crop Science
  • Areas of study leading to advanced degrees in Crop Science include cereal breeding and genetics, crop physiology, crop production, forage and pasture management, hop breeding and genetics, new crops, oilseed crop breeding and genetics, potato production, seed physiology, seed production and technology, and weed science.
  • Crop Science Graduate Faculty
  • Handbook
    
    
• M.S. or Ph.D in Entomology
  • The Oregon State University Entomology Graduate Program involves faculty from across the OSU campus and at off-campus research and extension facilities.
    
    
• M.S. or Ph.D. in Soil Science
  • The Soil Science Graduate Program offers advanced degrees in the sub disciplines of soil chemistry, biology, physics and pedology.  At the M.S. level two options are offered.  A wide range of  Soil Science Graduate Coursework is available with Soil Science Graduate Faculty conducting soils research in relation to landscape ecology, environmental topics, forestry, and agriculture.
  • Thesis Option Ph.D. and MS Handbook

Additional Information

The Community Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, a community of about 50,000 situated in the Willamette Valley between the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Coast Range.  The climate is Mediterranean with sunny and generally cool summers.  Many outdoor activities are within easy driving distance including the Pacific Ocean, skiing, hunting, wilderness camping, and sail boarding.

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The University  In 11 schools and colleges, Oregon State University enrolls more than 19,000 students, of which 2,600 are at the graduate level.  Most of these students come from Oregon, but the other 49 states, and numerous foreign countries, are well represented.  Over 1,300 foreign students from more than 90 countries regularly study at OSU.  Courses are offered at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels in many different programs of study.  Oregon State University is a state assisted institution and is part of an eight-member Oregon University System of Higher Education.  The faculty of more than 2,000 comes from across the United States and from various countries of the world.  There are other institutions associated with the university such as USEPA Terrestrial Laboratory, USDA Small Fruit and Forage Seed Laboratories, and US Forest Service.

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