Information for Graduate Students
Students have a variety of options to pursue masters and doctoral degrees. Many of these have very specific background requirements, so we suggest exploring the individual programs for academic guidelines.
Masters of Arts Degrees
Applied Economics
Apparel, Merchandising, and Textiles
Human Development
Interior Design
Masters of Science Degrees
Agriculture
Animal Sciences
Crop Science - check out Crop and Soil Science facilities
Entomology
Food Science
Horticulture
Landscape Architecture
Molecular Plant Sciences (formerly Plant Physiology)
Natural Resource Sciences
Plant Pathology
Soil Science - check out Crop and Soil Science facilities
Statistics
Viticulture and Enology
Doctor of Philosophy Degrees
Agricultural Economics
Animal Sciences
Crop Science
Economics
Entomology
Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
Food Science
Horticulture
Molecular Plant Sciences (formerly Plant Physiology)
Natural Resource Sciences
Plant Pathology
Soil Science
Viticulture and Enology
Email Listserve: Our college has recently started an email list serve for graduate students. If you do not have an assistantship or you are new to the college and you would like to be on this list serve, please send us an email we will add you to the list of recipients.
More Information
Graduate and Professional Student Organization
WSU Graduate School Online Application
Scholarships
Awards are made in the spring for the fall. Students must be enrolled in the Graduate School at Washington State University and in the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences. Scholarship award nomination are made by the student's home department.
New Plant Disease Videos
WSDA and WSU Dept. of Plant Pathology scientist Tim Paulitz was the scientific advisor on a new video on rhizoctonia root rot of cereals that features some very cool animation.
News
Grad Students Challenged to Research Nitrogen Cycle
In order to conduct cutting-edge scientific and policy research into one of the grand challenges of the 21st century, the National Science Foundation awarded Washington State University a prestigious Integrated Graduate Education Research Training grant for research on the nitrogen cycle.
Students admitted to the two-year NSPIRE program receive a $30,000 per year stipend and, in addition to their regular doctoral studies, take interdisciplinary science and policy courses. They will also work a three-month, paid internship with a national or international policy-oriented organization. Learn more »
Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Management
Biological Systems Engineering, Crop and Soil Sciences, and the School of Economics at Washington State University offer a multidisciplinary graduate program to train graduate students in an interdisciplinary and international program in sustainable development and natural resource management, linking engineering and economic sciences. The program is funded by the USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Program. Learn more »
Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture
The new Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture provides post-baccalaureate students from any discipline with an interdisciplinary understanding of practices and current issues in sustainable agriculture, along with the science that makes it work. Certificate details can be found here.
AFS 545, Field Analysis of Sustainable Food Systems, will be offered in the Spring 2009 semester.