M.S. Degree General Information
The Master's Degree is designed to provide students with a broad exposure to the discipline of Plant Pathology through course work and research experience.There are two plans under which a student may obtain a master's degree, Plans I or II. For either plan, the student must fulfill the course requirements listed below.
Plan II. The student must complete at least 36 units of upper division undergraduate and graduate courses (18 units must be strictly graduate courses in the major subject and no more than 9 units of thesis research can be used to satisfy this requirement). No thesis is required, but the student must pass a comprehensive final examination that is administered by a committee of 3 faculty members (one of whom is the major professor). This committee must be nominated by the graduate adviser and appointed by the graduate dean.
A student is not required to complete a master's degree (MS) before being admitted into the Ph.D. program. Students initially admitted into the MS program can petition to change to the Ph.D. program without completing the MS degree after satisfactory progress is demonstrated in courses and research. For students not completing the master's thesis, the change to the Ph.D. must be done within 9 quarters (3 years) and the qualifying exam scheduled within this time period (see information on qualifying exam). To change to the Ph.D. program, the student prepares a petition that is submitted by the graduate adviser before the Graduate Affairs Committee for consideration.
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