This program is available at the following location:

• Corvallis

Options available:

• Entomology
• Plant Breeding and Genetics

Specific areas of crop science in which a student can prepare for their thesis include, but are not limited to, cereal breeding and genetics, grass breeding and genetics, forage and pasture management, seed production and technology, seed crop physiology, seed biology, post-harvest seed technology, and weed science.

Major Code: 1200

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

MS

• Conduct research or produce some other form of creative work.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
  • Demonstrate mastery of fundamental and advanced concepts associated with Crop Sciences related to students’ discipline.
• Conduct scholarly or professional activities in an ethical manner.
• Design, conduct, analyze, and interpret research, ethically, addressing problems in the discipline, with PI.
• Create an original and/or significant contribution to the related discipline.
• Utilize research findings to laboratory and/or field settings in actual situations.
• Communicate effectively to a diverse group of people using appropriate traditional and emerging technological media.

PhD

• Produce and defend an original significant contribution to knowledge.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
  • Demonstrate mastery of fundamental and advanced concepts associated with Crop Sciences related to students’ discipline.
• Conduct scholarly activities in an ethical manner.
• Design, conduct, analyze, and interpret research, ethically, addressing problems in the discipline independently.
• Create an original contribution to the related discipline.
• Utilize research findings to laboratory and/or field settings in actual situations.
• Communicate effectively to a diverse group of people using appropriate traditional and emerging technological media.

Master of Science (MS) students must complete a minimum of 45 credits. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students must complete a minimum of 108 graduate credits. Coursework will be tailored by the major professor and the graduate committee for each student based on their research project and needs to meet the minimum number of credits required for their degree program. Courses from other disciplines or departments, such as soil science, statistics, plant physiology, and plant pathology can be assigned to the students, even though they are offered by departments other than Crop & Soil Sciences.

MS

PhD

Major Code: 1200