Master of Arts in Ecology

The Environment, Ecology and Energy Program offers graduate degrees in Ecology at the M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. levels. The Master of Science degree requires independent research and a thesis, while the Master of Arts degree requires a written literature review report. Master's students wishing to pursue a subsequent Ph.D. degree following completion of all requirements for the master's degree must petition the Program to submit to the UNC Graduate School the Permission to Continue Beyond the Master s Degree form. Students may elect to be admitted directly to the Ph.D. program, depending upon the recommendation of the Graduate Admissions Committee.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to identify and communicate with a potential faculty sponsor early in the application and admission process. We do not generally accept students without an identified, mutually agreed upon faculty advisor.

For admission to the Ecology Graduate Program, an undergraduate degree is required in:

a natural science (eg., physics, chemistry, biology, botany, zoology, geology),
a social science (eg., anthropology, sociology, or economics),
a mathematical area (eg., statistics, mathematics, or systems analysis),
an engineering area,
or environmental science.
Students are advised to develop an undergraduate major with focal areas in the following courses: anthropology, calculus, computer science, general physics, analytical, organic, and physical chemistry, city and regional planning, economics, general botany and zoology, geography, geology, marine sciences, public policy, sociology, organismal biology, general ecology, physiology, and statistics. Students seeking admission to work with a social scientist will obviously direct their coursework efforts along a different path than students seeking admission to work with a natural scientist. its international equivalent with an accredited institution an average grade of B (cumulative GPA 3.0) or better. One unofficial transcript from each university attended must be uploaded within the application. All unofficial transcripts must be uploaded to your application in order for your application to be reviewed. Please do not mail transcripts as part of your admission application, we only accept unofficial uploads for application evaluation. If you are offered admission, one official transcript for each university attended will be required prior to the first day of the term. IELTS -7.0 , TOEFL IBT- 90