The Department of Environmental Sciences offers the PhD degree in Environmental Sciences. The PhD curriculum in Environmental Sciences is designed so that students will acquire substantial knowledge in a primary specialization area, develop breadth in the three priority areas, and conduct original research on an important environmental topic culminating in a publishable dissertation.
Environmental Sciences, Ph.D.
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Overview
All PhD students will take a minimum of nine hours of graduate course work to establish a minor area of study outside the Department. The minor area of study will be developed in consultation with the student’s advisory committee.
Students who have received an MS in Environmental Sciences from LSU will likely have taken the requisite ENVS courses described above. For those students, the student’s advisory committee will develop an appropriate program of courses selected from courses offered by the Department of Environmental Sciences and other departments on the LSU campus or the LSU School of Public Health.
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- Programme intensity Full-time
- Full-time duration 36 months
- Credits 60 alternative credits
- Languages
- English
- Delivery mode On Campus
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Integrated Environmental Issues
- Environmental Seminar
- Cancer: A Family of Environmental Diseases
- Applied Ecology
- Aquatic Pollution
- Environmental Chemistry
- Air Pollution and Society
- Environmental Toxicology: Introduction and Applications
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Academic Requirements
You need the following GPA score:
Required score: 3
Applicants for graduate programs must have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree with a minimum GPA equivalent to 3 on a US 4.0 grading scale. Admitted applicants typically have an undergraduate GPA of or better on a 4.0 scale. No exam grade should be lower than 4.5 (European grade scale) or D (American grade scale).
Your GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated using the grades that you received in each course, and is determined by the points assigned to each grade (e.g. for the US grading scale from A-F).
General Requirements
Admission requirements:- Statement of purpose
- Curriculum vitae
- Official transcripts
- A copy of the name page of your passport
- A completed Affidavit of Support and supporting financial documents
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