[Plsfaculty] Opportunity for a distanct MS Degree from Texas A&M

[Tanya Quist]

Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:06 AM
To: Jesse Curlee
Subject: ICAC Press Release: MASTER IN PLANT BREEDING

>From the Secretariat For Release July 19, 2012

Masters in Plant Breeding

The Texas A&M University is offering a distance degree in plant breeding
starting Spring Semester 2013. Students can receive a M.S. in Plant Breeding
without residence on campus at College Station. The program covers both a
thesis option (TO) and a non-thesis option (NTO). All requirements for this
degree are the same as those found in the Graduate Catalog at
http://catalog.tamu.edu/,http://soilcrop.tamu.edu/graduatedegrees.html
<http://catalog.tamu.edu/,http:/soilcrop.tamu.edu/graduatedegrees.html%3chtt
p:/catalog.tamu.edu/,http:/soilcrop.tamu.edu/graduatedegrees.html%3e>
<http://catalog.tamu.edu/,http:/soilcrop.tamu.edu/graduatedegrees.html>,
with the exception that the on-campus residence requirement is waived.

The unique requirement to obtain the M.S. in Plant Breeding TO is that there
must be a Ph.D. scientist at the student's location who can qualify for
membership in the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University and serve as
co-chair of the student's graduate advisory committee. The student also must
have access to research facilities and have a commitment by his/her employer
to provide such facilities for the conduct of original plant breeding
research.

All courses and requirements other than physical presence on campus at Texas
A&M University are the same as for on-campus students. All courses are the
same as those taken by on-campus students and are taught by the same
professors, but delivered via the internet.

Dr. Wayne Smith, a renowned cotton researcher, has been in the forefront to
acquire approval for this program. Dr. Smith has released unique upland
cotton germplasm expressing resistance to silverleaf whitefly, cotton
fleahopper, and root-knot nematode; germplasm lines with improved fiber
quality, especially fiber length and fiber bundle strength; yield potential;
and variants in morphology and phenology.

This is an excellent opportunity for cotton researchers with B.S. (Agri)
degrees to improve their qualifications. Cotton researchers can contact Dr.
Wayne Smith at ? to discuss the application process. Online application is
available at
(http://ogs.tamu.edu/prospective-students/admissions/applying-to-graduate-
schoo/). Full details of the program can be downloaded from
http://soilcrop.tamu.edu/graduateprogram.html



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A. Elizabeth (Betsy) Arnold
School of Plant Sciences
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

http://arnoldlab.net
arnold at ag.arizona.edu



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