Graduate Programs
Forest & Wildlife Ecology Graduate Degrees Overview
The strength of UW-Madison's graduate programs in Forest and Wildlife Ecology is based on an internationally recognized faculty, and on the excellence of supporting disciplines, including agricultural and applied economics, botany, statistics, soil science, zoology and others required for the development of a broad graduate curriculum.
The department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology offers two distinct graduate programs, MS and PhD degrees in Forestry and MS and PhD degrees in Wildlife Ecology. Each program has its own area of expertise and faculty advisors (though some interests and faculty advisors can be found in both). Students need to make certain that they are applying for the correct program based on their research interests and the research interests of the advisor with whom they are applying to work with.
Some of the areas of expertise for Forestry include:
- Forest and ecosystem ecology
- Forest and environmental history
- Forest and environmental policy
- Forest products processing and marketing
- Landscape ecology
- Remote sensing and land use change
- Social forestry
- Silviculture and forest stand dynamics
- Tree physiology
Some of the areas of expertise for Wildlife Ecology include:
- Wildlife population dynamics
- Physiological ecology and ecotoxicology
- Conservation genetics and biology
- Ecology and management of game, non-game and endangered species
- Human-wildlife interactions
- Urban wildlife management
- Wildlife disease ecology and management
- Landscape and ecosystem management
The Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology department follows the guidelines for the Master's and PhD degrees established by the Graduate School in terms of minimal course requirements and grade point average and related admissions criteria.
Updated: 2008.05.07