北卡罗拉娜州立大学

Our partnerships with other departments greatly enhance the Crop and Soil Sciences graduate programs, offering opportunities for tailored research experiences and unparalleled career preparation.

You can choose from several paths, including thesis and non-thesis masters degree programs.

Our graduate faculty are experts in their fields. They also participate in a number of interdisciplinary programs throughout the university that enrich their teaching and mentoring, and in turn, benefit their students.

We’re serious about preparing our graduate students for meaningful careers that have an impact here in North Carolina and around the world.

Students seeking more general training may enroll in the non-thesis Master of Crop Science degree program. The latter is particularly suitable for working professionals. Strong cooperation with other departments greatly enhances these programs.

These are the program objectives:

1. To guide the graduate education of students preparing themselves for professional careers in research, extension, and academics
2. To provide skills and knowledge required conducting and publishing research and other information to the advancement of crop production and utilization
3. To maintain and enhance the department’s leadership role nationally and internationally

Objective: 1. To guide the graduate education of students preparing themselves for professional careers in research, extension, and academics

Students are expected to develop expertise in applicable concepts, theories, and knowledge concerning crop science
Students are expected to communicate knowledge in appropriate publications (e.g. extension, peer reviewed, web-based publications) and through oral presentations (professional meetings, extension events, class-based or distance education presentations)
Students are expected to participate actively in professional organizations, becoming members, attending meetings, and showing leadership where appropriate

Objective: 2. To provide skills and knowledge required conducting and publishing research and other information to the advancement of crop production and utilization

Students should be able to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of previous and current research in their field of expertise and the ability to demonstrate that knowledge in a review of the literature
Students should be able to recognize research needs in their field of expertise and pose hypotheses related to those nee
Students should be able plan and conduct research to address research hypotheses
Students should be able to analyze data in statistically sound manner and present the results in a clear and logical approach
Students should be able to discuss the support or lack of support for the research hypothesis in a way that effectively documents the contribution of the research to the area of study

Objective: 3. To maintain and enhance the department’s leadership role nationally and internationally

Program faculty are expected to be competitive nationally in recruitment of high-quality students
Program faculty are expected to provide effective monitoring that encourages timely graduation
Program faculty are expected to place graduates in positions in industry, academics, and research

Master of Crop Science (M.R.). The Master of Crop Science is a non-thesis program designed to address the needs of Agricultural Extension Agents and other professionals who are seeking an advanced degree, but are limited by time/or location. Additional course work, reports, or special problems are required in place of a thesis. Program requirements are 36 semester hours of graduate work on the Plan of Work including a minimum of 20 hours of 500-800 level course work, unless the student’s graduate committee requires more hours.