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11 Master's degrees offered by the university
Freshwater Marine Science
The Freshwater Marine Science (FMS) Graduate Program at the University of Wisconsin Madison offers curricula leading to the master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees or a doctoral minor in freshwater and marine sciences.
Horticulture
The Horticulture department at the University of Wisconsin Madison provides graduate training leading to the master of science in Horticulture. Each M.S. student will have a major advisor who will supervise their program of study and their thesis research.
Animal and Dairy Sciences
The Animal and Dairy Sciences Department at University of Wisconsin Madison offers one of the most comprehensive animal and dairy science graduate programs in the country.
Plant Pathology
At University of Wisconsin Madison, the discipline of Plant Pathology is directed toward understanding and solving disease problems of plants. The field is broad and complex, integrating disciplines as varied as molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, organismal biology, population and community ecology, meteorology, statistics, computer science, chemistry, and physics.
Dairy Science
The department at the University of Wisconsin Madison offers one of the most comprehensive Dairy Science graduate programs in the country. Faculty interests and research funding in dairy science span diverse areas of focus.
Agricultural and Applied Economics
The Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin Madison offers three graduate degree programs leading to the master of science and doctor of philosophy.
Agronomy
The mission of the Department of Agronomy is to generate, integrate and apply knowledge about crop plants that are grown for food, feed, and the general benefit of humankind with the Agronomy program at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Animal Sciences
This master degree in Animal Sciences offered by the University of Wisconsin Madison emphasizes in vivo and in vitro studies that probe relationships at a fundamental mechanistic level as well as addressing current practical issues in animal agriculture.
Agroecology
The Agroecology M.S. program at University of Wisconsin Madison trains students to research and analyze agricultural systems within a broader environmental and socioeconomic context. Key to this endeavor is interdisciplinary expertise, which the agroecology program achieves through working with affiliated faculty members from nearly 20 departments across campus.
Forestry
The Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin Madison offers graduate education and training in a number of areas leading to the Forestry master of science and/or the doctor of philosophy in forestry or wildlife ecology.
Entomology
The Entomology department at University of Wisconsin Madison is a diverse unit of researchers whose work spans the areas of suborganismal, organismal, and applied entomology. Research programs of the faculty are broadly interdisciplinary employing cutting-edge technology in all areas.