{"id":56406,"date":"2025-08-27T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=56406"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:03:46","slug":"ph-d-program-natural-resources-the-university-of-arizona-tucson-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/ph-d-program-natural-resources-the-university-of-arizona-tucson-az\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Program: Natural Resources, The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/snre.arizona.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/snre_arizona_edu_header.png\" alt=\"School of Natural Resources and the Environment | Home\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"display-4 mt-0 mb-3\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ph.D. in Natural Resources<\/strong><\/h1>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 26px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 26px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;height: 26px\">\n<p><strong>Start Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Tucson, AZ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snre.arizona.edu\/graduate\/ms-phd-natural-resources\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lead\">Learn how to research and discover solutions for the world&#8217;s most pressing natural resource challenges from rangeland restoration to wildlife conservation, and gain the expertise needed for advanced governmental, nongovernmental, and academic careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snre.arizona.edu\/graduate\/ms-phd-natural-resources#emphases\">Choose from five emphases<\/a> to earn your Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ecology, Management, and Restoration of Rangelands<\/li>\n<li>Fisheries Conservation and Management<\/li>\n<li>Natural Resource Studies<\/li>\n<li>Watershed Management and Ecohydrology<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife Conservation and Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About the Ph.D. in Natural Resources<\/h2>\n<p>Graduate students in the Ph.D. programs work with a faculty advisory committee during their first semester to develop an individual plan of study including choosing a research topic, identifying appropriate coursework and transfer credit, and selecting potential thesis committee members.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the meeting, students must provide the committee a proposed program of study and a description of their background, general research area, and career objectives. The committee will either accept the proposal or suggest modifications to be made within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Our Ph.D. requires a minimum of 63 units. Non-thesis options are available in some programs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see a list of graduate courses offered or read the\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12chdhOpx7m8EN5u0e9F_vCKSTHMVuhVSaBtAzzpCXos\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-extlink=\"\">Natural Resources Graduate Student Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10410,"featured_media":34098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[14,22,6656],"tags":[4,2246,6123,215,8454,1161,32,33,8350,281,13,8453,8451,8452,6855,1253,572],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56407,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56406\/revisions\/56407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}