The graduate study program
leading to the MS degree with a thesis or non-thesis option is offered with a
specialization in the following areas: agricultural economics, animal science,
irrigation, plant science, plant protection, and poultry science, preparing
them for a productive career in agricultural technology, natural resources
management, and agribusiness. In addition, the department is especially
qualified and equipped for graduate study and research in the following
areas: nutrition of livestock and
poultry, diseases of livestock and poultry, including preventive immunology and
the epizootiology of diseases, production of milk, meat, and eggs as related to
breeding and feeding.
The graduates will then be
capable of serving mainly in Lebanon, the Middle East, and/or other regions in
the world. Graduate students in the department may become candidates for a
degree in the interfaculty program in nutrition by meeting the relevant
requirements.
All AGSC graduate courses are
electives to all majors upon the approval of the adviser.
The department offers several MS
degrees in the following specialties: