Environment - PhD

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

Program Website
Program Setting

Nicholas School of the Environment

Attendance: In-Person
Program Faculty: 26
Program Students: Data Not Avail.
Program Details
Degree Type: Doctorate - PhD
Minimum Credits: Data Not Avail.
Typical Length: 5 years
Getting In
GRE Required: Yes
GPA Minimum: Data Not Avail.
Requirement Details: GRE the scores must not be more than five years old
Category: Environmental Science
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Concentrations
  • Aquatic and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Ecosystem Science
  • Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
  • Environmental Social Sciences
Description

The graduate program in Environment (ENV) offers students opportunities to work with faculty who specialize in an array of disciplines within the physical, chemical, biological, and social sciences, as well as integration among them.  Because of the intensive research nature of this degree, course work is tailored to the particular needs of the research topic agreed upon by the student, the faculty mentor and committees involved.  The ENV program is organized around four research themes: 

  • Ecosystem Science, which emphasizes conservation ecology, landscape ecology, wetland ecology, forest ecology, soils, biogeochemistry and hydrology of watersheds

  • Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, which emphasizes the fate and effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors, particularly chemicals, in the environment

  • Aquatic and Atmospheric Sciences, which concentrates on problems spanning natural divisions of the biosphere- soil, plants, lakes, watersheds, and the atmosphere
  • Environmental Social Sciences, which emphasize the management of natural resources and the environment by individuals and societies.  
Costs
Tuition:
Tuition Per Semester: $33,593
Tuition Per Credit: Data Not Avail.
Total Program Tuition: Data Not Avail.

Assistantships Available:
Yes
% Receiving Aid:
Data Not Avail.
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP REQUIREMENT All students, even those not funded by a TAship, are required to serve as a TA at least once (i.e., one semester) during their PhD tenure as part of the ENV PhD training. FUNDING PhD students may be funded by their own research grants or fellowships, by their mentor’s research funding, or by a TAship. A TAship requires serving as a TA every semester. When students’ or mentors’ research or fellowship is partial and must be supplemented by NSOE, additional TA service may be required.
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Forestry - MF Earth & Ocean Sciences - PhD Marine Science & Conservation - PhD Ecology - PhD Environmental Policy - PhD Environmental Management - MEM Environmental Management - MEM
Category: Environmental Science
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