Handbooks and Forms
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Graduate School
The Graduate School oversees graduate programs at UW-Madison.
Applicants and students must satisfy the requirements of both the Graduate School and the Department for admission, progress, and completion of degrees.
Please see these pages on the Graduate School’s website for more information:
+Prerequisite Courses for Wildlife Ecology
Important Notes:
- Applies to both MS and PhD students
- Courses below are the minimum requirements
- Students should complete most of these courses before they enter the program
- Once in the program, students can finish remaining courses
- The Graduate Committee may add additional courses based on the student’s field of study
Courses:
- one course in ecology
- population ecology/dynamics is strongly recommended
- one course in one of the following:
- conservation biology
- wildlife management
- natural resources policy
- human dimensions of natural resources
- one course in organismal biology
- examples: physiology, terrestrial vertebrates, ornithology
- does not include plant based courses
- one course in genetics or evolution
Requirements last updated: May 9, 2017
MS and PhD Curriculum for Current Students
Handbooks
| Program |
Document Link | Document Format | |
| MS | Forestry | MS Handbook (Summer 2020) | |
| PhD | Forestry | PhD Handbook (Summer 2020) | |
| MS | Wildlife Ecology | MS Handbook (Summer 2020) | |
| PhD | Wildlife Ecology | PhD Handbook (Summer 2020) |
Forms
| Level | Program |
Document Link | Document Format |
| MS | Forestry | Certification Form (Fall 2022) | Word Document |
| MS | Wildlife Ecology | Certification Form (Fall 2022) | Word Document |
| MS | Both | Thesis Advisor Approval Page Template | Word Document |
| MS | Both | Warrant Request Form | Qualtrics Online Form |
| MS | Both | Instructions for Tracking Electronic Warrant Signatures and Submission | |
| MS/PhD | Both | External Committee Member Request Form | Word Document |
| PhD | Forestry | Certification Form (Fall 2022) | Word Document |
| PhD | Wildlife Ecology | Certification Form (Fall 2022) | Word Document |
| PhD | Both | Warrant Request Form | Qualtrics Online Form |
| PhD | Both | Instructions for Tracking Electronic Warrant Signatures and Submission |
+Wildlife Ecology Pre-Fall 2014 Requirements
Wildlife Ecology MS and PhD students who began their program prior to Fall 2014 (and maintained continuous enrollment in every fall and spring semester since initial enrollment) should follow the pre-Fall 2014 Program Requirements.