To successfully complete the non-thesis option, 35 hours of Coursework and three hours of Internship (Work-Study) for a total of 38 credit hours are needed. Some of the courses can be taken as distance learning (interactive video or online) especially when students are in the field during an internship. Graduate students enrolled in the Non-Thesis Option are required to perform a work-study program as determined by their major professor and approved by their committee. Some settings where the student might work include an aquaculture/aquatic sciences facility such as a fish farm, processing plant, university, or a state or federal fisheries facility. Cooperative Extension work may also be chosen. A report would be written along with a review of literature for a specific aspect of the work-study experience. A detailed proposal will be written by the student and approved by the student's committee before the work-study is performed.
AQU 507: Fish Genetics (3 hrs)
AQU 509: Biostatistics (3 hrs)
AQU 511: Fish Diseases (4 hrs)
AQU 512: Fish Morphology & Physiology (4 hrs)
AQU 513: Aquatic Ecology (4 hrs)
AQU 516: Computer Applications in Statistics (1 hr)
AQU 521: Fish Nutrition (3 hrs)
AQU 522: Principles of Aquaculture (3 hrs)
AQU 525: Aquaculture Economics and Marketing (4 hrs)
AQU 527: Fish Reproduction & Spawning Techniques (4 hrs)
AQU 551: Survey of Production Methods (3 hrs)
AQU 560: Water Quality Management (4 hrs)
AQU 580: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource Mgt. (3 hrs) AQU 591: Internship (1-4 hrs)
AQU 600: Research (1-9 hrs)
AQU 601: Thesis (1-3 hrs)
Application for Degree
An application for graduation must be received in the School of Aquaculture prior to the semester in which the program completion is expected (see the Academic Calendar for submission dates). Graduation application forms are available upon request from the Office of the Registrar. Students should refer to the following section for complete details concerning application for graduation. Fees will be billed to the student's account by the cashier. Students will be considered candidates for graduation only if they have an overall and program graduate grade-point average of 3.0 or higher at the beginning of the term in which they wish to graduate.
Students who submit a thesis in partial fulfillment of the master's degree must prepare it in conformity with regulations approved by the School of Aquaculture. Three approval pages bearing original signatures of the graduate committee must be included with three typewritten, clear, unbound copies of the thesis, all presented to the Chairperson, School of Aquaculture at least two weeks prior to the end of summer school and three weeks prior to the end of the Fall or Spring semester. Two copies are bound and become the property of the Program; one copy is bound and becomes the property of the Blazer Library. These must be on white paper of at least 25 percent rag or cotton fiber content and must be in a form acceptable to the Aquaculture Program. Instructions for the preparation should be obtained from the program's website (www.ksuaquaculture.org) before the thesis is typed. These must be developed under the direction of a full member of the Aquaculture Graduate Faculty.
All candidates shall perform satisfactorily on written examination(s) of the contents of their program of studies. Written comprehensive examinations are scheduled after the application for the degree has been filed and evidence exists indicating that the student will complete all degree requirements. A written comprehensive examination may not be given while the student's overall graduate grade-point average is below 3.0
The committee chair must file the Schedule of Written/Comprehensive Examination in the Aquaculture Research Center with copies to the student and committee members at least two weeks prior to the comprehensive examination. Committee chairs shall certify the results of the completion of the comprehensive examination to the Chairperson, Aquaculture Division no later than 30 days in advance of Commencement.
Students taking the I hesis Option will complete a written comprehensive examination and an oral presentation and defense of the completed Thesis. Non-Thesis students will complete a written comprehensive examination, an oral presentation covering the capstone work-study experience, and an oral comprehensive examination. The pass/fail decision on the written comprehensive, oral comprehensive, and/or thesis defense will be made by the student's graduate committee according to established division procedures.
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