Admissions

All Graduate School students must utilize the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor. To apply to this minor, log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.

Application Details

Students who wish to apply for this doctoral minor must secure a Soil and Environmental Sciences faculty member as their minor advisor. The minor advisor must serve on the student's examination committee. The student should complete the Soil Science Doctoral Minor form, secure signatures from both the minor and major professors, and return the form to the Graduate Coordinator. The Graduate Coordinator cannot approve a request to add the minor through the MyUW, Graduate Student Portal until this form is completed and submitted.

Requirements

Required Courses

A doctoral minor in Soil Science shall consist of a minimum of 9-credits of Soil Science (SOIL SCI) courses with a "Grad 50%" attribute. One credit of graduate seminar, SOIL SCI 728, may be applied towards the 9-credit minimum. A minor advisor from the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences must serve in the student’s graduate committee and approve the courses taken to complete the minor. Please return the signed form to Soil Science Graduate Coordinator (see contact information box).