Graduate Assistantships in Environmental Science and Environmental Health Science: Baylor University, Texas.

Agency: Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University

Location: Waco, TX

Job Category: Graduate Assistantships

Website: http://www.baylor.edu/environmentalscience/index.php?id=55219

Salary: $22000

Start Date: 08/21/2017

Last Date to Apply: 01/02/2017

 

Description:

     The Department of Environmental Science at Baylor University is accepting applications for interdisciplinary M.S. and Ph.D. graduate assistantships. Students mentored by faculty in the environmental sciences at Baylor often engage in interdisciplinary research projects involving multiple faculty members from several departments. Faculty expertise includes air and water quality, climate change, environmental toxicology and chemistry, risk assessment, applied ecology, and ecosystem management. Student research projects often integrate across multiple disciplines, involve laboratory and field studies, and examine factors compromising environmental and human health. Job placement and presentation and publication records of environmental science students are excellent.
    State-of-the-science laboratories, core research facilities, and instrumentation are available in the Baylor Sciences Building (www.baylor.edu/bsb). Successful candidates will receive competitive stipends, health insurance and other benefits, including a full tuition waiver. Application deadline for Fall 2017 is 2nd January 2017. Prospective students should contact graduate faculty mentors prior to submitting an application. 

Qualifications:

    Admission to the Graduate School at Baylor University is conducted by a formal application process and requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in the United States, or proof of equivalent training at a foreign university. A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above is required and candidates must have a combined GRE score of 300 (verbal + quantitative). Qualified students will be admitted regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, gender, age, or disability. Ultimate approval for admission to graduate study is given by the Dean of the Graduate School after careful review of the recommendation from the department to which you have applied. For additional information please contact: Sascha Usenko (sascha_usenko@baylor.edu).