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Prospective Graduate Students

 

Thank you for your inquiry about the graduate programs in environmental studies at Huxley College.

Location

Huxley College is one of seven colleges on the WWU campus, located between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., overlooking Bellingham Bay and the San Juan Islands to the west and the North Cascades to the east.


  Other Information

Graduate Programs
 M.S. in Environmental Science

 M.S. in Environmental Science, Marine & Estuarine Science

 M.S. in Geography 

 M.Ed. in Environmental Education

Normally, a student chooses one of these options and, with the help of a faculty adviser, an individual Plan of Study is designed building on Huxley College courses and, when appropriate, courses from other departments. Both M.S. programs require a thesis; the M.Ed. has thesis, field project and non-thesis options.

Graduate Application Information

The Basics

General requirements include:

  • a baccalaureate degree;
  • TWO recent, official transcripts from each college or university attended;
  • a 3.0 undergraduate gpa;
  • three current letters of reference;
  • GRE-General Test (Institution Code R4947, department code not required - Educational Testing Service (609) 771-7670) and/or the Miller Analogies Test;
  • and favorable review and recommendation of applications by the graduate faculty in the program to which application is made. 

Application for admission must be made to the Graduate School using the WWU application form.  Questions regarding application procedures can be directed to the Graduate School, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA  98225-9037 [phone 360-650-3170 or email gradschl@wwu.edu or website http://www.wwu.edu].

 

Financial Assistance

Teaching assistantships (TAs) are available on a competitive basis and provide stipends up to $3,373/qtr and a partial tuition waiver. 

Research assistantships (RAs) are available through individual faculty members.  Stipends are similar to those for TAs and may provide tuition waivers.  Students need to contact faculty directly when inquiring about RAs. 

Funding for graduate research is often available, as is funding for travel to present papers at professional meetings. 

Graduate Work-Study, in addition to other forms of financial aid, are available by submitting an application to Student Financial Resources (360-650-3470).

 

Graduate Tuition and Fees

See Western's Tuition Website

 

Dorene Gould, Graduate Program Coordinator
(360) 650-3646

Dr. Ruth Sofield, Graduate Adviser for Environmental Science
(360) 650-2181

Ruth.Sofield@wwu.edu


Dr. Andy Bach, Graduate Adviser for Geography
(360) 650-4774

Andy.Bach@wwu.edu


Dr. John Miles, Graduate Adviser for Environmental Education 
(360) 650-2896

John.Miles@wwu.edu