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Agriscience and Environmental Systems BSA/Plant Protection and Pest Management MPPPM(non-thesis)

The Plant Protection and Pest Management M.P.P.P.M. degree program is jointly administered by three different departments, Crop & Soil Sciences, Entomology, and Plant Pathology.

Careers in for MPPPM graduates in private industries and in State and Federal government can be quite varied. Briefly these include, but are not limited to the:
1) Cooperative Extension Service [see http://extension.uga.edu/about/join/careers.cfm or comparable sites for other state extension services]
2) Pesticide Industry [Top 10 ranked companies in 2008 from the largest: Bayer (Germany), Syngenta (Switzerland), BASF (Germany), Dow AgroSciences (USA), Monsanto (USA), DuPont (USA), Makhteshim Agan (Israel), Nufarm (Australia), Sumitomo Chemical (Japan), and Arysta Lifescience (Japan)]
3) Seed Industry [Top 10 ranked companies in 2008 from the largest: Monsanto (US), DuPont (US), Syngenta (Switzerland), Groupe Limagrain (France), Land O' Lakes (US), KWS AG (Germany), Bayer Crop Science (Germany), Sakata (Japan), DLF-Trifolium (Denmark), and Takii (Japan)]
4) Academic Institutions [usually a Master’s degree is the minimum requirement for a technical college instructor or university laboratory technician, field technician, see http://www.hr.uga.edu/uga-staff-vacancies for UGA or comparable sites for other colleges and universities]
5) Food & Beverage Industry [Top 16 ranked companies in 2013 from the largest: Pepsico Inc., Tyson Foods Inc., Nestle (U.S. & Canada), JBS USA, Coca-Cola Co., Anheuser-Busch InBev, Kraft Foods Inc., Smithfield Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc., Mars Inc., Kellogg Co., Dean Foods Co., Hormel Foods Corp., Cargill Inc., and MillerCoors LLC]
6) Crop Consultants [can be independent or employed by other consultants, see http://naicc.org/about/find-a-member/ or companies like Glades Crop Care, Inc.]
7) Urban/Structural Pest Control [Top companies: Orkin Pest Control, Terminix, Black & Decker Pest Control, Riddex Plus Pest Repeller, Bell Environmental Services, Bulwark Exterminating, Steritech Pest Prevention, Southern Pest Control, Ecolab Pest Control, McCloud Services, Plunkett's Pest Control, Wil-Kil Pest Control, Sprague Pest Solutions]
8) Federal jobs open only to USA citizens [can be searched at https://www.usajobs.gov/]
9) The State of Georgia [listed at http://agr.georgia.gov/the-job-list.aspx ]
10) The Military has careers for entomologists [listed at http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/amedd-categories/medical-service-corps-jobs/entomologist.html ]

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Admission to Program

After a student has 60-90 hours in the AES program, they will be able to apply to the dual degree (AES/MPPPM) program.

Students will apply to the dual degree program by first contacting the Graduate Coordinator Offices of the three participating departments, i.e., Crop & Soil Sciences, Entomology, and Plant Pathology. These offices will guide the students through the application process at the UGA Graduate School.

Students who have taken the GRE with a score of 289 or better and completed the following courses with a grade of 3.0 or higher will be admitted to the dual degree program:
-CRSS 3060-3060L
-CHEM 1211-1211L
-CHEM 1212-1212L
-BIOL 1107-1107L
-BIOL 1108-1108L
-CRSS 2010-2010L or HORT 2000

Curriculum

Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.

CRSS 4340-4340L/6340-6340L, Weed Science (4)
CRSS/ENTO/PATH 4740/6740, Integrated Pest Management (3)
ENTO/CRSS/PATH 4250/6250, Pesticides and Transgenic Crops (3)
PATH 8000, Field Plant Pathology (1)

Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:

Additional unique requirements include:
ENTO 6000-6000L, General Entomology (4)
PATH 6280-6280L, Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases (4)
CRSS/ENTO/PATH 6130, Internship (1)

Admission to Graduate Program

After a student has 60-90 hours in the AES program, they will be able to apply to the dual degree (AES/MPPPM) program. Students who have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher (3.0 or higher for BIOL and CHEM below) will be considered for admission to the dual degree program. Students with this GPA will have the GRE requirement waived. Undergraduate courses required: CRSS 3060, 3060L; CHEM 1211, 1211L, 1212, 1212L; BIOL 1107, 1107L, 1108, 1108L; CRSS 2010-2010L or HORT 2000, and PATH 3530. Students will apply to the dual degree program by first contacting the Graduate Coordinator Offices of the three participating departments, i.e., Crop & Soil Sciences, Entomology, and Plant Pathology. These offices will guide the students through the application process at the UGA Graduate School (website at http://grad.uga.edu/ and look under the “Future Students” tab. Follow the instructions for your particular category, e.g., “Domestic application information”).

Program Advisor

  • Name: Lisa Wimberly
  • Email: lwimberl@uga.edu
  • Phone: 229-386-3003
  • Address: 2353 Rainwater Road, Room 502, UGA Tifton Campus,
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Undergraduate Major Information

  • Major: Agriscience and Environmental Systems (also offered at Tifton) B.S.A.
  • Department/College: College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Advising Contact

  • Name: Jessica Barb
  • Email: jgbarb@uga.edu
  • Phone: 706-542-9977
  • Address: 4514 Miller Plant Science Bldg

Graduate Major Information

  • Major: Plant Protection and Pest Management M.P.P.P.M.
  • Department/College: Entomology

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