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Graduate Program Overview
| Programs
of Study |
The University of Kentucky
Graduate Program in Animal Sciences provides opportunity
for advanced study in the discipline of animal sciences.
The aim of the Program in Animal Sciences is to develop
animal science specialists who are able to function in
a variety of sophisticated academic, industrial and professional
settings. Specific degree requirements are determined
through individual consultation with a faculty advisor
(M.S.) or an advisor and a special committee (Ph.D.).
Research work in the broad areas of nutrition and management,
reproductive and lactational physiology, genetics, and
nutritional/anaerobic microbiology may be conducted with
beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, poultry, sheep, swine
or laboratory species either individually or in suitable
combinations. Students with interests in foods may
specialize in meats, dairy products, food microbiology,
muscle biology, or food chemistry.
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| Research
Facilities |
Facilities for training
and research include Coldstream, Spindletop, Maine Chance
and Woodford County Farms. These offer the oportunity
to work with quality livestock in a most agreeable setting.
Extensive office, laboratory, animal care, meats and food
processing facilities are available on campus. Basic
research laboratory facilities are available for conducting
cell culture and animal studies using state-of-the-art
trace mineral, vitamin, lipid, amino acid, hormone, enzyme,
stable and radioactive isotope analyses.
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| Financial
Aid |
The Department of Animal
Sciences awards a large number of research assistantships
annually. Current base stipends are $9,200 for M.S.
candidates and $10,800 for Ph.D. candidates plus eligibility
for waiver of out-of-state fees. These base stipends
can be supplemented by faculty advisors and qualified
students may also be eligible for university fellowships.
Enrollment as a full-time student (9 credit hours) is
required. Application for admission and completion
of the departmental Personal Data Record serve as the
application for these assistantships. The University
of Kentucky Office of Student Financial Aid, 128 Funkhouser
Bldg., University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0054
(phone:859/257-3172), assists students in procuring financial
aid. Consult the Graduate School home page (http://www.rgs.uky.edu/gs/)
for fellowship information.
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| Tuition |
Tuition and fees for
full-time graduate study at the University of Kentucky
for the academic year 1999-00 is $1,798 per semester for
Kentucky residents and $5,058 per semester for nonresidents.
These figures are subject to change.
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| Living
& Housing Costs |
University housing is
available for single and married graduate students at
monthly rates that start at approximately $400.
Rent for private apartments starts at approximately $500
per month. Inquiries concerning graduate and married
student housing should be directed to the Apartment Housing
Office, 700 Woodland, University of Kentucky, Lexington,
Kentucky 40508-3400 (phone: 859/257-3721).
International Students are required to certify availability
of $16,794 per year of study (figures subject to change).
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| Enrollment |
Approximately 24,000
students of which 5,500 are graduate students, attend
the University of Kentucky in Lexington each year.
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| Location |
The University is located
in the city of Lexington, in the central Kentucky Bluegrass
Region. The city has a population of approximately
250,000.
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| The
University |
The University of Kentucky
is a land-grant university consisting of seventeen colleges
and schools. It provides a wide range of undergraduate,
graduate, and professional programs, including 96 masters
and over 60 doctoral programs.
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| Correspondence
& Information |
Dr.
David L. Harmon, Director Graduate Studies
Department of Animal Sciences
814 W. P. Garrigus Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0215
Phone: (859)257-2891
Fax: (859)257-3412
Email: dharmon@uky.edu |
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