Graduate Student Handbook

Contents

Introduction to Horticultural Science Graduate Program

• Things To Do Upon Arrival (New Students)
• North Carolina Residency Requirements for Residency (In-State Tuition)
• Continuous Registration 
• Personal Safety and Building Security 
• Departmental Assistantships
• Forms

Degree Programs

• Introduction
• Advisory Committee
• Plan of Graduate Work 
• Master of Science
• Master of Horticultural Science
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Graduate School Representative
• Departmental Seminar 
• Teaching Experience / Requirement 
• Outreach / Extension Experience
• Thesis Preparation
• Plant Physiology Program (Interdepartmental)
• Minor in Horticultural Science

Departmental Policies and Procedures

• Desk (Office) Assignments 
• Working Hours and Vacations
• Mail 
• Telephone Use
• Photocopying
• Computing
• Supplies 
• Requisitions and Purchase Orders 
• Use of Departmental Vehicles
• Travel

Horticultural Science Facilities

• Kilgore Hall 
• CALS On-Campus Greenhouses 
• University Research Units (Raleigh Area) 
• Outlying Research Stations 
• Phytotron
• Office of Information Technology (OIT) Services for Students
• SAS Consulting, Department of Statistics, NCSU 
• Plant Disease and Insect Clinic 
• NC State Libraries
• Center for Electron Microscopy

Graduate Faculty