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Graduate Handbook

The Graduate Handbook includes the policies and procedures for the Master's and Doctoral Degrees for the Animal Science Department. The Handbook is updated each summer, incorporating any changes that have occurred in the past year from the Department, College, and University.

 Each handbook is a separate pdf file.

  • 2020-2021 Graduate Handbook
  • 2019-2020 Graduate Handbook
  • 2018-2019 Graduate Handbook
  • 2017-2018 Graduate Handbook
  • 2016-2017 Graduate Handbook
  • 2015-2016 Graduate Handbook

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