University of Kansas

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Phone: 1-785-864-4141
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Description:
At Kansas, our approach to graduate education appeals to students with goals that range from teaching at colleges anduniversities to conducting research in university or industrial settings. We offer a variety of emphasis areas from bioanalyticalto organic and natural products to bioinorganic and organometallic to theoretical and laser chemistry. Our students can lookforward to personal development in an atmosphere that emphasizes progress, from collaboration and mentorship with anadviser to independent scholarship. If this program fits your needs and plans for the future, we invite you to join us.

Degree(s):
M.S.
Ph.D.
 

Click to send E-mail to: jrkeeler@ku.edu

Phone: 1-785-864-2362
Fax: 1-785-864-5860
 

Description:
The Systematics Program facilitates integrated, interdisciplinary research of all kinds (e.g., theoretical and applied systematics, biotic surveys and inventories, evolutionary and ecological investigations, informatics) that focuses on the discovery of the history and the nature of biodiversity. The Systematics Program reflects the interests and goals of many of the faculty who share joint appointments between the academic units (e.g., departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Geology) and the Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center. In keeping with the goals of the research center, faculty and graduate-student research is based largely on its collections, which number about 7 million specimens. The museum and research center is a national leader among university institutions in biodiversity research--i.e., the discovery, documentation, and dissemination of knowledge of life on earth, past and present. The collections serve research needs in botany, entomology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, ornithology, and paleobiology. They are the basis for studies of the relationships of organisms, description of evolutionary patterns, and investigation of the mechanisms that produce the observed patterns. Personnel associated with the Systematics Program and research center have launched a national initiative in informatics. This emerging discipline uses information technology to access and integrate data describing the natural world--data that can be derived from systematic collections worldwide. Information technology, combined with computational analyses, allow us to identify patterns in nature and predict the effects of perturbations.

Degree(s):
M.A. - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology;
Ph.D. - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 

Research Areas:
Systematics; evolutionary biology and speciation; molecular evolution; evolution of host relationships; evolution at the species level; systematics of fish; systematics/taxonomy of sea anemones; evolutionary genetics; paleontology; evolutionary ecology; phylogenetics; evolution of birds; plant evolution; paleobotany; systematics of mammals; co-evolution; systematics of amphibians; systematics of reptiles;

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Phone: 1-785-864-2362
Fax: 1-785-864-5860
 

Description:
Kansas University has a tradition of pioneering excellence in entomology that has been recognized nationally and internationally for the past 120 years. In fact, "Entomology at the University of Kansas is as old as the University itself." As the result of recent departmental merger Entomology is now a full partner in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The newly defined Program in Entomology at KU is unique, not only because of the former department's long history, but also because it is one of a few such departments not administered within a school of agriculture. We are primarily focused on the basic biology of insects: systematics, evolutionary processes, genetics, biogeography, ecology, population biology, behavior, morphology, and physiology.

Degree(s):
M.A.-Entomology
Ph.D.-Entomology
 

Research Areas:
Basic Biology of Insects: Systematics; Evolutionary Processes; Paleontology; Biogeography; Ecology; Population Biology; Behavior; Morphology; Physiology

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Phone: 1-785-864-2362
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Description:
The Plant Biology Program (formerly the Department of Botany) has a long and distinguished history at the University of Kansas. Current faculty interests include ecophysiology, paleobotany, population genetics, and the systematics and evolution of plants and fungi. Graduate students can obtain guidance in these areas and Master's or Ph.D. degrees in Botany or Biology. In addition to modern laboratory resources in Haworth Hall, available resources include experimental field plots and natural areas owned by KU, and the KU Herbarium, with about 350,000 specimens, and the Paleobotanical Collections, with approximately 200,000 specimens, both administered through the KU Museum of Natural History and Biodiversity Research Center.

Degree(s):
M.A.-Botany
Ph.D.-Botany
 

Research Areas:
Plant ecophysiology; paleobotany; plant population genetics; systematics and evolution of plants and fungi

Click to send E-mail to: jrkeeler@ku.edu

Phone: 1-785-864-2362
Fax: 1-785-864-5860
 

Description:
The University of Kansas has a long and distinguished history in Ecology and Population Biology. Our faculty focus on a wide diversity of research areas, including the quantitative population ecology of plants and small mammals; terrestrial plant community ecology; grassland biodiversity and restoration ecology; plant fungal pathogen dynamics and population biology; successional changes in terrestrial insect communities; terrestrial ecosystem ecology; the remote sensing of natural resources; life history theory; molecular evolution in vascular plants; evolutionary and theoretical population genetics; theoretical ecology; and limnology and aquatic ecology.

Degree(s):
M.A.-Ecology and Evolutionary Biology;
Ph.D.-Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 

Research Areas:
Quantitative population ecology of plants and small mammals; terrestrial plant community ecology; grassland biodiversity and restoration ecology; plant fungal pathogen dynamics and population biology; successional changes in terrestrial insect communities; terrestrial ecosystem ecology; the remote sensing of natural resources; life history theory; molecular evolution in vascular plants; evolutionary and theoretical population genetics; theoretical ecology; and limnology and aquatic ecology

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Phone: 1-785-864-4141
Fax: 1-785-864-4555
 

Degree(s):
M.S.;
Master of Engineering;

Ph.D.;
Doc.-Engineering
 

Click to send E-mail to: amerst@ku.edu

Phone: 1-785-864-4011
Fax: 1-785-864-5772
 

Description:
American studies at the University of Kansas offers the opportunity for interdisciplinary examination of American life and culture. Within broadly defined subject areas, students develop an area of concentration--a period or problem--and draw on appropriate university resources to develop an integrated program of study. Students must demonstrate coherence in their course plans and show the relationships between their specialty areas and American society and culture.

Degree(s):
M.A. - American Studies;
M.A. - Urban Planning and American Studies;

Ph.D. - American Studies
 

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Description:
The Department of Anthropology offers graduate training in archaeology, biological anthropology, anthropological linguistics, and sociocultural anthropology. The department is strong in applied anthropology, anthropological genetics, evolutionary studies, medical anthropology, Native American linguistics, paleoanthropology, symbolic anthropology, and New World prehistory. Geographic areas include Asia, Europe, Latin America, Native North America, the Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa, and the contemporary United States.

Degree(s):
M.A.- Anthropology;

Ph.D.- Anthropology
 

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Phone: 1-785-864-4401
Fax: 1-785-864-4555
 

Description:
The Department of Art offers programs in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Areas of specialization available through the Department of Design include ceramics, design theory, industrial design, metal smithing/jewelry, textile design, theater design/scenography.

Degree(s):
M.F.A.
 

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Phone: 1-785-864-4141
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