Master of Professional Studies in Ecology in Syracuse United States | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

This interdisciplinary field enables students to explore how organisms interact with their surroundings and the elements influencing their populations and geographic spread. The program balances hands-on practice with ecological theory across coursework and research projects. Ecology is divided into four key branches: organismal ecology, population-evolutionary ecology, community ecology, and systems ecology. Students work with their advisory committees to select relevant courses from these specialties and related fields. Research opportunities span all ecological domains, potentially examining species distribution patterns, community dynamics like food webs and biodiversity, ecological succession, or ecosystem processes including energy flow and nutrient cycles.