Monday, January 13, 2014

SFRC Graduate Certificates

Over the past few years, the SFRC has added a number of new graduate-level certificates. 
All of the offerings below are available to both on-campus and online students and approved for self-funded delivery. Certificates are generally available to any graduate student, regardless of major, as well as to non-degree seeking students (typically, working professionals wishing to gain additional education in a specific topic, but short of a formal graduate degree)
 
CERTIFICATES
Credits Required
Distance?
Aquaculture and Fish Health
-          open to any graduate student, as well as working professionals (non-degree)
-          aquaculture and health of captive aquatic species, as well as health of wild aquatic species
12 credits
Yes
Ecological Restoration
-          open to any graduate student not seeking the Ecological Restoration Concentration, as well as working professionals (non-degree)
-          restoration ecology, natural areas management, environmental consulting, fire, wildlife ecology, watershed management, and/or mine rehabilitation
15 credits
Yes
Environmental Education and Communication
-          open to any graduate student, as well as working professionals (non-degree)
-          education and communication, as they related to the management of the environment and natural resources
15 credits
Partially
Geospatial Analysis
-          open to any graduate student, as well as working professionals (non-degree)
-          geographic information science, remote sensing, image analysis, geostatistics, GIS programming/scripting, web mapping, data visualization, and spatial modeling
9 credits
Yes
Natural Resource Policy and Administration
-          open to any graduate student not seeking the Natural Resource Policy and Administration Concentration, as well as working professionals (non-degree)
-          policy making, permitting, and administration for natural resource professionals, with coverage of topics in law, economics, and policy
12 credits
Yes
Quantitative Fisheries
-          open to any graduate student, as well as working professionals (non-degree)
-          marine resource population dynamics, quantitative fisheries assessment, and use of quantitative models in fisheries management decision making
12 credits
Yes, with limitations
 
Scott A. Sager
 UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources & Conservation
130 Newins-Ziegler Hall, PO Box 110410            
Gainesville FL 32611-0410 sasager@ufl.edu