Climate Science Concentration

The interdisciplinary concentration in climate science is for graduate students of any college or department at UF who seek to better understand climate and climate change, as well as resulting impacts and societal responses. This concentration emphasizes:

• an understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere and cryosphere that comprise the climate system
• system specific responses to variations in climate
• quantitative methods for studying and understanding climate science
• human dimensions of climate science, particularly as related to economic and environmental sustainability.

Graduate students, either MS-level or PhD-Level, who elect to earn the concentration, must complete a minimum of 12 additional credit hours with at least one approved course in each of these four categories:

• Principles of Climate Science
• System-Specific Climate Science
• Quantitative Methods in Climate Science
• Human Dimensions in Climate Science