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    School of Natural Resources and Environment

    School of Natural Resources and Environment

    Graduate Courses and Syllabi

    **Please note that this is the curriculum for students who matriculated before Fall 2023. For students who matriculated during or after Fall 2023, please see our current curriculum.

     

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    Principles of Ecology courses Particular Perspectives & Systems Ecology courses Natural Science courses
    Social Science courses Sustainability Studies courses Research & Design Methods courses
    Elective courses IE Seminar  

     

    GRADUATE COURSES, SYLLABI, AND CURRICULUM

    SNRE Graduate Student Guide

     

    SNRE Courses

    Below are the syllabi of the graduate courses taught by SNRE. Other course syllabi are on the departmental or personal home pages of the professors teaching the courses. Most courses in the graduate curricula are taught in SNRE's partner departments. 

    EVR 5705: Natural Resources and Innovation Systems
    (Only offered Spring Semester)
    EVR 5705 Syllabus Spring 2022

    EVR 6933: SNRE Seminar
    EVR 6933 Syllabus Fall 2023
    EVR 6933 Syllabus Spring 2023EVR 6933 Syllabus Spring 2022

    ALS 5932: Environment and Society
    ALS 5932 Syllabus Fall 2021

    ALS 5932: Conservation Clinic
    Conservation Clinic Fall 2019

    Social-Ecological System depicting the potential scope of study for Interdisciplinary Ecology students. Mapping research interests within this framework will help identify appropriate coursework to enlarge and discipline your thinking. Click here to enlarge image.

    Each graduate IE student must register for the IE Seminar, EVR 6933, for 1 credit hour in a semester. SNRE requires you also to take the IE Seminar a second time, in another semester. For this second time of taking the IE Seminar, you can either: register for the seminar for 1 credit hour or attend the seminar (you do not register for it). The IE Seminar schedule can be found here.

     

     

    Planning

    MS and Ph.D. students working on their Individual Development Plan (IDP) are encouraged to access this CALS web site (https://cals.ufl.edu/current-students/studentresources/idp/). There you will find specific resources to help gain the skills in the IDP core competencies of Research Skills & Knowledge, Communication, Management and Leadership Skills, Effectiveness/Purpose, Professionalism, and Career Advancement.

    SNRE Plan of Study Form-Non Thesis

    IE MS Non-thesis students need to have a minimum of 19 hours that are major courses/hours toward their degree (on IE curriculum website)

    SNRE Plan of Study Form-MS

    IE MS thesis students need to have a minimum of 15 hours that are major courses/hours toward their degree (on IE curriculum website)

    Interdisciplinary Ecology Curriculum

    Students should refer to the requirements and a sample schedule for the Master's degree and Ph.D. degree.

    By the end of the second semester, a student should have formed a supervisory committee, and developed a Plan of Study

    Courses approved and available for credit in the Interdisciplinary Ecology degrees are listed below. If you want to take a course not on this preapproved list, please send a request and a copy of the course syllabus to the Director for review.

    Warning: If you are on a UF assistantship or UF fellowship, you SHOULD NOT enroll in off-book courses without first consulting with the Academic Coordinator. If you ask the department offering a course to register you individually for a course, you MUST ask them if it is an off-book course. Your assistantship or fellowship cannot pay the tuition for many of these courses.

    Ecology course requirement

    For the Master's or the Ph.D. degree, a graduate course in principles of ecology and one in the ecology of a particular type of ecosystem are required.  Once taken during the Master's degree, these requirements are satisfied for the purposes of the Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology. If you took a comprehensive Principles of Ecology course as an undergraduate, you may meet the two-course requirement by either taking one graduate-level Principles of Ecology course and one Ecology-Particular Systems course or taking two Particular System courses from the lists below.  For a Ph.D. student, equivalent course work taken during Master's studies meets this requirement if approved by your Supervisory Committee.

    Advice on the selection of courses in the category Perspectives and Elaborations of Ecological Theory:

    To gain a balanced knowledge of evolutionary and systems ecology, you should try to take one course each in general-population-community ecology and one in systems ecology.  If you do not study systems ecology, you will miss much of the predictive power of ecological theory; for this purpose, EES 6301 or PCB 5338 are recommended.

    For help with questions concerning courses, contact our graduate staff member (kbray@ufl.edu) to set up an appointment for a meeting.

    Standard Concentrations

    The Graduate Catalog defines a concentration as a subprogram of courses offered within a graduate major.  The School faculty established a concentration within the major to enable students to claim mastery of a traditional discipline in addition to the interdisciplinary major. 

    The concentration in the Interdisciplinary Ecology major comprises 6 credit hours for the master's (optional) or 12 credit hours for the doctorate (required). Note: 7979 and/or 7980 hours cannot count toward a concentration. Master's coursework cannot be applied to Ph.D. concentration hours.

    Concentrations are audited according to their departmental degree program codes or concentration codes and thus are formally identified on the student's transcript. When planning your program of study, be sure that the courses intended for the concentration are all in one department's curriculum or else in an Interdisciplinary Concentration approved by the Graduate School. The approved concentrations within the Interdisciplinary Ecology major are:

    Agricultural and Biological Engineering
    Agricultural Education and Communication
    Agronomy
    Anthropology
    Architecture
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Botany
    Business Administration
    Chemistry
    Civil Engineering
    Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
    Economics
    English
    Entomology and Nematology
    Environmental Engineering Sciences
    Family Youth and Community Sciences
    Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
    Food and Resource Economics
    Food Science and Human Nutrition
    Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
    Foundations of Education
    Geography
    Geological Sciences
    Health and Human Performance
    Horticultural Science
    Landscape Architecture
    Mathematics
    Microbiology and Cell Science
    Nuclear Engineering Sciences
    Philosophy
    Political Science
    Religion
    Sociology - take at least 9 credits in Environmental Sociology graduate seminars (by taking such courses as SYD 6517 - Core Issues in Environment and Society, SYD 6520 Environmental Governance, SYA 7933 Crime and Environment) and an additional 3 credits in a department seminar of the student’s choice.   
    Soil and Water Science
    Statistics
    Urban and Regional Planning
    Veterinary Medical Sciences
    Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
    Zoology

    Concentrations that require additional hours

    • Climate Science (see Graduate Catalog and http://climateconcentration.program.ufl.edu/)
    • Geographical Information Systems (Interdisciplinary Concentration--see Graduate Catalog and https://icgis.uflib.ufl.edu/)
    • Global Systems Agroecology (21 credits required--for Ph.D. only--Global Systems Agroecology Concentration curriculum)
    • Hydrological Sciences (Interdisciplinary Concentration--see Graduate Catalog and http://hydrology.ufl.edu/)
    • Tropical Conservation and Development (15 credits required--see Graduate Catalog and http://uftcd.org/academics/certificate/)
    • Women's and Gender Studies (Interdisciplinary Concentration, for Ph.D. only--see Graduate Catalog and http://wst.ufl.edu/graduate-studies/graduate-certificates/)

    Certificates

    From the UF Graduate School: “A Graduate Certificate program is a formal collection of courses that together form a coherent program of study offered through an academic unit. A Graduate Certificate is a recognition of the acquisition of knowledge and skills in a given field of study. A Graduate Certificate is an academic credential granted by the University of Florida. As such, all Graduate Certificates must follow the requirements of admission, successful completion of approved graduate-level coursework, application to receive the credential, and enrollment during the term in which the certificate is awarded and posted to the transcript.”

    Additional information can be obtained from the academic unit offering the certificate. The full list of graduate certificates offered is here: http://graduateschool.ufl.edu/academics/graduate-certificates/

    • IE students are NOT ABLE TO APPLY OR OBTAIN a graduate certificate that has the same name as the major or concentration specified as part of the IE student's graduate degree program.
    • IE students are NOT ABLE TO APPLY OR OBTAIN a graduate minor/s, due to the nature of our interdisciplinary major.
    • More information can be found in the Graduate School’s Certificate Policy: http://graduateschool.ufl.edu/media/graduate-school/pdf-files/certificate-policy.pdf.
    • A Latin American Studies Graduate Certificate may be earned by students pursuing any masters or doctoral program at the University of Florida. For more information: https://www.latam.ufl.edu/academics/graduate-programs/las-graduate-certificate/

    Principles of Ecology Courses

    A Principles of Ecology graduate course is required for Master's and Ph.D programs. If previous course credit is approved by the director and determined to be equivalent to one of these classes, a course in Particular Perspective and Systems may be taken in place of this requirement.
    NameTitleCreditsTerm
    ALS 5156 Agricultural Ecology Principles & Applications 3 Fall
    PCB 5338 Principles of Ecosystem Ecology 3 Fall

    Particular Perspectives and Systems Ecology Courses

    A Particular Perspectives and Systems Ecology graduate course and a Principles of Ecology course are required for Master and Ph.D. programs. If previous course credit is approved by the director and determined to be equivalent to a Principles of Ecology courses, two courses in Particular Perspective and Systems may be taken to fulfill this two-course requirement.
    Name Title Credits Term
    FAS 5901 Scientific Thinking in Ecology 2 Fall

    Perspectives and Elaborations of Ecological Theory
    ANG 6086 Historical Ecology 3 Spring
    LAS 6290/ANT 6930 Ethnoecology in Conservation 3 Spring
    ALS 5155 Global Agroecosystems 3 Fall
    ALS 6930 Graduate Seminar: Principles of Agroecology 3 Varies
    EES 6007 Advanced Energy and Environment 3 Varies
    EES 6301 Comparative Approaches in Systems Ecology 3 By Demand
    ENY 6454 Behavioral Ecology and Systematics  3 Varies
    FAS 5901 Scientific Thinking in Ecology 2 Fall
    FAS 6176 Algae Biology and Ecology  3 Spring
    FOR 5157 Ecosystem Restoration Principles and Practices 3 Spring
    FOR 5159 Ecology and Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems 3 Spring
    PCB 5046C Advanced Ecology 3 Fall, Odd Years
    PCB 5338 Principles of Ecosystem Ecology 3 Fall
    PCB 5415C Behavioral Ecology 4 Varies
    PCB 6447C Community Ecology 4 Spring, Even Years
    WIS 5555C Conservation Biology 3 Fall
    WIS 6455 Wildlife Population Ecology 3 Spring
    WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology 3  
    ZOO 6927 Biodiversity Ecology 3 Varies

    Particular Ecological Systems and Sectors
    AGR 5230C Florida Grassland Agroecosystems  3 Spring
    BOT 5695 Ecosystems of Florida 3-4 Spring, Odd Years
    BOT 6935 Special Topics: Ecology of Plant Stress 3 Fall
    EES 6301 Comparative Approaches in Systems Ecology 3 By Demand
    EES 6307 Advanced Ecological Engineering  3 Varies
    EES 6308C Wetland Ecology 3 Fall
    EES 6318 Principles of Industrial Ecology 3 Fall
    EES 6356 Estuarine Systems 3 Spring
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Springs Ecosystems 3 By Demand
    ENV 6932 Coastal Systems 3 Spring
    ENY 6203 Insect Ecology 3 Fall
    ENY 6203L Insect Ecology Laboratory 1 Fall
    ENY 6206 Ecology of Vector-Borne Disease 2 Fall
    ENY 6207 Ecology and Conservation of Pollinators 3 Spring
    ENY 6905 Pollination Ecology 3 Varies
    FAS 5276C Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms 4 Summer
    FAS 6154 Marine Adaptations: Invertebrate Physiology  3 Fall
    FAS 6272 Marine Ecological Processes 3 By Demand
    FAS 6905 Individual Study Variable Fall, Spring, Summer
    FAS 6932  Estuarine Ecology 3 Fall
    FAS 6932  Freshwater Ecology 3 Fall
    FAS 6932  Special Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Variable Fall, Spring, Summer
    FAS 6932  Special Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Plankton Ecology 3 By Demand
    FAS 6932 / FAS 6273 Trophic Ecology of Fishes 3 Varies
    FOR 6154 Analysis of Forest Ecosystems  3 Fall
    GEO 6938 Application of GIS for Spatial Epidemiology and Disease Ecology Variable Varies
    GEO 6938 GIS Disease Ecology 3 Varies
    LAS 6290 Tropical Conservation and Development    
    LAS 6938 Special Topics in Modern Latin American Studies: Ecological Principles for Development Professionals 3 By Demand
    ANG 6930/LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Power and the Environment 3 Spring
    NEM 6201 Nematode Ecology 3 Fall, Odd Years
    PCB 5307C Limnology 3 Spring
    PCB 5356 Tropical Ecology 3 Fall
    PCB 6377C Physiological Ecology of Vertebrates 4 Fall
    PCB 6496C Stream Ecology 4 Fall
    PHC 6937 Environmental toxicology applications in public Health 3 Varies
    PLS 6623 Invasion Ecology (formerly 'Weed Ecology') 3 Spring, Even Years
    PLS 6626 Invasive Plant Ecology  3 Spring
    SUR 6934 Drone Ecology 3 Varies
    SWS 5050 Soils for Environmental Professionals 3 Fall, Spring
    SWS 5235 South Florida Ecosystems 3 Summer
    SWS 5305C Soil Microbial Ecology 3 Fall
    SWS 5248 Wetlands and Water Quality 3 Fall
    SWS 6323 Advanced Microbial Ecology 3 Spring
    WIS 6444 Advanced Wetlands Ecology 4 Fall
    WIS 6452 Wildlife Ecology 3 Fall, Odd Years

    WIS 6934/6405
    WIS 6934/6405

    Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes
    Biodiversity

    		 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Couple Human/Wildlife Systems 3 Spring
    WIS 6934 Ecological Dynamics and Forecasting 2 Fall
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: An Introduction to Tropical Ecology and Conservation 3 By Demand
    WIS 6934 Riverine Ecology  3 Spring
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Climate Change Ecology 3 By Demand
    ZOO 6542 Nutrition Ecology 3 Varies

     

    Natural Science Courses

    Students are required to undertake advanced study of three domains of thought that are integral to interdisciplinary ecology: resource-related natural sciences, environment-oriented social sciences, and sustainability studies. This distribution requirement applies separately (iteratively, without double-counting) to the M.S. and Ph.D. programs. During the Ph.D. program, a new course must be taken in each of the three distribution areas: Natural Science, Social Science, and Sustainability Studies. A course from previous M.S. work may not be substituted. Choice of specific courses is custom-fitted by the student and Supervisory Committee to meet the student's needs while linking the three domains of thought to fundamental ecological theory. The remaining choices of electives are at the discretion of the student (with Committee approval) to follow interests or pursue a concentration. All the elective courses identified here are designated as courses in the major except for LAW courses (LAW courses do not automatically count for graduate credit and must be petitioned to the Graduate School for routine approval for graduate credit).
    Name Title Credits Term
    AGR 6932 Agroecological Evaluation of Alternative Cropping Systems  3 Spring
    ABE 5643C Biological Systems Modeling 3 Fall
    ANG 5126 Zooarchaeology 3 Fall
    ANG 6086 Historical Ecology 3 Spring
    ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Hunter-Gatherers 3 By Demand
    AOM 6932 Special Topics in Agricultural Operations Management: Principles and Issues in Environmental Hydrology 3 By Demand
    BOT 5655C Physiological Plant Ecology 3 Varies
    BOT 5685C Tropical Botany 5 Summer
    BOT 5695C Ecosystems of Florida 3-4 Spring, Odd Years
    BOT 5725C Taxonomy of Vascular Plants 4 Spring, Odd Years
    BOT 6935 Special Topics: Ecology and Natural History of the Tropics 1-4 By Demand
    EES 5207 Environmental Chemistry 3 Fall, Spring
    EES 6308C Wetland Ecology 3 Varies
    EES 6356 Estuarine Systems 3 Varies
    ENV 6441 Water Resources Planning and Management 3 Varies
    ENV 6511 Biological Wastewater Treatment 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering 1-4 By Demand
    ENV 6935 Graduate Environmental Engineering Seminar: Adaptive Management 3 By Demand
    ENY 5006 Graduate Survey of Entomology 3 Varies
    ENY 5006 Principles of Entomology 3 Varies
    ENY 5006L Principles of Entomology Lab 3 Varies
    ENY 6166 Insect Classification 3 Varies
    ENY 6203 Insect Ecology 3 Varies
    ENY 6203L Insect Ecology Laboratory 3 Varies
    FAS 5015 Aquaculture I 3 Fall
    FAS 5407 Biology of Fishery and Aquaculture Invertebrates 3 Summer
    FAS 6905 Individual Study Variable Fall, Spring, Summer
    FAS 6932 Freshwater Ecology 3 Fall
    FAS 6932 Global Change in Freshwater Ecosystems 3 Spring
    FAS 6932 Special Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3 By Demand
    FNR 6564 Ecohydrology 3 Fall
    FNR 6628 Watershed Restoration and Management 3 Fall
    FNR 6668 Natural Resource Climate Change 3 Varies
    FOR 5159 Ecology and Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems 3 Varies
    FOR 5756 Non-Timber Forest Products 3 By Demand
    FOR 6154 Analysis of Forest Ecosystems 3 Varies
    FOR 6170 Tropical Forestry 3 By Demand
    FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation 3 By Demand
    GEO 6938 Geospatial Modeling 3 Fall, Spring
    HOS 6932 Special Topics: Advanced Restoration Ecology 3 By Demand
    LAA 6231 Landscape Architecture Theory 3 Varies
    LAS 6290 The Amazon  3 Fall
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Ecological Principles for Development Professionals 3 By Demand
    LEI 5255 Outdoor Recreation and Park Management 3 Varies
    LEI 6557 Recreation Management/Development in Coastal Zone 3 Varies
    MCB 5505 Virology 3 Spring
    MCB 6670C The Microbiome 3 Varies
    PCB 5065 Advanced Genetics 4 Fall
    PCB 5307C Limnology 4 Varies
    PCB 5338 Principles of Ecosystem Ecology 3 Varies
    PCB 5356 Tropical Ecology 3 Varies
    PCB 6675C Evolution Biogeography  3 Spring
    PCB 6685 Population Genetics 3  
    PHC 6937 Special Topics in Public Health: Aquatic Systems and Environmental Health 3 Varies
    PLS 6623 Weed Ecology 3 Varies
    SWS 5050 Soils for Environmental Professionals 4 Fall, Spring
    SWS 5115 Environmental Nutrient Management 3 Varies
    SWS 5132 Tropical Soil Management 3 Varies
    SWS 5235 South Florida Ecosystems 3 Varies
    SWS 5247 Hydric Soils 2 Varies
    SWS 5248 Wetlands and Water Quality 3 Fall
    SWS 5305C Soil Microbial Ecology 3 Varies
    SWS 5308 Ecology of Waterborne Pathogens 3 Varies
    SWS 5551 Soils, Water, and Public Health 3 Varies
    SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Sustainable Agriculture and Urban Land Management 1-4 Varies
    SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Forest and Soil Ecosystem Services 1-4 Varies
    SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Florida Lake Management 1-4 Varies
    VME 6011 Aquatic Wildlife Health 3 Spring
    VME 6602 General Toxicology 3 Varies
    VME 6603 Advanced Toxicology 3 Varies
    WIS 5323C Impact of Diseases on Wildlife Populations 3 Varies
    WIS 5521 Plant-Animal Interactions 3 Even Years
    WIS 6444 Advanced Wetlands Ecology 4 Varies
    WIS 6452 Wildlife Ecology 3 Fall, Odd Years
    WIS 6455 Wildlife Population Ecology 3 Spring
    WIS 6466 Wildlife Population Modeling 3 Spring, Even Years
    WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology 3 Next offering Fall 2023
    WIS 6575 Mammalian Carnivores: Conservation and Management Issues 2 Spring, Odd Years
    WIS 6934 Biology of Salamanders 2 Spring
    WIS 6934 Large Mammal Ecology 3 Spring
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Foundations of Wildlife Ecology: Theory and Application 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Systematic Planning of Conservation Projects 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Advanced Topics in Population Ecology 2 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Scales in Ecosystems 1-4 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Ecological Basis of Tropical Conservation 1-4 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Concepts of Adaptive Management 1-4 Varies

    Natural Resource Conservation

    FAS 5203C
    FAS 6932 (3 cr.)

    		 Biology of Fishes 4 Varies
    FAS 5335C Applied Fisheries Statistics 3 Varies
    FAS 6932 Special Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Fisheries Management and Ecology 4 Varies
    FOR 5159 Ecology and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem 3 Varies
    GEO 5305 Environmental Biogeography 3 Varies
    GLY 5827 Ground Water Geology 3 Varies
    SWS 5235 South Florida Ecosystems 3 Varies
    SWS 6262 Soil Contamination & Remediation 3 Varies
    SWS 6448 Biogeochemistry of Wetlands and Aquatic Systems 3 Varies
    VME 6934 Topics in Veterinary Medical Sciences: Aquatic Animal Conservation Issues 3 Varies
    WIS 5555C Conservation Biology 3 Fall
    WIS 6452 Wildlife Ecology 3 Fall, Odd Years
    WIS 6563 Wildlife Forensic Pathology 3 Spring
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: An Introduction to Tropical Ecology and Conservation 3 Varies
    WIS 6934/6405 Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes 3 Fall

    Cultivated Natural Resources
    AGR 5277C Tropical Crop Production 3 Varies
    AGR 5444 Ecophysiology of Crop Plants 3 Varies
    AGR 5511 Crop Ecology 3 Varies
    AGR 6233 Tropical Grassland Agroecosystems 3 Varies
    AGR 6422C Environmental Crop Nutrition 3 Varies
    AGR 6932 Aquatic Weed Control  3 Varies
    AGR 6932 Topics in Agronomy: Bioenergy Crops 1-3 Varies
    ALS 5106 Food and the Environment 3 Varies
    FNR 5335 Agroforestry 3 Varies
    FOR 5161 Forest Productivity and Health 3 Varies
    FOR 6170 Tropical Forestry 3 Varies
    FOR 6340 Physiology of Forest Trees 3 Varies
    GEO 5809 Geography of World Agriculture 3 Varies
    PLS 6532C Integrated Weed Management 3 Fall
    SWS 5805 Environmental Soil and Water Monitoring Techniques  3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Wildlife and Agriculture 3 Varies

    Biophysical Systems & Processes
    ABE 5646 Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation 3 Varies
    ABE 5663 Advanced Applied Microbial Biotechnology 3 Varies
    ALS 6935 Topics in Biological Invasion 3 Spring
    CHM 5224 Basic Principles for Organic Chemistry 3 Varies
    CHM 5235 Organic Spectroscopy 3 Varies
    CHM 5275 The Organic Chemistry of Polymers 2 Varies
    CHM 6154 Chemical Separations 3 Varies
    EES 5245 Water Quality Analysis 3 Varies
    EES 6007 Advanced Energy and Environment 3 Varies
    EES 6145 Environmental Meteorology and Oceanography 3 Varies
    EES 6208 Principles of Water Chemistry I 3 Varies
    EES 6225 Atmospheric Chemistry 3 Varies
    EES 6405 Environmental Toxicology 3 Varies
    ENV 6508 Wetland Hydrology 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Stormwater Control Systems 1-4 Varies
    FAS 6171 Applied Phycology 3 Varies
    FAS 6256 Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Histology 3 Spring
    FAS 6514 Marine Adaptations: Env Physiology 3 Fall
    FAS 6932 Special Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Fish and Water Quality 3 Varies
    GEO 6255 Climatology 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Fluvial Morphology 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Land Cover Use: Land Change 3 Varies
    GIS 5306 GIS Applications in Environmental Systems 3 Varies
    GLY 5246 Geochemistry 3 Varies
    GLY 6075 Global Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future 3 Varies
    GMS 6108  Bacterial Physiology, Antibiotics, and Genetics 3  Spring 
    HOS 5711 Phytochemicals in Food & Health 2 Varies
    MCB 6937 Special Topics in Microbiology 3 Varies
    MET 5504 Weather and Forecasting 3 Fall
    OCP 5293 Coastal Processes 3 Varies
    OCP 6050 Physical Oceanography 3 Varies
    PHC 6519 Zoonotic Diseases in Humans and Animals 3 Spring
    PHC 6937 Environmental toxicology applications in Public Health 3 Varies
    PLP 6621C Applied Population Genetic Analysis of Microbes 3 Spring, Even Years
    SWS 5551 Soil, Water, and Public Health 3 Spring
    SWS 5605C Environmental Soil Physics 3 Varies
    SWS 5182 Earth System Analysis  3 Fall
    SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 Varies
    WIS 6559 Contemporary Issues in Animal Protection 3 Summer
    WIS 6934 Global Change Biology 3 Spring
    ZOO 6927/BSC 6895 AI in Biology 3 Spring

     

    Social Sciences Courses

    Students are required to undertake advanced study of three domains of thought that are integral to interdisciplinary ecology: resource-related natural sciences, environment-oriented social sciences, and sustainability studies. This distribution requirement applies separately (iteratively, without double-counting) to the M.S. and Ph.D. programs. During the Ph.D. program, a new course must be taken in each of the three distribution areas: Natural Science, Social Science, and Sustainability Studies. A course from previous M.S. work may not be substituted. Choice of specific courses is custom-fitted by the student and Supervisory Committee to meet the student's needs while linking the three domains of thought to fundamental ecological theory. The remaining choices of electives are at the discretion of the student (with Committee approval) to follow interests or pursue a concentration. All the elective courses identified here are designated as courses in the major except for LAW courses (LAW courses do not automatically count for graduate credit and must be petitioned to the Graduate School for routine approval for graduate credit).
    Name Title Credits Term
    FOR 5615 Forest Conservation and Management Policies and Issues 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Conservation Behavior for Practitioners 3 Spring
    FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Natural Resource Policy & Economics 3 Varies
    FYC 6330 Theories of Community Development 3 Varies
    LAS 6290 Tropical Conservation and Development 3 Varies
    SYA 7933 Special Study in Sociology: Environmental Inequality and Justice 3 Varies
    SYA 7933 Special Study in Sociology: Population, Migration, and Environment 3 Varies
    SYD 6518 Core Issues in Environment and Resource Sociology 3 Varies
    SYD 6520 Special Study in Sociology: Environmental Governance 3 Varies

    Environmental Law
    SYD 7933 Crime and Environment 3 Spring
    LAW 6298 International Trade and Environment 3 Varies
    LAW 6460 Florida Land Use Law 1 Varies
    LAW 6460 Land Use Planning & Control 3-4 Varies
    LAW 6465 Conservation Clinic 3 Varies
    LAW 6470 Environmental Law 3 Varies
    LAW 6472 Natural Resources Law 3 Varies
    LAW 6474 Agricultural Law 3 Varies
    LAW 6492 Water Law 2 Varies
    LAW 6930 Wetlands and Watersheds 3 Varies
    LAW 6930 Seminar in Techniques of Growth Management 2 Varies
    LAW 6930 Seminar on Coastal Zone Management 2 Varies
    LAW 6936 Environmental Justice Seminar 2 Varies
    WIS 6557 International Wildlife Conservation Law, Policy and Ethics 3 Fall
    WIS 6558 US Wildlife, Law and Policy 2 Fall
    WIS 6561 Wildlife Crime Scene Processing 3 Spring

    Environmental Planning
    AFS 6905/ GEO 6938/ GEO 6408 Parks and People 3 Fall
    ARC 6399 Advanced Topics in Urban Design 3 Varies
    AEC 6300 Methodology of Planned Change 3 Fall
    EES 6051 Advanced Environmental Planning and Design 3 Varies
    ENV 6441 Water Resources Planning and Management 3 Varies
    FAS 6355C Fisheries Management 4 Varies
    FOR 6665 Landscape Planning for Ecotourism 3 Varies
    FOR 6934/FNR 5625 Managing Public Lands and Waters  3 Fall
    GEO 5605 Advanced Urban Geography 3 Varies
    SYD 6517 Core Issues in Environment and Society 3 Varies
    SYD 6520 Environmental Governance 3 Varies
    TTE 5006 Advanced Urban Transportation Planning 3 Varies
    URP 6421 Environmental Impact Statements 3 Varies
    URP 6716 Transportation Policy and Planning 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Stakeholder Engagement in Natural Resources 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 Systematic Conservation Planning 3 Spring

    Environmental Policy, Regulation, & Management
    AEB 6933 Special Topics: Natural Resource and Environmental Policy 1-6 Varies
    AEC 5073 Agriculture, Resources, People, and the Environment: A Global Perspective 3 Varies
    AEC 6316 From America to Zimbabwe: An Overview of International Extension Systems 3 Varies
    ANG 6273 Legal Anthropology 3 Varies
    ANG 6274 Principles of Political Anthropology 3 Varies
    BOT 6927/
    LAW 6930    		 Advances in Botany: Comparative Forest Management & Policy 1-3 Varies
    CPO 6795 Environmental Politics 3 Varies
    CPO 6796 Water Politics 3 Varies
    EES 5415 Environmental Health 3 Varies
    ENV 5075 Environmental Policy 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Adaptive Management: People and Policy 1-4 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Global Environmental Policies and Institutions 1-4 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Environmental Institutions and Regulations 1-4 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Natural Resource and Environmental Policy 1-4 Varies
    FAS 6176 Algae Biology and Ecology 3 Spring
    FNR 6061 Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resources 3 Summer
    FNR 6669 Policy and Economics of Natural Resources 3 Spring
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: African Agriculture and Resources 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Management of Protected Areas in Africa and the Americas 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Community Conservation and Rural Development in Africa 3 Varies
    INR 6039 International Political Economy 3 Varies
    INR 6352 International Environmental Relations 3 Varies
    LAA 6382 Ecological and Environmental Policy 3 Varies
    LAS 6290 Knowledge, Governance and Land Use Dynamics in the Tropics 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Policy Reform in Conservation and Sustainable Development 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Communication and Leadership Skills for Development Practice 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Conflict Management 3 Varies
    MAN 6636 Global Strategic Management 2 Varies
    PAD 6865 Development Administration 3 Varies
    PHC 6313 Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health 3 Varies
    PUP 6006 Policy Evaluation 3 Varies
    PUP 6007 Policy Process 3 Varies
    PUP 6009 Public Policy Analysis 3 Varies
    PUP 6015 Comparative Policy Analysis 3 Varies
    SWS 6932 Special Topics: Soil and Water Policy Analysis  3 Fall
    SYD 6520 Environmental Governance 3 Fall
    WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology 3 Spring
    WIS 6544 Administration in Natural Resources 3 Spring

    Environmental Education
    AGG 5607 Communicating in Academia 3 Spring
    AEC 6540 Agriculture and Natural Resource Communications Theory and Strategies 3 Varies
    EDG 6017 Writing for Academic Purposes 3 Varies
    EDF 6215 Educational Psychology: Learning Theory 3 Varies
    EDG 6305 Teaching and Learning 3 Spring
    FNR 5072C Environmental Education Program Development 3 Varies
    FOR 6005 Conservation Behavior 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Communicating Natural Resources for the Public 3 Spring
    LAS 6555 Conservation Clinic 2-3 Varies
    MMC 6409 Science/Health Communication 3 Varies
    WIS 6525 Environmental Interpretation 3 Fall, Even Years
    WIS 6578 Human Dimensions of Biological Conservation 3 Fall, Odd Years
    WIS 6934 Writing Science 3 Spring

    Ecological & Resource Economics
    AEB 5167 Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems 3 Varies
    AEB 6413 Ecological Economics: Theory and Applications 3 Varies
    AEB 6453 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics 3 Varies
    AEB 6483 Seminar in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics 3 Varies
    AEB 6933 Special Topics: International Humanitarian Assistance 1-6 Varies
    AEB 7453 Natural Resources and Environmental Economics 3 Fall
    EES 6009 Ecological Economics 3 Varies
    FAS 6932 Fisheries and Aquaculture: An Economics Perspective  3 Fall
    FOR 6543 Natural Resource Economics and Valuation 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Facilitation Skills 3 Spring
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Fundraising for TCD Professionals 3 Spring
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Economic Development in Latin America 3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Foundations of Economic Analysis for Sustainable Development 3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Infrastructure, Environment, and Society 3 Fall

    Philosophy & Ethics
    FAS 5901 Scientific Thinking in Ecology 2 Varies
    FOR 6934 Special Topics: Ethics of Sustainability 3 Varies
    PHI 5405 Philosophy of Science 3 Varies
    PHI 5425 Philosophy of Social Science 3 Varies
    PHI 5665 Ethical Theory 3 Varies
    REL 5195 Topics in Religion and Society: Religion, Ethics, and Nature 3 Varies
    REL 5195 Topics in Religion and Society: Values and Practice 3 Varies
    REL 6185 Topics in Religion and Society: Religion, Nature, and Society 3 Varies
    REL 6167 Radical Environmentalism 3 Varies
    WIS 6934/6405 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Philosophical Basis of Biodiversity Loss 3 Varies

    Risk & Cost-Benefit Analysis
    ABE 6933 Decision Analysis for Complex 3 Summer
    AEB 6182 Agricultural Risk Analysis and Decision Making 3 Varies
    AEB 6183 Agribusiness Risk Management 3 Fall

    Rural Sociology
    AEC 6300 Methodology of Planned Change 3 Varies
    AEC 6512 Program Development in Extension Education 3 Varies
    AEC 6552 Evaluating Programs in Extension Education 3 Varies

    Anthropology, Sociology, & Psychology
    ALS 5932 Environment and Society 3 Varies
    ALS 5932 Conservation Clinic    
    ANG 5266 Economic Anthropology 3 Varies
    ANG 5354 Anthropology of Modern Africa 3 Varies
    ANG 5531 Culture and Nutrition 3 Varies
    ANG 5700 Applied Anthropology 3 Varies
    ANG 6086 Historical Ecology 3 Varies
    ANG 6110 Archaeological Theory 3 Varies
    ANG 6286 Seminar in Contemporary Theory: The Politics of Nature 3 Varies
    ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Health, Contamination, and Culture 3 Varies
    ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Hunter-Gatherers 3 Varies
    BSC 6038 Impacts Sci Soc/Broader Impacts of Science on Society 2  Fall 
    FYC 6422 Policy Issues and Case Studies in Nonprofit Organizations 3 Varies
    FYC 6620 Program Planning and Evaluation for Human Service Delivery 3 Varies
    FYC 6932 Topics in Family, Youth, and Community Sciences: Community Organizing & Practice 2 Varies
    GEO 6495 Environment and Behavior 3 Varies
    GEO 6558 Geography of Inequality in Africa 3 Varies
    GEO 6931 Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology 3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Anthropology of Development in Latin America 3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Human Rights in Latin America 3 Varies
    LEI 6108 Contemporary Theories of Recreation and Leisure 3 Varies
    LEI 6325 Global Ecotourism and Sustainable Development 3 Varies
    LEI 6834 Ecotourism 3 Varies
    LEI 6895 Tourism Theory and Concepts 3 Varies
    SYD 6636 Latin American Development 3 Varies
    WST 6935 Special Topics in Women's Studies: Gender, Development, and Globalization 3 Varies

    Environmental Context: History & Culture
    ALS 5932 Seminar in Environment and Society 3 Varies
    ANG 5164 The Inca and Their Ancestors 3 Varies
    ANG 5255 Rural Peoples in the Modern World 3 Varies
    ANG 5310 The North American Indian 3 Varies
    ANG 5323 Peoples of Mexico and Central America 3 Varies
    ANG 5330 The Tribal People of Lowland South America 3 Varies
    ANG 5331 Peoples of the Andes 3 Varies
    ANG 5336 The Peoples of Brazil 3 Varies
    ANG 5352 Peoples of Africa 3 Varies
    ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Plants and Culture 3 Varies
    LAH 5607 History of Amazonia 3 Varies
    LAH 5934 Topics in Latin American History: History of Nature in the Americas 3 Varies
    WIS 6576 Human and Wildlife Conflict 3 Summer
    WIS 6522/6934 Coupled Human and Wildlife Systems 3 Spring
    WIS 6934 Human/Natural Systems 3 Spring

     

    Sustainability Studies Courses

    Students are required to undertake advanced study of three domains of thought that are integral to interdisciplinary ecology: resource-related natural sciences, environment-oriented social sciences, and sustainability studies. This distribution requirement applies separately (iteratively, without double-counting) to the M.S. and Ph.D. programs. During the Ph.D. program, a new course must be taken in each of the three distribution areas: Natural Science, Social Science, and Sustainability Studies. A course from previous M.S. work may not be substituted. Choice of specific courses is custom-fitted by the student and Supervisory Committee to meet the student's needs while linking the three domains of thought to fundamental ecological theory. The remaining choices of electives are at the discretion of the student (with Committee approval) to follow interests or pursue a concentration. All the elective courses identified here are designated as courses in the major except for LAW courses (LAW courses do not automatically count for graduate credit and must be petitioned to the Graduate School for routine approval for graduate credit).
    Name Title Credits Term

    Sustainable Development
    ABE 5643C Biological Systems Modeling 3 Varies
    ABE 5707C Agricultural Waste Management 3 Varies
    AEB 5167 Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems 3 Varies
    AEB 6453 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics 4 Varies
    AEB 6933 Special Topics: Ecological Economics 3 Varies
    AEB 6933 Special Topics: Economic Development of Latin America 3 Varies
    AEC 5074 Agriculture, Resources, People, and the Environment: A Global Perspective 3 Varies
    AEC 6512 Program Development in Extension Education 3 Varies
    AEC 6540 Agricultural and Natural Resources Communications Theory and Strategies 3 Varies
    AGR 6932 Topics in Agronomy: Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability 3 Varies
    AGR 6932 Topics in Agronomy: Sustainable Agriculture System Analysis 3 Varies
    ALS 5106 Food and the Environment 3 Varies
    AOM 6932 Special Topics in Agricultural Operations Management: Principles and Issues in Environmental Hydrology 3 Varies
    ANG 5266 Economic Anthropology 3 Varies
    ANG 5303 Women & Development 3 Varies
    ANG 5702 Anthropology and Development 3 Varies
    ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Anthropology and the New Economy 3 Varies
    ARC 6391 Architecture, Energy, and Ecology 3 Varies
    ARC 6934 European Approach to Sustainable Design 3 Varies
    BCN 6580 High-Performance Green Building Delivery Systems 3 Varies
    BCN 6585 Sustainable Construction 3 Varies
    BCN 6586 Construction Ecology and Metabolism 3 Varies
    BCN 6641 Construction Value Engineering 3 Varies
    EES 5307 Ecological Engineering 3 Varies
    EES 6007 Advanced Energy and Environment 3 Varies
    EES 6009 Ecological Economics 2 Varies
    EES 6051 Advanced Environmental Planning and Design 3 Varies
    EML 5455 Clean Combustion Technology 2 Varies
    ENV 6441 Water Resources Planning and Management 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Restoration Planning 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Adaptive Management: Water and Watershed Systems 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Green Engineering Design and Sustainability 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Coastal Resilience and Engineering with Nature 3  
    EVR 5705 Special Topics: Natural Resources and Innovation Systems 3 Spring
    EVR 6320 Sustainable Resource Management 3 No longer offered
    FAS 5015 Aquaculture 3 Fall
    FAS 6355C Fisheries Management 4 Fall, Odd Years
    FAS 6932 Fisheries and Aquaculture: An Economics Perspective 3 Fall
    FAS 6932 Marine Protected Areas 3 Fall
    FAS 6932 Management of Exploited Populations 3 Spring
    FNR 6668 Natural Resources in a Changing Climate 3 Spring
    FNR 6669 Policy and Economics of Natural Resources 3 Spring
    FOR 5615 Forest Conservation and Management Policies and Issues 3 Varies
    FOR 5625 Forest Water Resources Management  3 Varies
    FOR 5626 Forest Resource Management 3 Varies
    FOR 6170 Tropical Forestry 3 Varies
    FOR 6628/LAS 6290 Community Forest Management 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Education for Sustainability 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Field Skills for Forest Conservation 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Natural Resources in a Changing Climate 3 Spring
    FYC 6302 Sustainable Community Development 3 Varies
    GEA 6419 Seminar: South America 3 Varies
    GEA 6466 Seminar on Geography of Amazonia 3 Varies
    GEA 6468 Resource Utilization and Conservation in Latin America 3 Varies
    GEB 6930 Special Topics: Competitive Strategies in Sustainability 3 Varies
    GEO 6495 Environment and Behavior 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Community Conservation and Rural Development in Africa 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Economic Principles and Tools for Conservation Managers in the Tropics 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Land Use Land Cover Change 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Management of Protected Areas in Africa and the Americas 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Managing for Climate Change Variable Fall
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: People and Parks 3 Fall
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Community Conservation and Rural Development in Africa 3 Varies
    GLY 6075 Global Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future 3 Varies
    ICM 6680 Principles of International Sustainable Construction 3 Varies
    INR 6039 International Political Economy 3 Varies
    LAS 6290 Tropical Conservation and Development 3 Varies
    LAS 6290 Tropical Conservation and Development, The Amazon 3 Fall
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Impact of Conservation and Development Policy 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Policy Reform in Conservation and Sustainable Development 3 Varies
    LAS 6555 Conservation Clinic 2-3 Varies
    LAS 6905 Individual Work Variable Fall, Spring, Summer
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Amazon Seminar 3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Tropical Resource 3 Varies
    LAS 6938/AFS 6905 Foundations of Economics for Sustainable Development 3 Varies
    LAS 6938/ANG 6930 Special Topics: Anthropology of Development in Latin America 3 Varies
    LAS 6940 Tropical Conservation and Development Practicum: Sustainable Development Practice 3 Varies
    LAW 6465 Conservation Clinic 2-3 Varies
    LAW 6936 Environmental Justice Seminar 3 Varies
    LEI 6325 Global Ecotourism and Sustainable Development 3 Varies
    LEI 6834 Ecotourism 3 Varies
    MAN 6930 Special Topics: Sustainability Issues in a Global Business Environment 3 Varies
    PLP 6701 Impact through Networks 2 Fall, Odd Years
    SUR 6427 Land Tenure and Administration 3 Varies
    SWS 5246 Water Resource Sustainability 3 Varies
    SWS 6209 Urban Soil and Water Systems  3 Varies
    SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability 3 Varies
    SYD 6636 Latin American Development 3 Varies
    URP 6042 Urban Economy 3 Varies
    URP 6131 Growth Management Powers I 3 Varies
    URP 6132 Growth Management Seminar 3 Varies
    URP 6421 Environmental Impact Statements 3 Varies
    URP 6428 Advanced Environmental Planning 3 Varies
    URP 6526 Health and the Built Environment 3 Varies
    URP 6541 Economic Development Planning 3 Varies
    URP 6542 Urban Land Economics 3 Varies
    SYA 6518 Core Issues in Environmental and Resource Sociology 3 Spring
    SYD 6520 Environmental Governance 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Decision Analysis in Wildlife Conservation 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Conservation Planning 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Wildlife and Agriculture 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Systematic Planning of Conservation Projects 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Resilience and Sustainability 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Management Exploit. Pop. 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wildlife Tracks and Sign 3 Fall

    Human Ecology
    ALS 5932 Special Topics: Ethnoecology 3 Varies
    ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Plants and Culture 3 Varies
    EES 6318 Principles of Industrial Ecology 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Land Use Land Cover Change 3 Varies
    LAS 6290/ANT 6930 Ethnoecology  3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Masculinities, Gender, Environment 3 Spring
    WST 6935 Special Topics in Women's Studies: Gender, Development, and Globalization 3 Varies

    Health & Toxicology
    EES 5415 Environmental Health 3 Varies
    EES 6405 Environmental Toxicology 3 Varies
    ENV 5105 Foundations of Air Pollution 3 Varies
    ENV 6215/6215L Health Physics/Laboratory 3 Varies
    PHC 6001 Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health 3 Varies
    PHC 6313 Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health 3 Varies
    PHC 6410 Psychological, Behavioral, and Social Issues in Public Health 3 Varies
    PHC 6937 Special Topics in Public Health: International Health 3 Varies
    PHC 6937 Special Topics in Public Health: Zoonotic Diseases in Humans and Animals 3 Varies
    SWS 5551 Soils, Water, and Public Health 3 Varies
    VME 6011 Aquatic Wildlife Health 3 Spring
    VME 6602 General Toxicology 3 Varies
    VME 6605 Toxic Substances 3 Varies
    VME 6606 Ecological Risk Assessment 3 Varies
    VME 6607 Human Health Risk Assessment 4 Varies

    Leadership Development
    AEC 5454 Leadership Development for Extension and Community Nonprofit Organizations 3 Varies
    AEC 6300 Methodology of Planned Change 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Education for Sustainability 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Conflict and Collaboration Management 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Conservation Entrepreneurship 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Facilitation Skills for Management 3 Varies
    POS 6157 Community Analysis 3 Varies

    Ecological Design Practicum
    ALS 5932 Conservation Clinic 3 Fall, Spring
    ARC 6391 Architecture, Energy, and Ecology 3 Varies
    DCP 6931 Special Topics in Design, Construction, and Planning 6 Varies
    FOR 5157 Ecosystem Restoration Principles and Practice 3 Fall
    FOR 5159 Ecology and Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems 3 Spring
    PLS 5632 Integrated Weed Management 3 Fall
    URP 6341 Urban Planning Project: Advanced Landscape Architectural Design 1-4 Varies
    URP 6429 Natural Resources Planning and Management 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Ecological Dynamics and Forecasting 2 Fall

     

    Research Design and Methods Courses

    The following courses are pre-approved as fulfilling the Research Design and Methods requirements of the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. This list is indicative, not exhaustive. If you find other methodology courses that you and your Supervisory Committee consider appropriate for your program of study, please submit a request for approval to the Director of Academic Programs. 
    Recommendation: Consider whether you need a research design course (consult with your advisor and supervisory committee). If so, take this course before taking statistics or another methods course.
    Name Title Credits Term

    Research Strategy & Design
    ABE 5936 Writing Grant Proposals for Scholarships and Fellowships  2 Fall
    ABE 6933 Agent-Based Modeling for Biological Systems 3 Summer
    AGR 6932 SAS-Experimental Design and Data Analysis 3 Varies
    ALS 6046 Grant Writing 2 Varies
    ANG 5485 Research Design in Anthropology 3 Varies
    ANG 6091 Research Strategies in Anthropology 3 Varies
    AEC 6767 Research Strategies in Agricultural Education and Communication 3 Varies
    BOT 6935 Grant Writing 2 Spring
    ENV 6932 Special Problems: Solid Waste System Design 3 Spring
    FNR 5608 Research Planning 3 Varies
    FOR 6934/FOR 6436C Visualization/Era Big Ecological Data 3 Varies
    FYC 6221 Grant Proposals for Community-Based Organizations 3 Varies
    FYC 6800 Scientific Reasoning and Research Design 3 Varies
    GEO 6938 GIS Programming 3 Fall
    GEO 6938 Geospatial Modeling 3 Fall, Spring
    GIS 5038C Remote Sensing 4 Fall
    GIS 6116 Geospatial/GIS Analysis 3 Spring
    LAS 6291 Qualitative Data Analysis 3 Fall
    LAS 6293 Design and Methods of Research in Latin American Studies 3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Design and Methods Practice 3 Spring
    SWS 5182 Earth System Analysis  3 Fall
    SWS 6323 Advanced Microbial Ecology 3 Varies
    SWS 6453 Quantitative Methods in Soil Science 3 Spring
    SWS 6813C Modeling and Land Biogeochemistry 3 Spring
    SYA 7933 Special Study: Research Design 3 Spring
    WIS 5496 Research Design in Wildlife Ecology 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 Field Experiments/Big Data 2 Summer
    ZOO 6927 Grant Writing Seminar 2 Spring
    ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Quantitative Methods & Ecological Inference 3 Varies

    Research Methods
    ABE 5643C Biological Systems Modeling 3 Varies
    ABE 5646 Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation 3 Varies
    AEB 5167 Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems 3 Varies
    AEB 6106 Microeconomic Principles and Analysis 3 Varies
    AEB 6182 Agricultural Risk Analysis and Decision Making 3 Varies
    AEB 6553 Elements of Econometrics 3 Varies
    AEB 6571 Econometric Methods I 3 Varies
    AEB 6817 Survey Research Methods for Economists 3 Varies
    AEB 6933 Special Topics: Ecological Economics 3 Varies
    AEB 6933 Special Topics: Stoch Modeling Ecological Hydrology 3 Fall
    AEC 6552 Evaluating Programs in Extension Education 3 Varies
    ALS 5032 Teaching in Colleges of Agricultural and Life Sciences 3 Varies
    ALS 5932 Special Topics: Ecological Statistics and Design 3 Varies
    ALS 6501 Data Carpentry for Biologists 3 Fall
    ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Anthropology, GIS, and Human Ecosystems 3 Varies
    AOM 5431 GIS and Remote Sensing in Agriculture & Natural Resources 3 Varies
    BSC 6451 (formerly BOT 6935) Computational Tools in Research Biology 3 Fall
    BSC 6438 R for Functional Genomics  3 Varies
    EDF 6475 Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research 4 Varies
    EDF 7483 Qualitative Data Collection: Approaches and Techniques 3 Varies
    EES 5245 Water Quality Analysis 3 Varies
    ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Field Methods in Adaptive Management 3 Varies
    FAS 5335C Applied Fisheries Statistics 4 Varies
    FAS 6337C Fish Population Dynamics 4 Varies
    FAS 6339C Advanced Quantitative Fisheries Assessment 4 Spring
    FAS 6416 Spatial Ecology and Modeling of Fish Populations 2 Spring
    FNR 5072C Environmental Education Program Development 3 Varies
    FNR 6560 Intro to Bayesian Statistics for Life Sciences 3 Spring
    FOR 5435 Forest Information Systems 3 Varies
    FOR 6156 Simulation Analysis of Forest Ecosystems 3 Varies
    FOR 6172C Tropical Forestry Field Course 2 Varies
    FOR 6543 Natural Resource Economics and Valuation 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Data Wrangling and Research 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in Environmental and Agricultural Sciences 3 Varies
    FOR 6934 Introduction to R Programming 2 Varies
    FOR 6934 Social Science Research Methods in Natural Resources 3 Fall
    FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Field Skills for Forest Conservation 3 Varies
    FOR 6943 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Forest Biometrics 3 Varies
    FYC 6802 Advanced Research Methods for Family, Youth, and Community Sciences 3 Varies
    GIS 5009C Advanced Cartography 3 Varies
    GIS 5028C Advanced Aerial Photo Interpretation 3 Varies
    GIS 5107C Geographic Information Systems in Research 4 Varies
    GIS 5306 GIS Applications in Environmental Systems 3 Varies
    GMS 6231 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 Spring
    HLP 6535 Research Methods in Health and Human Performance 3 Fall, Spring, Summer
    LAA 5331 Site Design Methodologies 3 Varies
    LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills 3 Varies
    LAS 6292 Data Collection and Management 3 Varies
    LAS 6292 Tropical Conservation and Development Research Methods 3 Varies
    LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Introduction to the Analysis of Latin American Data 3 Varies
    MET 6752 Spatial Analysis of Atmospheric Data Using GIS 3 Varies
    MMC 6421 Research Methods in Mass Communication 3 Varies
    PHC 6000 Epidemiology Methods I 3 Varies
    PHC 6011 Epidemiology Methods II 3 Varies
    PHC 6050 Statistical Methods for Health Sciences Research I 3 Spring
    PHC 6050C Biostatistical Methods I 3 Varies
    PHC 6052 Introduction to Biostatistical Methods 3 Fall, Summer
    PHC 6102 Introduction to Public Health Administrative Systems 3 Varies
    PHC 6146 Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation 3 Varies
    PHC 6251 Assessment and Surveillance in Public Health 3 Varies
    PHC 6700 Social and Behavioral Research Methods 3 Varies
    POS 6157 Community Analysis 3 Varies
    POS 6757 Survey Research 3 Varies
    SCE 6045 Environmental Education Methods and Materials 3 Varies
    STA 5106 Computer Programs in Statistical Analysis 1 Varies
    STA 5223 Applied Sample Survey Methods 3 Varies
    STA 5325 Fundamentals of Probability 3 Varies
    STA 5507 Applied Nonparametric Methods 3 Varies
    STA 5701 Applied Multivariate Methods 3 Varies
    STA 6126 Statistical Methods in Social Research I 3 Varies
    STA 6093 (formerly was ALS 5932) Introduction to Applied Statistics 3 Varies
    STA 6127 Statistical Methods in Social Research II 3 Varies
    STA 6166 Statistical Methods in Research I 3 Varies
    STA 6167 Statistical Methods in Research II 3 Varies
    STA 6176 Introduction to Biostatistics 3 Varies
    STA 6178 Genetic Data Analysis 3 Varies
    STA 6209 Design and Analysis of Experiments 3 Varies
    STA 6226 Sampling Theory and Application 3 Varies
    STA 6526 Nonparametric Statistics 3 Varies
    STA 6934 Special Topics in Statistics: Statistical Ecology 3 Varies
    SUR 5365 Digital Mapping 3 Varies
    SUR 5385 Remote Sensing Applications 3 Varies
    SUR 5386 Image Processing for Remote Sensing 3 Spring
    SUR 5425 Cadastral Information Systems 3 Varies
    SUR 5525 Least Squares Adjustment Computations 3 Varies
    SUR 6375 Terrain Analysis and Mapping 3 Varies
    SUR 6934 GIS Fundamentals 3 Fall
    SWS 5424C Soil Chemical Analysis 3 Varies
    SWS 5721C GIS in Land Resource Management 3 Varies
    SWS 6373 Techniques in Microbial Ecology 3 Varies
    SWS 6722 Soil-Landscape Modeling 3 Varies
    SWS 6905 Genomic Methods 3 Varies
    SYA 6315 Qualitative Research Methods 3 Fall
    SYA 6407 Quantitative Research Methods 3 Varies
    SYA 7933 Special Study: Intro to Quantitative Methods 3 Fall
    URP 6231 Quantitative Data Analysis for Planners 3 Varies
    URP 6270 Introduction to Planning Information Systems 3 Varies
    URP 6271 Planning Information Systems 3 Varies
    URP 6272 Urban Spatial Analysis 3 Varies
    URP 6274 GPS for Planners: Introduction to Global Positioning System 1 Varies
    URP 6275 Spatial Database Design and Development 3 Varies
    URP 6905 Exploration and Directed Study: Image Processing 3 Varies
    VME 6607 Human Health Risk Assessment 4 Varies
    WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology 3 Spring
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Biometry 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 / ALS 6501 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Data Carpentry 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 / ALS 6500 Topics in Wildlife and Range Sciences: Multivariate Statistics in Life Sciences 3 Varies
    WIS 6934 Species Distribution Modeling 2 Spring
    WIS 6934 Ecological Dynamics and Forecasting 2 Fall
    WIS 6934 Quantitative Wildlife Ecology 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: Quant. Analysis/Animal Populations 3 Spring
    ZOO 6308 Dynamic Optimization Modeling in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology 3 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Statistical Principles for the Biological Sciences 3 Spring, Odd Years
    ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Quantitative Methods in Ecology 3 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Ecological Modeling of Data 4 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Natural History Museum Methods 2 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Ecological Niche Modeling Variable Varies
    ZOO 6927 Data and Analysis in Natural Sciences 3 Fall
    BSC 6451 (formerly ZOO 6927) Computational Tools for Research 3 Varies
    ZOO 6927 Statistical Ecology 3 Spring

     

    Elective Courses
    NameTitleCreditsTerm
    AEB 6933 Labor Economics 3  Spring 
    AEC 6905 Problems in Ag and Extension Education Variable Fall, Spring, Summer
    ALS 6166 Exotic Species and Biosecurity Issues 3 Fall
    ALS 6942 Principles of Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Management 3 Spring
    ANG 5420 Social Network Analysis 3 Fall
    ANG 6592 Seminar in Molecular Anthropology 3 Fall
    ANG 6905 Current Issues in Anthropology Variable Varies
    ARH 6895 Collections Management Seminar Variable Varies
    FOR 6934 Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in Environmental and Agricultural Sciences 3 Varies
    LEI 7904 Advanced Readings Variable Fall
    LEI 7933 Advanced Special Topics in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism: Grant Writing 3 Fall
    PCB 6049 Seminar in Ecology 1 Spring
    SWS 6932 Wetlands Seminar 1 Fall, Spring
    SYA 7933 Special Study: Professional Development Seminar 3 Fall
    WIS 6905 Research Problems Variable Fall, Spring, Summer
    WIS 6934 Stakeholder Engagement in Natural Resources 3 Fall
    WIS 6934 Writing Science 3 Spring
    ZOO 6927 Biodiversity Ecology 3 Varies

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