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Social-Ecological System, depicting the potential scope of study for Interdisciplinary Ecology students. Mapping your research interests within the framework will identify appropriate coursework to enlarge and discipline your thinking. The core section of the diagram identifies human behaviors and activities that integrate social and natural systems in relation to natural resources and the environment
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Interdisciplinary Ecology Curriculum

Elective Courses    
Research Design & Methods Courses
    
Concentrations

Ecology course requirement:

For the Master's or the Ph.D. degree, a graduate course in principles of ecology and one in 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 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 5305C, EES 6301, or PCB 5338 are recommended.

Principles of Ecology courses

FOR 3153C

Forest Ecology, F, 3 (formerly available for graduate credit, by request to School of Forest Resources and Conservation staff)

FOR 5xxx Applied Forest Ecology, F, 2

PCB 4043C

General Ecology, F, S, 4 (for graduate credit, obtain consent of instructor and register through Department of Zoology)

ALS 5136

Agricultural Ecology Principles & Applications, F, 3

EES 5305C Ecological & General Systems, F, 3

EES 5315

Ecology and Environment, 2

Ecology - Particular Perspectives and Systems courses

Core Course (taking one of these two is recommended for new master's students)
FAS 5901 Scientific Thinking in Ecology, F, 2
(previously listed as: Aquatic Research and Science)
EVR 5322 Scientific Processes in Conservation and Development, S, 2
Perspectives and Elaborations of Ecological Theory
ANG 6086 Historical Ecology, S, 3
ALS 5932 Ethnoecology, F, 3
EES 5305C Ecological & General Systems, F, 3
EES 6007 Advanced Energy & Environment, F, 3
EES 6301 Comparative Approaches in Systems Ecology, S, 3
HOS 6934 Restoration Ecology, F, 3

PCB 5046C

Advanced Ecology, F, 3

PCB 5338 Principles of Ecosystem Ecology, S, 3
PCB 5415C Behavioral Ecology, 4
PCB 6447C Community Ecology, S, 4

WIS 5555C

Conservation Biology, F, 3

WIS 6455 Wildlife Population Ecology, S, 3
WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology, S, 3
Particular Ecological Systems and Sectors
BOT 5695 Ecosystems of Florida, S, 3
EES 6301 Comparative Approaches in Systems Ecology, 3
EES 6308C Wetland Ecology, F, 3
EES 6356 Estuarine Ecology, 3
EES 6813 Principles of Industrial Ecology, S, 3
ENV 6932 Stream Ecology, 3
ENV 6932

Springs Ecosystems, 3

ENY 6203 Insect Ecology, F, 4
FAS 5276 Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms, SS, 4
FAS 6932 Marine Ecological Processes, F, 3
FOR 6154 Analysis of Forest Ecosystems, 3
NEM 6201 Nematode Ecology, F, 3
PCB 5307C Limnology, S, 4
PCB 5317C Marine Ecology, 4
PCB 6355 Amazon Ecology, 3
PCB 6356C Ecosystems of the Tropics, 3
PCB 6377 Physiological Ecology of Vertebrates, 4
PCB 6496C Stream Ecology, 4
PLS 6623 Weed Ecology, S even years, 3
SWS 5050 Soils for Environmental Professionals, F, 4
SWS 5235 South Florida Ecosystems, SS, 3
SWS 5305C Soil Microbial Ecology, F, 3
SWS 6323 Advanced Microbial Ecology, 3
WIS 5376 Behavioral & Ecological Mammalogy, 3
WIS 5481 Savannah Ecology & Management, 3

WIS 6452

Wildlife Ecology, F odd years, 3

WIS 6934 An Introduction to Tropical Ecology and Conservation, 3
ZOO 6542 Nutritional Ecology, 3
ENV, FOR, WIS 6934 South Florida Ecosystems, SS, 3

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Distribution requirement and elective 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; 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).  If you want to take an elective course not on this preapproved list, either ask the Director of Academic Programs to place the course on the approved list, or ask your Supervisory Committee to approve the elective, in which case the Director will also approve it on a one-time basis.


Natural Sciences subject area

Core Course recommended
EVR 6320 Principles of Natural Resource Management, S, 3

Ecosystem & Natural-Resource Management

ABE 5643C

Biological & Agricultural Systems Analysis, 3

ANG 6930

Hunter-Gatherers, 3

BOT 5646C

Ecology & Physiology of Aquatic Plants, 3

BOT 5655C Physiological Plant Ecology, 3
BOT 5685C Tropical Botany, 5

BOT 5695

Ecosystems of Florida, S, 3

BOT 5725C Taxonomy of Vascular Plants, S, 3
BOT 6935 Ecology and Natural History of the Tropics, 3
BOT 6951 Tropical Botany:  an Ecological Approach, 8

EES 5207

Environmental Chemistry, 3

EES 6308C

Wetland Ecology, F, 3

EES 6356

Estuarine Ecology, F, 3

ENV 6932 Stream Ecology, 3
ENV 6932

Springs Ecosystems, 3

ENV 6932 Adaptive Management: Water and Watershed Systems, S, 3
ENV 6935 Adaptive Management Seminar, 1
ENY 6166 Insect Classification, F, S, 3

ENY 6203

Insect Ecology, F, 4

FOR 5159 Ecology and Restoration, 3

FOR 6154

Analysis of Forest Ecosystems, 3

FOR 6170

Tropical Forestry, 3

FOR 6934 Ecohydrology, 3
FOR 6934 Fire Ecology and Management, S, 3
FOR 6934 Non-Timber Forest Products, 3

HOE 5555

Women & Households in Agricultural Development, 3

HOS 6932 Advanced Restoration Ecology, 3
LAA 6231 Landscape Architecture Theory, S, 3
LAA 6716 History of Landscape Architecture, F, 3

LEI 5255

Outdoor Recreation & Management, F, 3

LEI 6557

Recreation Management/Development in Coastal Zone, 3

PCB 5307C

Limnology, S, 4

PCB 5338 Principles of Ecosystem Ecology, 3

PCB 6356C

Ecosystems of the Tropics, 3

PLS 6623

Weed Ecology, 3

SWS 5050

Soils for Environmental Professionals, F, 4

SWS 5132

Tropical Soil Management, 3

SWS 5235 South Florida Ecosystems, 3
SWS 5242 Wetlands and Water Quality, 3
SWS 5247 Hydric Soils, 3

SWS 5305C

Soil Microbial Ecology, F, 3

SWS 5308 Ecology of Waterborne Pathogens, 3
SWS 6932 Forest and Soil Ecosystem Services, F, 3
SWS 6932 Florida Lake Management, F, 2
VME 6602

General Toxicology, S, 3

VME 6603 Advanced Toxicology, 3
WIS 5323C Impact of Diseases on Wildlife Populations, 3

WIS 5376

Behavioral & Ecological Mammalogy, 3

WIS 5481

Savanna Ecology & Management, 3

WIS 5521 Plant-Animal Interactions, 3
WIS 6426 Landscape Ecology and Management for Biodiversity Conservation, 4
WIS 6444

Advanced Wetlands Ecology, 4

WIS 6452

Wildlife Ecology, 3

WIS 6455 Wildlife Population Ecology, S, 3
WIS 6464 Wildlife Habitat Analysis, 3
WIS 6466 Wildlife Population Modeling, 3
WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology, S, 3
WIS 6575 Mammalian Carnivores: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, S, 2
WIS 6934 Foundations of Wildlife Ecology: Theory and Application, F, 3
WIS 6934 Advanced Topics in Population Ecology, 2

ZOO 6927

Scales in Ecosystems, Special Topics in, 3

ZOO 6927

Ecological Basis of Tropical Conservation, Special Topics, 3

ZOO 6927

Concepts of Adaptive Management, Special Topics in, 3

Natural Resource Conservation

AGG 5505

Plant Protection in Tropical Ecosystems, 4

ENV, FOR, WIS 6934 South Florida Ecosystems, 3

FAS 5203C

Biology of Fishes, F, 4

FAS 5335C

Applied Fisheries Statistics, 3

FAS 6932 Fisheries Management and Ecology, 4
FOR 6934 Ecology and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem, S, 3

GLY 5827

Ground Water Geology, F, 3

SWS 5235 South Florida Ecosystems, 3

SWS 6262

Soil Contamination & Remediation, 3

SWS 6448

Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, 3

WIS 5555C

Conservation Biology, F, 3

WIS 6452

Wildlife Ecology, 3

WIS 6934 An Introduction to Tropical Ecology and Conservation, 3
VME 6934 Aquatic Animal Conservation Issues, 3

Cultivated Natural Resources

AEE 5232

Farming Systems Research & Extension Methods, 3

ALS 6933

Tropical Managed Ecosystems, 2-8

AGR 5277C

Tropical Crop Production, F, 3

AGR 5444 Ecophysiology of Crop Plants, S, 3

AGR 6233C

Tropical Pasture & Forage Science, 4

AGR 5511

Crop Ecology, F, 4

AGR 6932 Bioenergy Crops, 3

ALS 5106

Food & the Environment, 3

FNR 5335

Agroforestry, 3

FOR 5161 Forest Productivity & Health, 3

FOR 5626

Forest Resources Management, 3

FOR 6170

Tropical Forestry, 3

FOR 6340 Physiology of Forest Trees, S, 3

GEO 5809

Geography of World Agriculture, 3

WIS 6934 Wildlife and Agriculture, 3

Biophysical Systems & Global Change

ABE 5646

Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation, 3

CHM 5224

Basic Principles for Organic Chemistry, F, 3

CHM 5235

Organic Spectroscopy, F, 3

CHM 5275

The Organic Chemistry of Polymers, F, 2

CHM 6154

Chemical Separations, F, 3

FAS 6932 Fish and Water Quality, 1-2

GEO 5159

GIS Applications in Environmental Systems, 3

GEO 6938 Land Cover Use Land Change, 3

GLY 5075

Global Climate Change: Past, Present, & Future, 3

GLY 5241C

Geochemistry, F, 3

GLY 6660

Paleoecology, 3

EES 5245 Water Quality Analysis, S, 3

EES 5305C

Ecological and General Systems, 3

EES 6007

Advanced Energy & Environment, 3

EES 6145

Environmental Meteorology & Oceanography, 3

EES 6225

Atmospheric Chemistry, 3

ENV 6508

Wetland Hydrology, S, 3

ENV 6932 Stormwater Control Systems, 3
EES 6405 Environmental Toxicology, 3

OCP 5293

Coastal Processes, F, 3

OCP 6050

Physical Oceanography, F, 3

SWS 5604C Environmental Soil Physics and Hydrology, 3
WIS 6934/FAS 6932 Geographical Genetics, 3

Social Sciences subject area

Core Courses recommended

FOR 5615

Forest Conservation & Management Policies & Issues, F,  3

FYC 6330 Theories of Community Development, F, 3
LAS 6290 Tropical Conservation and Development, 3
SYA 7933 Environment and Society, F, 3

Environmental Law

LAW 6460

Land Use Planning & Control, F, S, 3 or 4

LAW 6471

Environmental Law, S, 3; recommended core introductory course

LAW 6472

Natural Resources Law, F, 3; recommended core introductory course

LAW 6474

Agricultural Law, S, 2 or 3

LAW 6930 Conservation Clinic, 2 or 3; recommended for ecology students who can take only one Law course

LAW 6930

International Trade and the Environment, F, 2 or 3

LAW 6930 Water Law, F, S, 2

LAW 6930

Seminar in Techniques of Growth Management, 2

LAW 6930 Seminar on Coastal Zone Management, 2
LAW 6936 Environmental Justice Seminar, F, 2

Environmental Planning

ARC 6399

Urban Design, Advanced Topics in, 3

AEE 6300

Methodology of Planned Change, 3

AEE 6523

Planning Community & Rural Development Programs, 3

EES 6051

Advanced Environmental Planning & Design, F, 3

ENV 6441 Water Resources Planning and Management, S, 3
FOR 6665 Landscape Planning for Ecotourism, 3

GEO 5605

Advanced Urban Geography, 3

TTE 5006

Urban Transportation Systems Planning, F, 3

URP 6421 Environmental Impact Statements, 3
URP 6716 Transportation Policy and Planning, F, 3

Environmental Policy, Regulation, and Management

AEE 5073 Agricluture, Resources, People, and the Environment: A Global Perspective, 3
AEE 6316 International Extension, S, 3
AEB 6933 Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, S, 3

ANG 6273

Legal Anthropology, 3

ANG 6274

Principles of Political Anthropology, 3

BOT 6927/LAW 6930

Comparative Forest Management & Policy, 2

CPO 6036 Politics in Developing Societies, 3
CPO 6308 Political Economy of Latin American Development, 3
CWR 5xxx People and Politics: Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds, 3
EES 5415 Environmental Health, F, 3

ENV 5075

Environmental Policy, F, 3

ENV 6932 Adaptive Management: People and Policy, 3
ENV 6932 Global Environmental Policies and Institutions, S, 3
GEO 6938 Management of Protected Areas in Africa and the Americas, 3
GEO 6938 Community Conservation and Rural Development in Africa, S, 3
GEO 6938 Economic Principles and Tools for Conservation Managers in the Tropics, F, 3

INR 6352

International Environmental Relations, 3

INR 6039 International Political Economy, 3

LAA 6382

Ecological and Environmental Policy, F, 3

LAS 6291 Policy Reform in Conservation and Sustainable Development, 3
MAN 6636 Global Strategic Management, 2
PAD 6865 Development Administration, 3
PHC 6313 Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health, F, S, 3

POS 6933

Environmental Politics, 3

POS 6933 Politics of Development, F, 3

POS 6933

Water Politics and Policy, F, 3

PUP 6006

Policy Evaluation, 3

PUP 6007

Policy Process, S, 3

PUP 6009 Public Policy Analysis, F, 3
PUP 6015 Comparative Policy Analysis, 3

PUP 6057

Politics of Regulation, 3

PUP 6205

Comparative Environmental Regulation, 3

WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology, 3
WIS 6544 Administration in Natural Resources, 3

Environmental Education

EDF 6215 Theory of Learning, 3
FOR 6640 Environmental Education Program Development, 3
FOR 6005 Conservation Behavior, 3
MMC 6409 Seminar in Science/Health Education, F, 3

WIS 6525

Environmental Interpretation, 3

WIS 6578

Human Dimensions of Biological Conservation, F, 3

Ecological & Resource Economics

AEB 5167 Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems, F, 3

AEB 6252

Foundations of Food & Resource Economics, 3

AEB 6413

Ecological Economics Theory and Applications, 3

AEB 6453

Natural Resource & Environmental Economics, S, 3

AEB 6483 Seminar in Natural Resource & Environmental Economics, F, 3
AEB 6645 Economic Development and Agriculture, 3
AEB 6933 International Humanitarian Assistance, 3

EES 6009

Ecological Economics, 2

FOR 6543

Valuation of Forest Resource, 3

Philosophy & Ethics

FAS 5901 Scientific Thinking in Ecology [was Aquatic Research and Science], F, 2

PHI 5405

Philosophy of Science, 3

PHI 5456

Philosophy of Social Science, 3

PHI 5665

Ethical Theory I, 3

REL 5195 Religion, Ethics, and Nature, 3
REL 5195 Values and Practice, 3
REL 5199 Religion and Nature in North America, 3
REL 5937 Religion, Nature, and Society, 3
REL 6167 Radical Environmentalism
REL 6183 Religion and Environmental Ethics, S, 3
WIS 6934 Philosophical Basis of Biodiversity Loss, 2

Risk & Cost-Benefit Analysis

AEB 6182

Agricultural Risk Analysis & Decision Making, 3

AEB 6299

Benefit-Cost and Social Impact Analysis, 3

Rural Sociology

AEE 6300

Methodology of Planned Change, 3

AEE 6512

Program Development in Extension Education, 3

AEE 6523

Planning Community & Rural Development Programs, 3

AEE 6552

Evaluating Programs in Extension Education, S, 3

Anthropology, Sociology, & Psychology

ANG 5110 Archeological Theory, 3
ANG 5266 Economic Anthropology, S, 3
ANG 5354 Anthropology of Modern Africa, S, 3
ANG 5467 Culture & Nutrition, 3

ANG 5700

Applied Anthropology, 3

ANG 6286 Contemporary Anthropological Theory: The Politics of Nature, 3
ANG 6930 Anthropology and the New Economy, 3
ANG 6930 Health, Contamination, and Culture, 3
ANG 6086 Historical Ecology, 3

ANG 6930

Hunter-Gatherers, 3

FYC 6421 Nonprofit Organizations, F, 3
FYC 6422 Policy Issues and Case Studies in Nonprofit Organizations, 3
FYC 6620 Program Planning and Evaluation for Human Service Delivery, 3
FYC 6932 Community Organizing & Practice, 2
GEO 6495 Environment & Behavior, 3
GEO 6558 Geography of Inequality in Africa, 3
GEO 6931 Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology, S, 3
LAS 6938/ANG 6930 Anthropology of Development in Latin America, 3
LEI 6108 Contemporary Theories of Recreation & Leisure, F, 3

LEI 6895

Tourism Theory and Concepts, 3

SYA 7933 Environmental Inequality and Justice, 3
SYD 6636 Latin American Development, 3
WST 6935 Gender, Development, and Globalization, S, 3

Environmental Context:  History & Culture

ANG 5164 The Inca and their Ancestors, S, 3
ANG 5255 Rural Peoples in the Modern World, 3
ANG 5310 The North American Indian, 3
ANG 5323 Peoples of Mexico and Central America, 3
ANG 5330 The Tribal People of Lowland South America, 3
ANG 5331 Peoples of the Andes, 3
ANG 5336 The Peoples of Brazil, 3
ANG 5352 Peoples of Africa, 3
ANG 6930 Ethnobotany: Plants and Culture, 3
LAH 5934 History of Amazonia, 3

LAH 5934

History of Nature in the Americas, 3

Sustainability Studies subject area

Sustainable Development

ABE 5643C

Biological Systems Models, 3

ABE 5647

Advances in Microirrigation, 3

ABE 5707C

Agricultural Waste Management, F, 3

AEB 5167

Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems, F, 3

AEB 6453

Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, S, 4

AEB 6634

Agricultural Development Administration, 3

AEB 6933

Ecological Economics, Special Topics in, 3

AEE 6512

Program Development in Extension Education, 3

AEE 6540 Communication Theories and Strategies for Agriculture and Natural Resources, 3

AEE 6541

Instruction & Communication Technology for Agriculture & Natural Resources, 3

AGR 6932 Sustainable Agriculture System Analysis, 3

ALS 5106

Food & the Environment, 3

EVR 5322 Scientific Processes in Conservation and Development, 2

ALS 6933

Tropical Managed Ecosystems, 2-8

ANG 5207

Anthropology & Development, 3

ANG 5266

Economic Anthropology, S, 3

ANG 5303

Women & Development, 3

ANG 6930 Anthropology and the New Economy, 3
ARC 6391 Architecture, Energy and Ecology, 3
ARC 6934 European Approach to Sustainable Design, 3

BCN 5584

Natural Hazards in Built Environment, 3

BCN 6585

Sustainable Construction, 3

BCN 6586 Construction Ecology and Metabolism, S, 3
CPO 6036 Politics in Developing Societies, 3
CPO 6308 Political Economy of Latin American Development, 3
EES 5307 Ecological Engineering, S, 3

EES 6007

Advanced Energy & Environment, 3

EES 6009

Ecological Economics, 2

EES 6051

Advanced Environmental Planning & Design, F, 3

EML 5455

Clean Combustion Technology, 2

ENV 6656

Urban Environmental Engineering, 3

ENV 6932 Adaptive Management: Water and Watershed Systems, F, 3
EVR 5322

Scientific Processes in Conservation and Development, S, 2

FOR 5615 Forest Conservation & Management Polices & Issues, 3
FOR 6170 Tropical Forestry, 3
FOR 6934 Community Forest Management, 3
FOR 6934 Education for Sustainability, 2
FYC 6302 Sustainable Community Development, 3
GEA 6419 Seminar:  South America, 3

GEA 6466

Seminar on Geography of Amazonia, 3

GEA 6468

Resource Utilization & Conservation in Latin America, F, 3

GEO 6938 Economic principles and tools for conservation managers in the tropics, F, 3
GEO 6938 Land Use Land Cover Change, 3
GEO 6495 Environment & Behavior, 3
GEO 6938 Management of Protected Areas in Africa and the Americas, 3
GEO 6938 Community Conservation and Rural Development in Africa, S, 3
ICM 6680 Principles of International Sustainable Construction, 3
INR 6039 International Political Economy, 3

LAA 6530

Landscape Management, 3

LAS 6290 Community Forest Management, F, 3
LAS 6290 Tropical Conservation and Development, 3
LAS 6920 The Amazon, 3
LAS 6291 Impact of Conservation and Development Policy, F, 3
LAS 6291 Policy Reform in Conservation and Sustainable Development, 3

LAS 6938

Amazon Seminar, 3

LAS 6938 Tropical Resource, Seminar in, 3
LAS 6938/ANG 6930 Anthropology of Development in Latin America, 3

LAW 6936

Environmental Justice Seminar, F, 2

LEI 6834

Ecotourism, S, 3

MAN 6930 Sustainability Issues in a Global Business Environment, 2
SOS 5245 Water Resource Sustainability, S, 3
SUR 6427 Land Tenure and Administration, 3
SYD 6636 Latin American Development, 3

URP 6042

Urban Economy, F, S, 3

URP 6541 Economic Development Planning, F, 3
URP 6542 Urban Land Economics, 3
URP 6095 Introduction to International Development, S, 3
WIS 6934 Wildlife and Agriculture, 3

WIS 6934C

Resilience and Sustainability, 2

Human Ecology

ALS 5932 Ethnoecology, 3
ANG 6930 Enthbotany: Plants and Culture, 3
EES 6318 Principles of Industrial Ecology, S, 3
GEO 6938 Land Use Land Cover Change, 3

SYD 6506

Urban Ecology, 3

WST 6935 Gender, Development, and Globalization, 3

Health & Toxicology

EES 5415

Environmental Health, F, 3

EES 6405

Environmental Toxicology, 3

ENV 5105

Foundations of Air Pollution, S, 3

ENV 5206

Survey of Radiological Health, 3

ENV 6215/6215L

Health Physics/Laboratory, 3/2

PHC 6001

Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health, F, S, 3

PHC 6309 Environmental Justice Issues in Public Health, 3
PHC 6313 Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health, F, S, 3
PHC 6406 Psychological, Behavioral, and Social Issues in Public Health, 3
PHC 6418 Foundations in Aging and Public Health Policy and Eppidemiology, 3
PHC 6937 International Health, 3
VME 6602 General Toxicology, F, S, 3
VME 6605 Toxic Substances, S, 3
VME 6606 Ecological Risk Assessment, 3
VME 6607 Human Health Risk Assessment, F, 4

Leadership Development

AEE 5454

Leadership Development for Extension & Community Organizations, 3

AEE 6300

Methodology of Planned Change, 3

FOR 6934 Education for Sustainability, 3

LAS 6291

Conflict and Collaboration Management, 3

LAS 6291 Conservation Entrepreneurship, 3
LAS 6291 Facilitation Skills for Collaboration Management, 3

POS 6157

Community Analysis, 3

Ecological Design Practicum

ARC 6391

Architecture, Energy, and Ecology, 3

LAA 6656C/URP 6341

Advanced Landscape Architectural Design, 1-4/Urban Planning Project, 1-4

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Courses for the Research Design & Methods Requirement:

The following courses are pre-approved as fulfilling the Research Design and Methods requirements of the Master'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), and if so take this course before taking Statistics or another methods course.

 

Research Design and Methods subject area

Research Strategy and Design
ALS 6046 Grant Writing, 2
ANG 5485 Research Design in Anthropology, 3
ANG 6091 Research Strategies in Anthropology, S, 3

AEE 6767

Research Strategies in Agricultural Education & Communication, S, 3

FNR 5608

Research Planning, 3

FYC 6222 Grant Proposals for Community-Based Organizations, 3
FYC 6801 Scientific Reasoning & Research Design, F, 3
LAS 6938 Design and Methods of Research in Latin American Studies, 3
SOS 6323 Advanced Microbial Ecology, S, 3 [includes writing a NSF-style proposal]

STA 6200

Fundamentals of Research Design, 2

WIS 5496

Research Design in Wildlife Ecology, 3

ZOO 6927

Quantitative Methods & Ecological Inference, 3

Research Methods

ABE 5643C

Biological Systems Models, 3

ABE 5646

Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation, S, 3

AEB 5167 Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems, F, 3

AEB 6106

Microeconomic Principles & Analysis, F, 3

AEB 6182

Agricultural Risk Analysis & Decision Making, 3

AEB 6254 Simulation of Agricultural Watershed Systems, 3

AEB 6299

Benefit-Cost and Social Impact Analysis, 3

AEB 6553

Elements of Econometrics, 3

AEB 6571

Econometric Methods I, F, 3

AEB 6817 Survey Research Methods for Economists, 3

AEB 6933

Ecological Economics, Special Topics in, 3

AEE 5206

Instructional Techniques in Agricultural & Life Sciences, S, 3

AEE 6552

Evaluating Programs in Extension Education, S, 3

AEE 5232 Farming Systems Research & Extension Methods, 3
ALS 5032 Teaching in Colleges of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 3
ALS 5932/FOR 6934 Ecological Statistics and Design, 3
ANG 6930 Anthropology, GIS, and Human Ecosystems, 3

AOM 5431

GIS & Remote Sensing in Agriculture & Natural Resources, 3

EDF 6475

Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research, 4

EDF 7483 Qualitative Data Collection, 3
EES 5245 Water Quality Analysis, S, 3
EES 6028 Spatial Modeling Using Geographic Information Systems, 3
ENV 5306 Solid & Hazardous Waste Management, 3
ENV 6932 Field Methods in Adaptive Management, 6-8

FAS 5335C

Applied Fisheries Statistics, 4

FYC 6802 Advanced Research Methods for Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, S, 3
FNR 5072C Environmental Education Program Development, 3
FOR 5435 Forest Information Systems, 3

FOR 5626

Forest Resources Management, 3

FOR 6156 Simulation of Forest Ecosystems, 3
FOR 6172C Tropical Forestry Field Course, 2

FOR 6543

Forest Resource Economics, 3

FOR 6934 Field Skills for Forest Conservation, S, 3
FOR 6943 Advanced Topics in Forest Biometrics, 3

GEO 5105C

Advanced Cartography, 3

GEO 5125C

Advanced Air Photo Interpretation, 3

GEO 5134C

Remote Sensing, F, 3

GEO 5159 GIS Applications in Environmental Systems, 3

GEO 5166C

Advanced Quantitative Analysis in Geography, 3

GEO 5177C/GIS 5107C

Geographic Information Systems in Research, F, 4

HLP 6535

Research Methods in Mass Communication, 3

LAA 5331

Site Design Methodologies, 3

LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills, 3
LAS 6292 Tropical Conservation and Development Research Methods, 3

LAS 6938

Introduction to the Analysis of Latin American Data, 3

MMC 6421

Research Methods in Mass Communication, F, S, 3

MMC 6936

Qualitative Research Methods in Mass Communication, F, 3

PHC 6000 Epidemiology Methods I, S, 3
PHC 6011 Epidemiology Methods II, 3
PHC 6050 Statistical Methods for Health Science I, F, S, 3
PHC 6102 Introduction to Public Health Administrative Systems, S, 3
PHC 6112 Assessment and Surveillance in Public Health, 3
PHC 6146 Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation, F, 3
PHC 6700 Social and Behavioral Research Methods, F, 3

POS 6157

Community Analysis, 3

POS 6757 Survey Research, S, 3
SCE 6xxx Environmental Education Methods and Materials, 3
SWS 5720C GIS in Land Resource Management, F, 3
SWS 6722C Soil-Landscape Modeling, 3
SWS 6934 Math for Soil Scientists, 2

SUR 5365

Digital Mapping, 3

SUR 5385

Remote Sensing Applications, 3

SUR 5425

Cadastral Information Systems, 3

SUR 5516

Coordinate Systems for Mapping, 3

SUR 5525

Least Squares Adjusted Computations, S, 3

SUR 6375

Terrain Analysis and Mapping, 3

SUR 6388

Radar Remote Sensing, 3

STA 5106

Computer Programs in Statistical Analysis, 1

STA 5223 Applied Sample Survey Methods, 3
STA 5325 Fundamentals of Probability, F, S, 3

STA 5507

Applied Nonparametric Methods, F, 3

STA 5701

Applied Multivariate Methods, S, 3

STA 6126

Statistical Methods in Social Research I, F, S, 3

STA 6127

Statistical Methods in Social Research II, S, 3

STA 6166

Statistical Methods in Research I, F, S, 3

STA 6167

Statistical Methods in Research II, F, S, 3

STA 6176

Introduction to Biostatistics, 3

STA 6177

Advanced Topics in Biostatistics, 3

STA 6178

Genetic Data Analysis, 3

STA 6207

Regression Analysis, F, 3

STA 6209

Design and Analysis of Experiments, 3

STA 6226

Sampling Theory and Application, 3

STA 6526

Nonparametric Statistics, 3

STA 6706

Applied Multivariate Methods for Behavioral Research, 3

STA 6934 Statistical Ecology, F, 3
SYA 6407 Quantitative Research Methods, 3

URP 6231

Quantitative Data Analysis for Planners, F, 3

URP 6270

Survey of Planning & Information Systems, F, S, 3

URP 6271

Custom Planning Information Systems, S, 3

URP 6272 Advanced Planning Information Systems, F, 3

URP 6274

GPS for Planners, F, S, 1

URP 6275

Spatial Database Design & Development, 3

URP 6302

Planning Research Design, 3

URP 6905

Image Processing, 3

VME 6607 Human Health Risk Assessment, F, 4
WIS 6468C Pattern and Process in Landscape Ecology, S, 3
ZOO 6308 Dynamic Optimization Modeling in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology, 3
ZOO 6927 Ecological Modeling of Data, F, 4

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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).  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 a 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
Farming Systems
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Food and Resource Economics
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Forest Resources and Conservation
Foundations of Education
Geography
Geographical Information Systems (Interdisciplinary Concentration--see Graduate Catalog and http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/icgis/)
Geological Sciences
Health and Human Performance
Horticultural Science
Hydrological Sciences (Interdisciplinary Concentration--see Graduate Catalog and http://hydrology.ufl.edu/)
Landscape Architecture
Mathematics
Microbiology and Cell Science
Nuclear Engineering Sciences
Philosophy
Political Science
Religion
Soil and Water Science
Statistics
Tropical Conservation and Development (Interdisciplinary Concentration--see Graduate Catalog and http://www.latam.ufl.edu/tcd/certificate.stm)
Urban and Regional Planning
Veterinary Medical Sciences
Wetlands (Interdisciplinary Concentration, for PhD only--see Graduate Catalog and http://www.cfw.ufl.edu/wetlands_certificate.shtml)
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Women's and Gender Studies (Interdisciplinary Concentration, for PhD only--see Graduate Catalog and http://www.wst.ufl.edu/graduate/phd.html)
Zoology

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