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Combined program: The master's degree is available as a 4-yearplus-1-year
sequence to qualified seniors in the School's
baccalaureate degree program in environmental science. These
students may take up to 12 hours of approved graduate courses
that count for both undergraduate and graduate credit. Combining
with the thesis M.S. is likely to take more than 1 year.
Master's and doctoral students each take a course in principles of
ecology, and a course in the ecology of a particular type of system.
Students also undertake advanced study of three domains of
thought integral to interdisciplinary ecology: resource-related
natural sciences, environment-oriented social sciences, and
sustainability studies. Requirements are given at http://snre.ufl.edu.
Choices among 300 courses are custom-fitted by the student and
the supervisory committee to meet the student's specific needs and
interests.
Graduates understand the interaction of natural systems and
society, and they are equipped with advanced education on
ecological theory, methods, analysis, and applications. They have
mastery of one discipline and the ability to communicate efficiently
with specialists in other disciplines. This provides the intellectual
capacity to address complex environmental and natural resource
issues.
EVR 6320: Sustainable Natural Resource Management (3)
Prereq: one ecology course. Principles and practices for sustainably
managing natural resources (soil, water, forests, fisheries,
biodiversity); systems, cases, models, drivers, scenario evaluation,
adaptive learning, and collaborative decision-making.
EVR 6933: Seminar (1; max: 4) S/U.
EVR 6934: Internship (3; max: 6) Intensive workplace experience
in business, government, or nongoverment organization related to a
specific program of study. S/U.
EVR 6979: Nonthesis Master's Project(1-2; max: 2) Creating a
technical paper involving analysis and synthesis, but not necessarily
generating new data. S/U.
PCB 6971: Research for Master's Thesis (1-6) S/U.
PCB 7979: Advanced Research (1-12) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with
a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have
been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students
who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
PCB 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
Hydrologic Sciences