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Graduate Certificate Program Details, Costs, and Courses
Graduate Certificate Program Contact: Michael J. Sisk (mjsisk@ufl.edu)
Information on our Certificates, course requirements, costs, and course details can be found below. For an application to any of the Certficates, click on the title and a PDF will open in a new window. Applications, copy of transcript of Bachelor's degree, and a copy of your CV/Resume may be sent in via email attachment, fax, or by mail. After you have completed the Certificate Program of your choice, you should submit the Certificate Request Form.
Fall 2012 - Summer 2013 Distance Education Tuition Costs*
Biodegradation & Bioremediation Certificate
The courses included in this certificate program are intended to provide the student with a solid background in soil science, a fundamental understanding of basic processes controlling the fate of pollutants in soils, and the theoretical basis for remediation of contaminated lands.
> Register for this Certificate Program <
| CORE COURSES - Required |
CREDITS |
ODD FALL |
EVEN SPRING |
EVEN FALL |
ODD SPRING |
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Soils for Environmental Professionals |
3 |
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Soil Contamination and Remediation |
3 |
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Biodegradation & Bioremediation |
3 |
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| ELECTIVE COURSES - Choose One |
CREDITS |
ODD FALL |
EVEN SPRING |
EVEN FALL |
ODD SPRING |
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Soil Microbial Ecology |
3 |
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Environmental Soil Physics |
3 |
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Sustainable Land Resource and Nutrient Management Certificate
Soils perform various functions including (i) food and biomass production, (ii) environmental interaction (storage, filtering and transformation of nutrients and contaminants), (iii) serve as biological habitat, and more. To manage this critical zone minimizing adverse impacts on the environment while optimizing production and services requires knowledge of sustainable land resource and nutrient management.
> Register for this Certificate Program <
| CORE COURSES - Required |
CREDITS
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ODD FALL
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EVEN SPRING
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EVEN FALL
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ODD SPRING
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Soils for Environmental Professionals
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3
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Environmental Soil, Water, & Land Use
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3
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| ELECTIVE COURSES - Choose Two |
CREDITS
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ODD FALL
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EVEN SPRING
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ODD SPRING
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Environmental Nutrient Management
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3
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Sustainable Agricultural & Urban Land Management |
3 |
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Soils, Water & Public Health |
3 |
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Environmental Soil Physics
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3
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Environmental Pedology
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4
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Soil Quality
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3
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Soil Ecosystem Services Certificate
The functions performed by ecosystems that ensure natural cycles (e.g. water, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen), processes and energy flows continue to provide an environment that supports life, including human life. Learn about valuation of services provided by soils and ecosystems from local to global scales and sustainable land resource management. This certificate program integrates the assessment of biogeochemical properties across complex soil-landscapes as well as socio-economic and cultural values.
> Register for this Certificate Program <
| CORE COURSES - Required-Choose Two |
CREDITS
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ODD FALL
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EVEN SPRING
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EVEN FALL
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ODD SPRING
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Soils for Environmental Professionals
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3
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Environmental Soil, Water, and Land Use |
3 |
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Forest & Soil Ecosystem Services
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3
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| ELECTIVE COURSES - Choose Two |
CREDITS
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ODD FALL
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EVEN SPRING
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ODD SPRING
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Soil Microbial Ecology
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GIS in Land Resource Management
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3
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Soil Quality |
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Soil Contamination & Remediation
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Wetland and Water Resource Management
Water is critical to sustain life, agricultural production and preservation of natural ecosystems such as wetlands. Understanding the hydrologic cycle, soil-water interactions, and how anthropogenic activities influence water balance and quality is essential for sustainable water resource management.
Wetland management generally involves activities that can be conducted within, and around wetlands, both natural and man-made (constructed), to protect, restore, manipulate, or provide for their functions and values. To reduce wetland losses, improve and preserve soil and water quality of wetlands requires knowledge on wetland biogeochemistry. Assessment of ecological indicators is critical to optimize management of wetland ecosystems.
> Register for this Certificate Program <
| CORE COURSES - Required-Choose Two |
CREDITS
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ODD FALL
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EVEN SPRING
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EVEN FALL
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ODD SPRING
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Soils for Environmental Professionals |
3 |
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Water Resource Sustainability |
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Wetlands & Water Quality
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3
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Environmental Hydrology |
3 |
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CREDITS
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ODD FALL
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EVEN SPRING
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EVEN FALL
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ODD SPRING
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Hydric Soils |
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Hydric Soils
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Also Offered Summer A/B Break Week
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Environmental Pedology
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4
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Soil Quality |
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Biogeochemistry of Wetlands
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3
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SWS 6932 |
Wetlands & Watershed Seminars |
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