Graduate Certificates
The Department of Geography offers graduate certificates in Atmospheric Sciences, Digital Geography and GIS, and Medical Geography.
Interested in a certificate?
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Atmospheric Sciences
Working knowledge of atmospheric processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales is essential for effective research across many disciplines. These courses emphasize an understanding of the atmosphere through visualization of data to aid students whose research involves meteorology or climatology.
Select three (3) courses from the following list with at least one (1) course from MET
(Must earn “B” or higher in each course)
Climatology in a global context. Emphasizes energy budgets, weather systems in the tropics and extratropics, and atmospheric teleconnections such as El Nino.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: Introductory weather and climate course taken as an undergrad.
Analysis of the world’s most extreme floods from the Pleistocene through present due to various causes. Emphasizes physical and human aspects of flood warning, preparedness, response and recovery throughout the world.
Credit Hours: 3
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Credit Hours: 3
Skill development in predicting and discussing daily weather patterns using meteorological instruments to collect data and analyze weather events.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: Familiarity with basic meteorology.
Meteorological and climatological concepts related to hurricanes. Forecasting current activity; researching past storms; and analyzing storm structure, damage, and future trends.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: Familiarity with basic meteorology.
Atmospheric teleconnections are recurring large-scale patterns of pressure and circulation anomalies. They can influence temperature, rainfall, storm tracks, and jet stream location/ intensity. We will examine how these patterns were discovered, how the index that characterizes the phase of each teleconnection is calculated, and the weather associated with different phases.
Credit Hours: 3
How atmospheric data are collected and analyzed both for meteorologic and climatologic-scale research. Learn where to obtain various types of data and how to analyze data to answer specific research questions.
Credit Hours: 3
Certificate Coordinator
Dr. Corene Matyas matyas@ufl.edu
Digital Geography and GIS
The demands for digital geographic data analysts have been increasing in both research and practice during the 21st century. This certificate trains graduate students with a variety of analytic methods and techniques for exploring geospatial datasets, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remotely sensed image processing, and geo-visualization. Hands-on experience of geospatial data analysis are emphasized through lab-based applications.
Credits
A minimum of 11 credits (completed with an average above B-)
Required Courses
Geographic technology for creating, modifying, displaying, and analyzing spatial information. Geographic analysis and reasoning, computer software and hardware technology, and research applications of GIS. Geographic databases.
Credit Hours: 4 |
Uses of remote sensing imagery in geographical research.
Credit Hours: 4 | Prerequisite: GEO 4120C
Electives (Choose One)
Uses of aerial photographs in geographical research.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: GEO 2200 or consent of instructor.
General introduction to principles and techniques of thematic cartography and cartographic applications.
Credit Hours: 4 | Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Many phenomena of interest in physical, social, and cyber environments can be thought of as networks within geographic context. This course teaches methods for analyzing these spatial networks, and introduces their applications in geography, urban studies, transportation, hydrology, epidemiology, social science, etc.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: Entry level knowledge of statistics (GEO6160, or equivalent) or the consent of the instructor. Prior experiences with ArcGIS is preferred, but not required.
Introduces fundamentals and GIS practices of geostatistical analysis (or the kriging), which addresses optimal spatial interpolation. Geostatistics are currently applied in diverse disciplines such as geography, geology, engineering, hydrology, urban studies, and epidemiology.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: Entry level knowledge of both statistics (STA2023, GEO3162C/6160, or equivalent) and GIS (GIS3043/5107C or equivalent), or the consent of the instructor.
Certificate Coordinator
Dr. Liang Mao liangmao@ufl.edu
Medical Geography (Graduate)
The world faces a pressing need for geographic theories, methods, and techniques to address global health issues. The Medical Geography certificate provides training in spatial disease ecology, global health, and essential geostatistical approaches to public health. Hands-on experiences of geospatial analysis are emphasized through lab-based applications.
Credits
12 – 13 (Completed with minimum grades of B-)
Core Courses
Studying human-environment interactions and the influence of these interactions on public health. This course provides a broad-based, comprehensive survey of geographic approaches in medical studies
Credit Hours: 3
Examines problem solving with a focus on the assumptions that underlie methods and strategies to analyze health outcomes. Integrates health with environmental conditions in a spatially explicit manner. Evaluates alternative methods of detection, analyses, data and study design. Examines the implicit and explicit limitations.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: (GIS 3420C or 6425C) and (GEO 3452 or 6421) or consent of instructor
An advanced-level course for medical geography, and sister disciplines (epidemiology, public health, ecology). It can serve as an undergraduate level major or minor requirement. Focus is on GIS applications in spatial analysis and ecology to address common research issues related to zoonotic diseases (those affecting animals and humans).
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: GIS 3043 and Geography 6161C or equivalents or consent of instructor. Students from public health backgrounds may inquire about course equivalents.
One (1) of the following technique courses
Many phenomena of interest in physical, social, and cyber environments can be thought of as networks within geographic context. This course teaches methods for analyzing these spatial networks, and introduces their applications in geography, urban studies, transportation, hydrology, epidemiology, social science, etc.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: Entry level knowledge of statistics (GEO6160, or equivalent) or the consent of the instructor. Prior experiences with ArcGIS is preferred, but not required.
Selected Topics in Geography
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: Graduate standing in geography or a related field.
Geographic technology for creating, modifying, displaying, and analyzing spatial information. Geographic analysis and reasoning, computer software and hardware technology, and research applications of GIS. Geographic databases.
Credit Hours: 4 |
Uses of remote sensing imagery in geographical research.
Credit Hours: 3 | Prerequisite: GEO 4120C.
Certificate Coordinator
Dr. Sadie Ryan sjryan@ufl.edu