Graduate Certificates in Other Departments

Certificates are annotations to your transcripts that indicate concentrated study in related disciplines.  Certificates demand from 6-15 course credits to complete, though most are around 9 credits.  Since these credits are non-WIS credits, balancing the needs for WIS credits in the WEC graduate major with non-WIS credits is a consideration.  See UF’s Policy / Definition for Graduate Certificates.

CAUTION!   Some certificate programs may not amenable to current graduate students, that is, they may be stand-alone programs that cannot be done while completing a graduate degree in another department.  So before committing – you must discuss the certificate option with someone knowledgeable in the home department!

Advice!   Use your Form 2 to help you plan if a graduate certificate is right for you!

FYI …

• WEC non-thesis MS students take at least 14 WIS letter-graded credits, leaving 15 non-WIS graded credits free for electives in any field. Confer with your coursework advisor!
• WEC research MS students must take 11 or more WIS letter-graded credits, but with research commitments, fitting in a graduate certificate will be challenging so confer with your advisors early!
• WEC PhD students should take 12 or more WIS letter-graded credits, but they have more leeway (time and credits) to fit a graduate certificate into their programs with planning. Again, confer with your advisors and examine your long-term priorities before committing.

SOME GRADUATE CERTIFICATES

• Forestry, Fisheries, & Geomatic Sciences has closely related and skills-based certificates (link)
• Urban and Regional Planning offers a graduate minor (link)
• Digital Geography (link)
• Journalism certificates (link)
• Aggregated Engineering certificates (link)
• Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies certificates (link)
• Wildlife Forensic Sciences and Conservation certificate (link)

THE REST OF THEM – UF OFFERS MANY!

UF Graduate School list of graduate certificates – you will have to search for them yourself though!  http://graduateschool.ufl.edu/academics/graduate-certificates/