About this Program
- College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Credits: 12-13
- Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Certificates must contain at least nine credits of coursework that are unique to that program out of all other certificates and minors.
Department Information
The Geography Department offers a range of topics in contemporary geography and geospatial science, rich and lively cultural and learning environments, BA and BS undergraduate degrees, MA, M.S., and PhD degrees, as well as the largest Medical Geography program in the United States.
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CONTACT
Email | 352.392.0494 (tel) | 352.392.8855 (fax)
P.O. Box 117315
330 Newell Drive
3141 TURLINGTON HALL
GAINESVILLE FL 32611-7315
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Curriculum
- Combination Degrees
- Geographic Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Certificate
- Geography
- Geography Minor
- Geography Minor UF Online
- Geography UF Online
- Geospatial Information Analysis Certificate
- Medical Geography Certificate
- Medical Geography in Global Health Minor
- Meteorology and Climatology Certificate
Prerequisites
For this certificate program, the course prerequisites vary depending on what courses are selected. It is possible to take this certificate and satisfy the prerequisites from the courses listed, for example:
- GIS 2114 or GIS 2002, then
- GIS 3043, then
- GIS 4324 or GIS 4424C or GIS 4500, and then the capstone
- GIS 4123C
In this way ONLY the courses taken are required with no additional prerequisites and with GIS 3043 serving as the prereq for the higher-level courses.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GIS 2114 | The World & Big Data | 3 |
| or GIS 2002 | The Digital Earth | |
| GIScience techniques course (select one) | 3-4 | |
| Foundations of Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Aerial Photo Interpretation | ||
| Digital Image Processing | ||
| GIS Programming | ||
| Spatial Surface Modeling and Geostatistics | ||
| Pragmatic Python for Weather | ||
| Spatial Analysis of Atmospheric Data using GIS | ||
| GIScience applications course (select one) | 3 | |
| GIS Models for Public Health | ||
| Introduction to Spatial Networks | ||
| GIS Analysis of Hazard Vulnerability | ||
| Applications in GIS for Zoonoses and Disease Ecology | ||
| Population GIS | ||
| Radar and Satellite Meteorology | ||
| Capstone GeoAI course | 3 | |
| GeoAI – Geographic Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Total Credits | 12-13 | |