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Sustainable Development Practice

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Program Information

Director: G. Galloway
Program Coordinator: A. Noss

The Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Program offers the following academic programs:

  • An interdisciplinary Master’s degree in Sustainable Development Practice (MDP)
  • A graduate certificate in Sustainable Development Practice (SDP)

The MDP Program is jointly administered by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for African Studies. The Master’s degree is described in the Other Master’s Degrees section of the Graduate Catalog.

The MDP prepares development practitioners to address development challenges in creative and dynamic ways, integrating the academic and development pillars of natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences and management through a vigorous and innovative program curriculum. The MDP Degree requires 45 credits of course work: 24 major or core credits across the four pillars, and 21 elective credits through which a student focuses on a specialization (for example entrepreneurship, agriculture, ecotourism, gender, community forest management, nonprofits, or M&E). The MDP is a non-thesis degree. Each student must successfully complete a set of requirements including a summer field practicum with a host organization, the development of a poster presented in a public poster session, a final practicum report approved by their committee, and a public presentation and private defense with committee members of the final report. All students will be expected to meet learning outcome objectives defined for knowledge, skills and professional behavior. Students are required to develop a study plan approved by the MDP Program Graduate Coordinator and by their supervisory committee.

The SDP certificate provides training in interdisciplinary knowledge and skills related to sustainable development practice. The 12 credits for Master’s students and 15 credits for Ph.D. students include one required cross-cutting overview course plus 3-4 additional courses in the fields of social sciences, health sciences, natural sciences, and management skills.

MDP major or core courses are listed below under the listing for Sustainable Development courses, African Studies courses, and Latin American Studies courses.  Please visit the MDP Program website for additional information on the SDP certificate, MDP degree and curriculum, including detailed course descriptions and syllabi: http://mdp.africa.ufl.edu.

Degrees Offered with a Major in Sustainable Development Practice

  • Master of Sustainable Development Practice
    • without a concentration
    • concentration in Climate Science

Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

Sustainable Development Courses

Course List
Code Title Credits
AEB 6933Special Topics1-6
AFS 6062Design and Methods for Sustainable Development Practice3
AFS 6303Development Administration3
AFS 6346Conservation and Development Practicum3
AFS 6905Individual Work in African Studies1-3
AGR 5277CTropical Crop Production3
EVR 5705Natural Resources and Innovation Systems3
LAS 6046Development Administration3
LAS 6047Conservation and Development Practicum3
LAS 6049Design and Methods for Sustainable Development Practice3
LAS 6291Conservation and Development Skills3
LAS 6938Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies3
LAS 6943Development Theory and Practice in Latin America3
PHC 6445Global Public Health and Development II3
PHC 6764Global Public Health and Development I3

African Studies Courses

Course List
Code Title Credits
AFH 5934Topics in African History3
AFH 6259Seminar in Modern Africa3
AFH 6805Theo/Met African Hist3
AFH 6934Africa3
AFS 5061Africana Bibliography1
AFS 6060Research Problems in African Studies3
AFS 6062Design and Methods for Sustainable Development Practice3
AFS 6303Development Administration3
AFS 6305Development Theory and Practice Intro3
AFS 6307Foundations of Economics for Sustainable Development3
AFS 6346Conservation and Development Practicum3
AFS 6357Anthropology of Humanitarian Intervention3
AFS 6905Individual Work in African Studies1-3

Latin American Studies Courses

Course List
Code Title Credits
FOT 6941Translation Studies Practicum3
INR 6708Foundations of Economics for Sustainable Development3
LAS 60083
LAS 6046Development Administration3
LAS 6047Conservation and Development Practicum3
LAS 6049Design and Methods for Sustainable Development Practice3
LAS 6220Issues and Perspectives in Latin American Studies3
LAS 6290Tropical Conservation and Development3
LAS 6291Conservation and Development Skills3
LAS 6292Tropical Conservation and Development Research Methods3
LAS 6293Design and Methods of Research in Latin American Studies3
LAS 6295Latin American Business Environment2
LAS 6905Individual Work1-3
LAS 6938Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies3
LAS 6941Tropical Conservation and Development Practicum3
LAS 6943Development Theory and Practice in Latin America3
LAS 6949Internship In Latin American Studies1-6
LAS 6971Research for Master's Thesis1-15

Sustainable Development Practice          

SLO 1     Knowledge Outcome    
Students will define, identify and describe complex interdisciplinary dimensions of sustainable development

SLO 2     Skills Outcome 
Students will plan and utilize participatory methodologies and/or tasks related to the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development initiatives

SLO 3     Professional Behavior Outcome
Students will interface with professional peers with honesty, ethical behavior, cultural sensitivity, teamwork, and effective communication

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