Advanced Studies in Hydrology
Overview: The Department of Geology offers a Certificate in Advanced Studies in
Hydrogeology, which requires 15 hours of structured course work for graduate students.
Visit the Department of Geology for certificate requirements.
Africana Studies
Overview: The Graduate Certificate in Africana Studies is a 15-hour certificate
that offers students the opportunity to do graduate-level study that focuses on
African, African American, Afro-Caribbean and other African Diasporan histories
and cultures. The course work is designed to ground students within the discipline
of Africana Studies and to equip them with critical thinking and research skills
that will prepare them for life-long learning, scholarly productivity, and a knowledge
base and skills, which they can apply to other academic or professional endeavors.
Visit the Department of Africana Studies for certificate requirements.
Community Development
Overview: The Graduate Certificate in Community Development allows students to explore
the urban communities that have suffered from decades of disinvestment and to examine
the efforts of their residents to revitalize them. The approach is interdisciplinary,
weaving together a variety of perspectives so that students come to understand what
communities are and how they differ; how communities fit into broader social systems;
and what strategies are necessary to develop communities. The certificate also is
applied, focusing on the current issues and efforts of community development in
the Tampa area.
Visit the Department of Geography, Environment and Planning for
certificate requirements.
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Comparative Literature
Overview: This certificate offers a comprehensive graduate program of comparative
study and research. Students take core courses in research, bibliography, approaches
to critical theory, and develop a comparative study, part of which is often grounded
in literature or rhetoric. Through a thematic or conceptual cluster of five graduate-level
courses in two disciplines, students can explore how different national literatures
are interconnected, and/or how different literatures relate contextually and culturally
to other disciplines, such as art, music, history, psychology, philosophy, politics,
among others.
Visit the Department of English for certificate requirements.
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Creative Writing
Overview: This certificate will help students develop their skills as poets and
writers of fiction and non-fiction. The certificate program provides a structured
learning environment and supportive atmosphere for students who do not wish to pursue
a traditional graduate degree in English. The program is also open to all USF students
currently seeking the M.A. and Ph.D. in English or related fields, and who wish
to gain a certified concentration in creative writing.
Visit the Department of English
for certificate requirements.
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Diasporas & Health Disparities
Overview: The Graduate Certificate in Diasporas and Health Disparities, offered
jointly by the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of Global Health,
is an 18-hour interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with knowledge
about the relationship between health and diverse populations. Primary areas of
study are diasporas and health, global public health, and cultural aspects of health
and illness.
Visit the Department of Africana Studies for certificate requirements.
Environmental Policy and Management
Overview: The environment represents one of the most critical issues facing nearly
all nations individually as well as the earth's community as a whole. The Graduate
Certificate in Environmental Policy and Management provides a broad-based, multidisciplinary
educational program to professionals, practitioners, citizens and students who wish
to acquire or strengthen their knowledge of the environment.
Visit the Department
of Geography, Environment and Planning for certificate requirements.
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Genocide and Human Rights
Overview: The Graduate Certificate in Genocide and Human Rights is a 15-hour graduate
certificate that offers students the opportunity to examine, from a global and comparative
perspective, organized violence intended to destroy particular groups of people,
and the gross violations of the entitlements to life and dignity that all human
beings claim. As an interdisciplinary program emphasizing research and practice,
the certificate aims at producing thinkers, analysts and activists who seek a deeper
understanding of genocide and human rights abuses as assaults on human dignity and
who plan to dedicate themselves to the creation of a peaceful world.
Visit the Department
of Africana Studies for certificate requirements.
Geographical Information Systems
Overview: The Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems is directed
at managers and administrators in the public and private sectors, technical professionals,
decision-makers, and others involved in the planning, implementation and use of
Geographical Information Systems. Individuals who have recently completed formal
post-secondary education in GIS-related disciplines, as well as those individuals
who have substantial relevant work experience and who wish to upgrade their skills,
will benefit from this certificate program. The emphasis in the program is on the
advanced applications of GIS and statistical methods to spatial problem solving.
Visit the Department of Geography, Environment and Planning for certificate requirements.
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Mathematics
Overview: Regional community colleges expect their faculty to have a strong background
and credentials in mathematics at the graduate level. This program provides prospective
and current college instructors with the experience and knowledge to understand
and value prior accomplishments in the mathematical sciences, while supplying the
training to develop the skills necessary for a meaningful contribution in college-level
education.
Visit the Department of Mathematics & Statistics for certificate requirements.
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Professional and Technical Communication
Overview: The Graduate Certificate in Professional and Technical Communication combines
workplace writing theory and practice with an emphasis on contemporary multi-media
communication technologies. The certificate program helps working professionals
to strengthen their workplace writing skills, gain experience working with communication
technologies, and prepare for careers or advancement as professional writers or
professionals who write. It also provides the opportunity for students from all
graduate programs to broaden their research and teaching agendas as they prepare
for a competitive job market in English studies.
Visit the Department of English
for certificate requirements.
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Statistical Data Analysis
Overview: There is a significant need to certify professional statistical analysts
in various fields, such as the social, medical, physical and biological sciences,
engineering, business, and other industries. Individuals who have their baccalaureate
or graduate degrees from these fields, and who find it necessary to design experiments,
collect and analyze data, and interpret and make decisions based on ordinary and
complex statistical techniques and methods would benefit from this certificate.
Visit the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for certificate requirements.
Teaching Composition
Overview: The certificate program provides a structured learning environment and
supportive atmosphere for students wish to develop expertise in the teaching of
writing, and do not wish to pursue a traditional graduate degree in English.
Visit
the Department of English for degree requirements.