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Certificate in Sustainable Development Practice
To obtain the certificate, students at the Master's level are required to take 12 credits while PhD students must complete 15 credits. Students must achieve a GPA of 3.00 or higher in certificate courses.
Required credit hours include the following courses:
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3 credit hours of LAS 6943/AFS 6905 Development Theory and Practice in Africa and Latin America (social science course)
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3 MDP required courses (9 additional credit hours), or equivalents, one each, in natural sciences, health sciences, and/or management skills (the latter may include up to 3 credits of a supervised practicum in development practice, taken as LAS 6940 Tropical Conservation and Development Practicum)
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At the PhD level, one additional MDP course is required, or an equivalent
To fulfill these requirements, students will select from existing MDP courses or appropriate substitutes approved by the MDP Graduate Coordinator. Substitute courses may be counted from the student's major.
Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate school in a participating academic unit.
The Master's in Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) is administered jointly by the Center for African Studies and Latin American Studies, and is part of a global MDP network coordinated by Columbia University.
The SDP Certificate is administered by the Center for African Studies and Latin American Studies. The MDP Program will oversee policies, admission and course requirements for the SDP Certificate. The MDP Program has a strong core of program faculty committed to issues of development and practice, and an expansive list of over thirty affiliated faculty members from different departments throughout the University of Florida.
Download and complete the SDP Certificate Enrollment form.
During the semester prior to your graduation, download and complete the SDP Certificate Credit Verification form.
Students may apply for the Certificate program through the Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Graduate Coordinator Prof. Marianne Schmink.
For more information on the certificate, please e-mail Cindy Tarter, Program Coordinator.
