The Certificate Program in Agroecology is a brand
new undergraduate certificate program in interdisciplinary agroecology
and urban landscapes offered by Florida International University's
Department of Environmental Studies in strategic alliance with
the Miami-Dade College, MAERC, and USDA's Agricultural Research
Service.
The program requires a total of six courses (18 credit hours),
of which two are core courses:
(i) Sustainable Agriculture and (ii) Agroecology. These courses
focus on theory, problems and issues in agriculture and urban
development, involve farm/field apprenticeship, sampling and monitoring,
and chemical and geo-spatial laboratory analysis. The program
also requires a minimum of two courses in general environmental
science, ecology and natural resource management,
which can be taken either at FIU or MDC. The remaining two courses
will be devoted to quantitative techniques such as geo-spatial
and remote sensing analysis, ecological-economic problem solving,
and more advanced bio-geo-chemistry courses. In the two core courses,
students are required to spend substantial time on farms and in
field research stations.
Who may apply:
Any incoming undergraduate
student or any undergraduate student enrolled at Florida International
University may complete the agroecology certificate requirements.
How to apply:
Completion of the
required Agroecology Certificate courses (in addition to the courses
required by the student's chosen undergraduate degree) will result
in graduation with a Certificate in Agroecology.
To apply, please contact:
Dr. Mahadev Bhat
bhatm@fiu.edu or (305) 348-1210
Florida International University
Department of Environmental Studies
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33199
3. Agricultural internship
or problem analysis: Student must complete a farm-, field- or
lab-based internship that may involve working on farms, carrying
out agro-ecological field observations, carrying out agricultural
science lab experiments, conducting geo-spatial modeling, or conducting
an agriculture-related socio-economic analysis (2 - 3 credit hours)
4. Any two agricultural/environmental
studies courses:
EVR 4592 Soils and Ecosystems
EVR 4026 Biotic Resources
EVR 4211 Water Resources
EVR 4323 Restoration Ecology
EVR 4401 Conservation Biology
ECP 3302 Environmental Economics
GEO 4476 Political Ecology
GEO 4354 Geography/Global Food
System
BOT 3014 Plant Life Histories
BOT 3153 Local Flora
BOT 3810 Economic Botany
INR 4054 World Res., World Order