Dr. Henry T.

Frierson
Associate Vice President and
Dean of the Graduate School
University of Florida
The reputaton of an insttuton is,
in large part, measured by the excellence
of its graduate students.
The University of Floridas graduate
students help to push the boundaries of
research, develop the technologies
of the future, improve the health
of our citzenry, reshape our social
and economic culture, expand
scholarship and create beauty
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Gainesville-at-a-Glance
www.cityofgainesville.org
www.co.alachua.fl.us
Gainesville ranked number 5 among small metros in The AIER College
Destnatons Index, 2011
Gainesville named number 4 of 13 in Americas Best College Towns, 2011
Gainesville ranked in the top 100 in CNN Moneys best places to live, 2011
Popular Science magazine rank Gainesville Most Technologically Advanced
City in Florida
Gainesville named number 10 among mighty micro in Next Cites: The 60
U.S. Hotspots for Young, Talented Workers, July 2009
Smithsonian Names Gainesville Where to Live Next, 2008
Ranked 22 on Forbes.coms list of Americas Smartest Cites, 2008
90 minutes from Gulf of Mexico and Atlantc Ocean
Sub-tropical climate
No state or local income tax: 6.25 percent sales tax
Single student and family on-campus housing available
On-campus day care available
Public and private schools include 30 elementary, seven middle, eight high,
four K-12 and two special educaton centers
Daily newspapers The Gainesville Sun, gainesville.com and
The Independent Florida Alligator, www.alligator.org
Transportaton Four airlines serve the Gainesville Regional Airport:
American Airlines/American Eagle, Delta, United/Silver Airways and US Airways
Internatonal airports in Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa are within a two-hour drive.
Mileage from Gainesville
Jacksonville 70 miles Orlando 115 miles
Tampa 130 miles Tallahassee 150 miles
Atlanta 330 miles Miami 335 miles
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Two childcare facilites operate on campus and accept children of full-tme
graduate students. Contact Baby Gator Child Development and Research
Center at (352) 392-2330 and Kinder Care at (352) 336-1700.
UF-at-a-Glance
www.ufl.edu
gradschool.ufl.edu
Floridas oldest university
16 colleges ofering more than 250 graduate degree
programs
UF is the only member of the Associaton of
American Universites in Florida
One of the natons top 5 college values as ranked by
Kiplingers Best Buys of Educaton (#2 in 2012)
Twenty-eight faculty are members of the Natonal Academy
of Sciences, the Natonal Academy of Engineering, the
Insttute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences
In 2007, three UF professors won the prestgious Humboldt Prize,
which honors internatonal research cooperaton. Only one other
insttuton, Cornell University, had as many winners.
More than 1,500 faculty and graduate students are awarded research
and training grants annually
In 2011 UF was ranked number 1 in Career Services by the Princeton Review
UF athletc programs consistently rank among top fve in the naton
Orlando
Miami
Tampa
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
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Rankings
1st in total graduate degrees awarded among public universites (2008-09)
1st in doctorate/professional degrees awarded among public universites
(2008-09)
2nd in masters degrees awarded among public universites (2008-09)
7th largest enrollment among public universites (Fall 2009)
14th in research and development expenditures, $592 million, (2008-09)
16th in endowment size among public universites (2009)
consult www.ir.uf.edu for additonal informaton
Student Development
ISIS, an online Integrated Student Informaton System, to check admission
status, to register and to review transcripts and fnancial records
Orientaton for new graduate students
Graduate Student Research Forum held each spring to showcase graduate
student research
Workshops for teaching assistants (TAs)
Graduate and student organizatons can be found at
www.studentnvolvement.uf.edu
Graduate Student Council, www.mygatornet.com/graduate/
Graduate Assistants United, www.ufgau.org
Career Resource Center provides career planning and employment
assistance, www.crc.uf.edu
Counseling and Wellness Center ofers free, confdental help,
counseling.uf.edu/cwc
Listen Up
A roommates blaring music may be more than an annoyance. It can actually pose a
substantal health risk.
Britany Hensley, a doctoral candidate in the UFs audiology and speech-language
pathology program, recently helped uncover fndings that suggest noise-induced hearing
loss may be much more common among college students than previously thought.
All 56 of the studys student volunteers self-reported normal hearing in telephone
interviews, but screening tests revealed that one in four were mistaken about being able
to hear normally.
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Facilites
Among UFs more than 100 interdisciplinary research and educaton centers,
bureaus and insttutes are the UF Shands Cancer Center, Genetcs Insttute,
Engineering Research Center for Partcle Science and Technology, the McKnight
Brain Insttute, Water Insttute, the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research,
the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biomedical Research and Biotechnology,
the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Database Systems Research and
Development Center, and the Insttute for Future Space Transport.
The 2,000-acre central campus includes more than 900 buildings, 170 of
which are classrooms and labs.
Libraries comprise ten sites campus wide and hold more than 4.2 million
volumes.
The Curts M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts seats 2,000.
The Florida Museum of Natural History and the Harn Museum of Art are
centers for exhibitons, lectures, flms and discussions
The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity houses the worlds
second-largest buterfy and moth collecton and a screened vivarium with
hundreds of free-fying buterfies.
J. Wayne Reitz Union and two student recreaton and ftness centers serve
the needs of thousands of students daily.
Ben Hill Grifn Stadium at Florida Field seats 88,548. Stephen C. OConnell
Center, home to Gator basketball, gymnastcs, swimming/diving and
volleyball, seats 12,000
Hensley was surprised to learn that 25 percent of study
partcipants had hearing loss of 15 decibels or more at one or
more test frequencies. Of these, 7 percent had losses of 25
decibels or more, which is clinically signifcant and diagnosable
as mild hearing loss.
While such losses do not warrant the use of hearing aids, they
can make it more difcult to discriminate subtle speech sounds
and detect high frequency noises like birds songs or childrens
voices.
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Electronic Theses and
Dissertatons (ETDs)
Candidates for the masters degree with thesis and for the EdD and
PhD degrees are required to submit their fnal theses and dissertatons
electronically. More informaton is available at
gradschool.uf.edu/editorial/introducton.html, etd.helpdesk.uf.edu
OR from the Graduate School Editorial Ofce.
Computer Requirement
All students must have permanent computer access. Class assignments may
require use of a computer. Registraton can be done by computer and
ofcial university correspondence is ofen sent via e-mail. Basic computer
competency is required for graduaton. The university ofers limited
access to computers through its computer labs, but most students are
expected to purchase or lease a computer capable of dial-up or network
connecton to the Internet, graphic access to the World Wide Web
and productvity functons such as word processing and spreadsheets.
Specifc academic units can provide additonal requirements and
recommendatons. General informaton is available through the
student computer link on the UF home page.
training.helpdesk.uf.edu/computng.shtml
Mockingbirds in Danger
Christne Stracey has always been fascinated with birds, but
when she began studying mockingbirds around Gainesville
for her doctorate in biology, she found a disturbing reality.
In Straceys study, which included video cameras focused on
nests in several Gainesville neighborhoods, domestc cats
were by far the most signifcant predator of mockingbird
nests. Cats killed more Northern mockingbird nestlings
in urban areas than raccoons, snakes, opossums, fying
squirrels, American crows, blue jays and Swallow-tailed
Kites did combined.
Stracey recommends that cat owners confne their pets
inside at night to reduce nest predaton rates.
I hope the public will be more receptve to the suggeston
to keep cats indoors at night than they have been to
requests to not let cats out at all, since it is a compromise that recognizes some of the
issues that outside cat owners deal with, said Stracey, who is now an assistant professor
of biology at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.
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Housing
For Graduate and Undergraduate Students with Families
Apartment accommodatons on the University campus are available for
students with families. Applicants must have applied to the University and
have a UF ID number and are urged to apply as early as possible because of
the demand for housing. See www.housing.uf.edu/apply/grad.php
Single Graduate Students Graduate students are housed in graduate
and family housing villages or in the Keys Residental Complex (available to
graduate and upper-division students). To be considered for assignment to the
Keys Residental Complex, you need to complete a single-student residence
hall housing applicaton at www.housing.uf.edu/apply/single.php
To be eligible to contnue living in the University housing, all resident students
must make normal progress toward a degree as determined by their academic
departments.
The Of Campus Life Department in the Dean of Students Ofce ofers
many resources and services to a wide variety of students including students
currently living in the community; students moving of campus; students living
on campus; and graduate, undergraduate, and incoming students new to the
Gainesville community. Services include the Of-Campus Life website (www.
ofcampus.uf.edu), Gator Guide to Of-Campus Life, apartment locator, one-
on-one support for student and community issues and concerns, events for
of-campus students, and educatonal programming to help students adjust
to living in the community. The publicatons and website include informaton
and resources on budgetng, fnding the right place to live, apartment locator,
leases, city codes, landlord laws, and community and campus resources.
All services are free to students. For more informaton, stop by the Of-Campus
Life Department in the Dean of Students Ofce, 311 Peabody Hall, or call
(352)-392-1207.
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Graduate Assistantships and Fellowships
GRADUATE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS are premier awards for newly
enrolled PhD and MFA students and provide four years (two for MFA) of
support, including full tuiton, plus a natonally compettve stpend. All
packages include at least one year of a graduate research or teaching
assistantship. Interested applicants should contact the academic unit for
informaton.
GRINTER FELLOWSHIPS are supplemental awards to help recruit truly
exceptonal graduate students. Currently enrolled students are not eligible,
except when entering a PhD program. Supplemental stpends are normally
$2,000-$4,000. For more informaton contact your major academic unit.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS may ofer additonal funding opportunites.
Visit the following website to select the program of choice.
htp://gradschool.uf.edu/students/degrees.html
On his frst day as a graduate student, David Roueche jumped
in a car with his advisor and headed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama on
the heels of one of the worst tornadoes in U.S. history.
There he worked with a team of engineers sifing through
rubble and documentng the dreadful details of how hundreds
of homes had literally come apart at the seams when a
gargantuan tornado ripped through town just a few days prior.
Bracing for a Storm
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Tuiton and Expenses (2012-2013)
Per Semester Credit
FL Student *Non-FL Student
Graduate Courses, including
thesis and dissertaton $482.08 $1,250.33
*includes internatonal students
Each student must register for at least three credits during the fall and spring
semesters and two credits during the summer terms. All credits must count
towards the graduate degree. Other registraton requirements will apply to
students on fnancial aid and on appointment for assistantships, traineeships
or fellowships. Refer to the Graduate Catalog and www.sfa.uf.edu for the
most current informaton.
Expenses for an Academic Year
The following is an estmate of the expenses for one academic year for a full-
tme graduate student.
FL Student Non-FL Student
Tuiton (24 credits/year) $11,950 $30,008
Books and supplies 1,070 1,070
Computer 1,340 1,340
Food 3,550 3,550
Room on campus 6,690 6,690
Room of campus 6,690 6,690
These expenses may vary considerably and they do not include personal
expenses, transportaton costs or insurance. Computer costs vary, depending
on level and degree program.
The majority of the damage could have been avoided with some basic building design
improvements, Roueche said. The fndings were the same a month later in Joplin,
Missouri.
As a doctoral student in the UF Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Roueche
is working with fellow researchers to develop practcal guidelines and new constructon
materials for tornado-resilient structures.
Thousands of tornadoes strike in the U.S. annually claiming lives and wreaking
economic disaster, he said. As engineers, we should feel obligated to provide practcal
solutons that can help mitgate these losses.
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Requirements for Admission
Admission consideraton requires applicatons to the Ofce of Admissions and
the intended academic unit, and fulfllment of the following criteria:
A recognized baccalaureate, graduate or professional degree from a
regionally accredited (e.g. SACS) college or university, or an internatonal
equivalent, based on a four-year curriculum.
For applicants with a bachelors degree only, a minimum grade point
average of B (3.0) for all undergraduate work afer the term where 60
semester or 90 quarter hours were earned and scores that are acceptable
to the program on the Graduate Record Examinaton (GRE) General Test, the
Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), or the Fundamentals of
Engineering (FE) exam.
An undergraduate major acceptable in content and quality to the academic
unit selecton commitee.
A minimum score on one of these English Language Skills tests: Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 550 paper, or 80 internet;
Internatonal English Language Testng System (IELTS): 6; Michigan English
Language Assessment Batery (MELAB): 77, or documented successful
completon of the University of Florida English Language Insttute
program.
A satsfactory conduct record
Proof of immunizaton for measles and rubella, and a tuberculosis
skin test if required, prior to registering for course work.
These are general admission requirements. Applicants should contact
the academic unit for specifc program criteria.
Applying for Admission
Prospectve students should apply for admission as early as possible. Some
academic units have early admission deadlines, and should be contacted for
specifc dates.
Admission forms are available:
online at admissions.uf.edu/start.html and submited electronically, or
through the mail, by contactng the academic unit
An admission decision cannot be made untl the Ofce of Admissions and the
academic unit both have received all materials. The academic unit selecton
commitee reviews each applicants total record. Based on that evaluaton, the
commitee makes its recommendaton, and the academic unit will notfy the
applicant.
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Websites for Graduate Informaton
University of Florida Home Page www.uf.edu
Admissions admissions.uf.edu/
prospectvegraduate.html
Department Contacts gradschool.uf.edu/grad/
gradcontacts.html
Division of Housing www.housing.uf.edu
Division of Student Afairs www.ufsa.uf.edu
Ofce of Graduate Minority Programs gradschool.uf.edu/
diversity/introducton.html
Ofce of the University Registrar registrar.uf.edu
University of Florida Map campusmap.uf.edu
Commonly Called Numbers
Admissions (352) 392-1365 x 7172
Disability Resource Center (352) 392-8565 V
(352) 392-3008 TDD
(800) 955-8771 FRS
Financial Afairs (352) 392-1275
Graduate Minority Programs (352) 392-6444
Housing (352) 392-2161
Registrars Ofce (352) 392-1374
Student Health Center (352) 392-1161
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Transcript Requirements
Applicants must arrange to send ofcial transcripts from each insttuton
atended to the Ofce of Admissions and the academic unit. Former UF
students do not need to request UF transcripts.
Applicants who currently are enrolled at another insttuton must send
updated transcripts as soon as grades for that term are available.
Applicaton Deadlines
Applicatons for admission can be submited up to one year in advance; apply
as early as possible to avoid delays. Prospectve students should contact the
academic unit at:
www.admissions.uf.edu/grad/gradcontacts.html for applicaton deadlines.
Deadlines represent the fnal completon of the admissions fle. Check with the
academic unit for further details.
Making the Cut
When Margo Klar learned that thousands of babies die annually worldwide because of
umbilical cord infectons, she knew she had to do something. As a doctoral student in
epidemiology with a masters in public health and a bachelors in chemical engineering,
Klar had the knowledge to make a diference. With a $100,000 grant from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundaton she had the resources.
Tetanus disease is just one of many problems that can occur because of the way the
umbilical cord is cut. Using a rusty scalpel, placing the umbilical cord on an unsanitary
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Test Score Requirements
Test score results must be sent directly to UF from the testng agency.
GRE Most applicants must submit GRE scores that are acceptable to the
program of interest. Contact the program for specifc requirements.
No GRE Some MFA or MM, Art Ed., Music Ed. performance students
with the College of Fine Arts do not need GRE scores. Contact the
department for specifc requirements.
GMAT All MBA applicants must submit satsfactory scores on the
Graduate Management Admissions Test. GMAT scores may also be accepted
by certain MHA, Sport Management and Food and Resource Economics
programs. Contact the department for specifc requirements.
FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Some engineering programs will
accept FE scores as a substtute for the GRE. Contact the program for
specifc requirements.
Applicants with a previous graduate or professional degree from a regionally
accredited US insttuton may be exempt from the Graduate Record Exam or
Graduate Management Admission Test at the programs discreton. Contact
the academic unit for specifc program criteria.
Tests of English Language Skills
Profciency in the English language is required of applicants from countries
(including Puerto Rico) where English is not the ofcial language. Applicants
must submit ofcial scores from one of the tests listed below. This
requirement may be waived if you have been enrolled in a degree seeking
program for one academic year (in a country where English is the ofcial
language) prior to your antcipated term of enrollment at UF.
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
IELTS (Internatonal English Language Testng System)
MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Batery)
Documented successful completon of the University of Florida English
Language Insttute program.
table or cutng with an old razor blade can all lead to umbilical
cord infectons in babies.
To address the problem, Klar is creatng a simple ceramic cutng
device, called ceramic umbilical cord fnger scissors.
My device makes use of materials that do not rust and stay
sharper longer and over repettve use when compared to
stainless steel, Klar said.
If the device works as planned, Klar hopes to distribute the
scissors in regions with high incidence of umbilical cord infecton.
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When completng your applicaton, please indicate a major, college/school and degree
to ensure evaluaton by the correct department.
Degree levels are identfed by the following abbreviatons:
M = Masters S = Specialist E = Engineer D = Doctoral
* = Interdisciplinary Concentratons Available. See Graduate Catalog for details
GRADUATE PROGRAMS (College) DEGREES
Accountng (Business Administraton) M
Advertsing (Journalism and Communicatons) M
Aerospace Engineering (Engineering) MD
*Agricultural and Biological Engineering
(Agricultural and Life Sciences or Engineering) MD
*Agricultural Educaton and Communicaton (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Agronomy (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Animal Sciences (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Anthropology (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Applied Physiology and Kinesiology (Health and Human Performance)
Athletc Training/Sports Medicine M
Biobehavioral Science M
Clinical Exercise Physiology M
Exercise Physiology M
Human Performance M
*Architecture (Design, Constructon, and Planning) M
*Art (Fine Arts) M
Art Educaton (Fine Arts) M
Art History (Fine Arts) MD
Astronomy (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Audiology (Public Health and Health Professions) D
*Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Medicine) MD
Mammalian Genetcs D
Biomedical Engineering (Engineering) MD
Biostatstcs (Public Health and Health Professions or Medicine) MD
*Botany (Agricultural and Life Sciences or Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*Building Constructon (Building Constructon) M
Sustainable Constructon M
Business Administraton (Business Administraton) MD
Accountng D
Compettve Strategy M
Entrepreneurship M
Finance MD
Global Management M
Graham-Bufet Security Analysis M
Human Resource Management M
Informaton Systems and Operatons Management MD
Insurance D
Internatonal Studies M
Latn American Business M
Management MD
Marketng MD
Quanttatve Finance D
Real Estate M
Real Estate and Urban Analysis D
Retailing M
Sports Administraton M
Chemical Engineering (Engineering) MED
*Chemistry (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*Civil Engineering (Engineering) MD
Classical Studies (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Clinical and Health Psychology (Public Health and Health Professions) D
Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering (Engineering) MD
Communicaton Sciences and Disorders (Public Health and Health Professions) MD
Computer Sciences (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
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*Computer Engineering (Engineering) MD
Counseling Psychology (Liberal Arts and Sciences) D
Creatve Writng (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
Criminology, Law and Society (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Curriculum and Instructon (Educaton) MSD
Dental Sciences (Dentstry)
Endodontcs M
Orthodontcs M
Periodontcs M
Prosthodontcs M
*Design, Constructon and Planning (Design, Constructon and Planning) D
Urban and Regional Planning D
Digital Arts and Sciences (Engineering or Fine Arts) M
Early Childhood Educaton (Educaton) M
Economics (Business Administraton) MD
*Educatonal Leadership (Educaton) MSD
Educatonal Psychology (Educaton) MSD
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Engineering) MD
Elementary Educaton (Educaton) M
English (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
English Educaton (Educaton) M
Entomology and Nematology (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
Entrepreneurship (Business Administraton) M
*Environmental Engineering Sciences (Engineering) MD
*Epidemiology (Medicine or Public Health and Health Professions) MD
Biostatstcs M
Health Management and Policy M
Family, Youth, and Community Sciences (Agricultural and Life Sciences) M
Community Studies M
Family and Youth Development M
Nonproft Organizaton Development M
Finance (Business Administraton) M
*Fisheries and Aquatc Sciences (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Food and Resource Economics (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
Agribusiness M
*Food Science and Human Nutriton (Agricultural and Life Sciences)
Food Science D
Nutritonal Sciences M
*Forest Resources and Conservaton (Agricultural and Life Science) MD
Ecological Restoraton M
Geomatcs MD
French and Francophone Studies (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
*Genetcs and Genomics (AG/DN/EG/HP/LS/MD/PH/VM) D
*Geography (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Applicatons of Geographic Technologies M
*Geology (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*German (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Health Administraton (Public Health and Health Professions) M
*Health and Human Performance (Health and Human Performance) D
Applied Physiology and Kinesiology D
Biobehavioral Science D
Exercise Physiology D
Health Behavior D
Recreaton, Parks, and Tourism D
Sport Management D
Health Educaton and Behavior (Health and Human Performance) M
Health Services Research (Public Health and Health Professions) D
*Higher Educaton Administraton (Educaton) SD
Historic Preservaton (Design, Constructon and Planning) M
*History (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*Hortcultural Science (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
Environmental Hortculture MD
Hortcultural Sciences MD
*Industrial and Systems Engineering (Engineering) MED
Informaton Systems and Operatons Management (Business Administraton) M
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Supply Chain Management M
Interdisciplinary Ecology (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Interior Design (Design, Constructon and Planning) M
Internatonal Business (Business Administraton) M
*Internatonal Constructon Management (Design, Constructon, and Planning) M
*Landscape Architecture (Design, Constructon and Planning) M
Latn (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
*Latn American Studies (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
Law (Law)
*Comparatve Law M
Environmental and Land Use Law M
Internatonal Taxaton M
Taxaton M
Linguistcs (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Management (Business Administraton) M
Geriatric Care Management M
Health Care Risk Management M
Marriage and Family Counseling (Educaton) MSD
*Mass Communicaton (Journalism and Communicatons) MD
*Materials Science and Engineering (Engineering) MD
*Mathematcs (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Mathematcs Educaton (Educaton) M
Mechanical Engineering (Engineering) MD
*Medical Sciences (Medicine) MD
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology D
Clinical and Translatonal Sciences MD
Genetcs D
Health Outcomes and Policy M
Immunology and Microbiology D
Molecular Cell Biology D
Neuroscience D
Physiology and Pharmacology D
Translatonal Biotechnology M
Mental Health Counseling (Educaton) MSD
*Microbiology and Cell Science (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Museology (Fine Arts) M
Music (Fine Arts) MD
Choral Conductng M
Compositon MD
Instrumental Conductng M
Music Educaton M
Music History and Literature MD
Music Theory M
Performance M
Sacred Music M
Music Educaton (Fine Arts) MD
Choral Conductng M
Compositon M
Electronic Music M
Ethnomusicology M
Instrumental Conductng M
Music History and Literature M
Music Theory M
Performance M
Piano Pedagogy M
*Nuclear Engineering Sciences (Engineering) MED
Nursing (Nursing) M
*Nursing Sciences (Nursing) D
*Nutritonal Sciences (Agricultural and Life Sciences) D
Occupatonal Therapy (Public Health and Health Professions) M
*Oral Biology (Dentstry) D
*Pharmaceutcal Sciences (Pharmacy) MD
Clinical Pharmaceutcal Sciences D
Clinical Pharmacy M
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Clinical Toxicology M
Forensic Drug Chemistry M
Forensic Science M
Forensic Serology and DNA M
Medicaton Therapy Management M
Medicinal Chemistry MD
Pharmaceutcal Chemistry M
Pharmaceutcal Outcomes and Policy MD
Pharmacodynamics MD
Pharmacy MD
Philosophy (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*Physics (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*Plant Medicine (Agricultural and Life Sciences) D
*Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (Agricultural and Life
Sciences or Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*Plant Pathology (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Politcal Science (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Internatonal Development Policy and Administraton M
Politcal Campaigning M
Public Afairs M
Politcal ScienceInternatonal Relatons (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
*Psychology (Liberal Arts and Sciences or Public Health & Health Professions) MD
Public Health (Public Health & Health Professions) MD
Biostatstcs M
Environmental Health MD
Epidemiology M
Health Management and Policy M
One Health D
Public Health Practce M
Social and Behavioral Sciences MD
Reading Educaton (Educaton) M
Real Estate (Business Administraton) M
*Recreaton, Parks, and Tourism (Health and Human Performance) M
Natural Resource Recreaton M
Therapeutc Recreaton M
Tourism M
Rehabilitaton Counseling (Public Health and Health Professions) M
*Rehabilitaton Science (Public Health and Health Professions) D
Rehabilitaton Counseling M
*Religion (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Research and Evaluaton Methodology (Educaton) MSD
Romance Languages (Liberal Arts and Sciences)
French and Francophone Studies D
Spanish D
School Counseling and Guidance (Educaton) MSD
School Psychology (Educaton) MSD
Science Educaton (Educaton) M
Social Studies Educaton (Educaton) M
*Sociology (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
*Soil and Water Science (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
Agroecology M
Spanish (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
Special Educaton (Educaton) MSD
*Sport Management (Health and Human Performance) M
*Statstcs (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
Student Personnel in Higher Educaton (Educaton) MS
Sustainable Development Practce (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
Theatre (Fine Arts) M
*Urban and Regional Planning (Design, Constructon, and Planning) M
*Veterinary Medical Sciences (Veterinary Medicine) MD
Forensic Toxicology M
*Wildlife Ecology and Conservaton (Agricultural and Life Sciences) MD
*Womens Studies (Liberal Arts and Sciences) M
*Zoology (Liberal Arts and Sciences) MD
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Interdisciplinary Concentratons and
Certfcates
Refer to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies section in the Graduate
Catalog* for more information.
African Studies
Agroforestry
Animal Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biological Sciences
Chemical Physics
Digital Arts and Sciences
Ecological Engineering
Educatonal Policy
Geographic Informaton Systems
Geriatric Care Management
Historic Preservaton
Hydrologic Sciences
Imaging Science & Technology
Jewish Studies
Latn American Studies
Medical Physics
Modern European Studies
Quanttatve Finance
Quantum Theory Project
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Design
Toxicology
Transnatonal & Global Studies
Tropical Agriculture
Tropical Conservaton & Development
Tropical Studies
Vision Sciences
Wetland Sciences
Womens/Gender Studies
Masters Degrees
These are the general regulatons of the Graduate School.
For informaton about additonal requirements for specifc degrees, refer to
the Graduate Catalog at
htp://graduateschool.uf.edu/academics/graduate-catalog.html
Degree requirements Students must earn a minimum of 30 graduate
credits at UF. Graduate credit is awarded for courses numbered 5000 and
above.
Language requirements Some programs require reading knowledge
of a foreign language. All degree candidates must use the English language
correctly and efectvely.
Examinaton All degree candidates must pass a fnal comprehensive
examinaton.
Time limitaton Candidates must complete all work for a masters
degree during the seven years immediately preceding award of the degree.
*Graduate Catalog can be seen at http://gradcatalog.ufl.edu
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Engineer
The College of Engineering ofers the Engineer degree as an alternatve to
the Ph.D. for engineers who need technical depth beyond a masters degree.
Contact the college for more informaton.
Specialist in Educaton
The College of Educaton ofers this degree
as a two-year, nonthesis graduate program.
Candidates must complete 72 credits beyond
the bachelors degree, including satsfacton of
the M.Ed. or a minimum of 36 credits beyond
the masters degree.
Doctor of Educaton
This 90-credit degree requires a qualifying
examinaton and a dissertaton.
An EdD candidate is
expected to achieve a
broad understanding
of educaton, with
competence in an area
of specializaton. The
program also requires
minor work or work in
cognate felds.
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Doctor of Audiology
The College of Public Health and Health Professions ofers the nonthesis AuD
degree. Students entering the program with a bachelors degree need 125
credit hours, including 78 hours of didactc instructon and 47 hours of clinical
experience.
Applicants with a masters degree in audiology may partcipate in a 70-credit-
hour program leading to the AuD. There also is a 45-credit degree program
for applicants with a masters degree and certfcaton and/or licensure in
audiology.
Doctor of Plant Medicine
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ofers the nonthesis DPM
interdisciplinary degree. Students entering the program with a bachelors
degree must earn 120 semester credit hours. This includes a minimum of
90 hours of course work and 30 hours of internship (applied practcum).
Applicants with a masters degree in a related area may be allowed to transfer
up to 30 credits in corresponding graduate courses.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral study consists of the mastery of a feld of knowledge along with
extensive research in a chosen feld.
Course Requirements The supervisory commitee will recommend
individual courses of study. A minimum of 90 credits is required beyond the
bachelors degree.
Qualifying Examinaton Required for PhD candidacy, this exam has both an
oral and writen component and covers the candidates major and minor areas
of research.
Dissertaton Every candidate must prepare and present a dissertaton
evidencing independent investgaton. Candidates make their graduate
research available through the University Libraries to the world wide web and
other agencies.
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Ofce of Graduate Minority
Programs
The Ofce of Graduate Minority Programs (OGMP) was
established in 1984 to facilitate recruitment, retenton and
graduaton of minority and underrepresented graduate
students. Today, OGMP serves as a liaison to the academic
and administratve units, research centers, student
services and student organizatons on campus. For more
informaton on the OGMP call: (352) 392-6444 or 1-800-
753-9798, email: ogmp@uf.edu, or fnd them on the
web at:
htp://gradschool.uf.edu/diversity/introducton.html
Programs
Fall and Spring Campus Visitatons
Florida Board of Educaton Summer Program
Graduate School Informaton Day
Natonal Name Exchange
Support for students in the social, behavioral
and economic sciences
Professional Development Workshops
Funding Opportunities
Delores Auzenne Dissertaton Award
Doctoral Dissertaton Awards
FAMU Feeder Fellowship
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
McNair Graduate Assistantship
NSF - Bridge to the Doctorate
NSF - Social Behavioral and Economic
Science
Santa Fe College/UF Faculty Development
Project
Supplemental Retenton Award
To apply, please contact
University of Florida
OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
201 Criser Hall
P.O. Box 114000
Gainesville, Florida 32611-4000
(352) 392-1365
www.admission.uf.edu
-and-
contact your department of interest at:
htp://gradschool.uf.edu