Director: T. “Red” Baker III
Graduate Coordinator: W. Cropper (Forest Resources and Conservation) and D. Behringer (Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)
Since 1937 the Change to School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences has prepared students for professional careers caring for natural resources. We emphasis the role of people in managing both terrestrial and aquatic systems, to produce the myriad of benefits and services they provide. Our faculty have a broad range of interests, including ecology, economics/policy, and recreation/education, and are united by an interest in environmental resources, rather than by traditional academic discipline. The School is composed of three programmatic areas: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Forest Resources and Conservation and Geomatics which is a concentration within the Forest Resources and Conservation major. These programs offer seven different degree options (including two professional masters degrees), as well as concentrations and certificates in a diversity of specific areas. Minimum requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.
Joint program: Students may simultaneously earn a juris doctorate from the College of Law and a graduate degree (M.F.R.C., M.S., or Ph.D.) in Forest Resources and Conservation.
Combination programs: The School offers a combination bachelor’s/master’s degree program, which allows qualified students to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree with a savings of 1 semester. Ph.D. students may pursue a co-major with the Department of Statistics (see below).
Concentrations: SFFGS graduate students completing 15 or more credit hours in designated courses may earn a concentration in the following areas: Ecological Restoration, Geomatics or Natural Resource Policy and Administration. For additional information please go to the SFFGS website.
Statistics co-major: Ph.D. students with the School may elect the co-major offered jointly with the Department of Statistics. Students focusing on forest genetics, tree improvement, and other statistics-intensive aspects of natural resource management are potential candidates for this option.
Certificates: SFFGS offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate certificate programs. For more information. Please go here.
For additional information, please visit the School’s web page at https://ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu.
