Sustainable Development Practice < University of Florida

Program Information

Director: G. Galloway
Program Coordinator: A. Noss

The Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Program offers the following academic programs:

An interdisciplinary Master’s degree in Sustainable Development Practice (MDP)
A graduate certificate in Sustainable Development Practice (SDP)

The MDP Program is jointly administered by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for African Studies. The Master’s degree is described in the Other Master’s Degrees section of the Graduate Catalog.

The MDP prepares development practitioners to address development challenges in creative and dynamic ways, integrating the academic and development pillars of natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences and management through a vigorous and innovative program curriculum. The MDP Degree requires 45 credits of course work: 24 major or core credits across the four pillars, and 21 elective credits through which a student focuses on a specialization (for example entrepreneurship, agriculture, ecotourism, gender, community forest management, nonprofits, or M&E). The MDP is a non-thesis degree. Each student must successfully complete a set of requirements including a summer field practicum with a host organization, the development of a poster presented in a public poster session, a final practicum report approved by their committee, and a public presentation and private defense with committee members of the final report. All students will be expected to meet learning outcome objectives defined for knowledge, skills and professional behavior. Students are required to develop a study plan approved by the MDP Program Graduate Coordinator and by their supervisory committee.

The SDP certificate provides training in interdisciplinary knowledge and skills related to sustainable development practice. The 12 credits for Master’s students and 15 credits for Ph.D. students include one required cross-cutting overview course plus 3-4 additional courses in the fields of social sciences, health sciences, natural sciences, and management skills.

MDP major or core courses are listed under the listings for Sustainable Development Courses, African Studies Courses, and Latin American Studies Courses. Please visit the MDP program's website for additional information on the SDP certificate, MDP degree and curriculum, including detailed course descriptions and syllabi: http://mdp.africa.ufl.edu.

Degrees Offered with a Major in Sustainable Development Practice

Master of Sustainable Development Practice
- without a concentration
- concentration in Climate Science

Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

Sustainable Development Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
AEB 6933	Special Topics	1-6
AGR 5277C	Tropical Crop Production	3
EVR 5705	Natural Resources and Innovation Systems	3
GEO 6408	Parks and People	3
PHC 6313	Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health	2-3
PHC 6404	Gender, Sexuality, and Health	3
PHC 6410	Psychological, Behavioral, and Social Issues in Public Health	3
PHC 6445	Global Public Health and Development II	3
PHC 6704	Community-Based Participatory Research	3
PHC 6764	Global Public Health and Development I	3
SWS 5551	Soils, Water, and Public Health	3

African Studies Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
AFH 5934	Topics in African History	3
AFH 6259	Seminar in Modern Africa	3
AFH 6805	Theo/Met African Hist	3
AFH 6934	Africa	3
AFS 5061	Africana Bibliography	1
AFS 6060	Research Problems in African Studies	3
AFS 6062	Design and Methods for Sustainable Development Practice	3
AFS 6303	Development Administration	3
AFS 6305	Development Theory and Practice Intro	3
AFS 6306	Gender and Empowerment in Development	3
AFS 6307	Foundations of Economics for Sustainable Development	3
AFS 6346	Conservation and Development Practicum	3
AFS 6905	Individual Work in African Studies	1-3

Latin American Studies Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
FOT 6941	Translation Studies Practicum	3
INR 6708	Foundations of Economics for Sustainable Development	3
LAS 6045	Gender and Empowerment in Development	3
LAS 6046	Development Administration	3
LAS 6047	Conservation and Development Practicum	3
LAS 6049	Design and Methods for Sustainable Development Practice	3
LAS 6220	Issues and Perspectives in Latin American Studies	3
LAS 6290	Tropical Conservation and Development	3
LAS 6291	Conservation and Development Skills	3
LAS 6292	Tropical Conservation and Development Research Methods	3
LAS 6293	Design and Methods of Research in Latin American Studies	3
LAS 6295	Latin American Business Environment	2
LAS 6905	Individual Work	1-3
LAS 6938	Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies	3
LAS 6941	Tropical Conservation and Development Practicum	3
LAS 6943	Development Theory and Practice in Latin America	3
LAS 6949	Internship In Latin American Studies	1-6
LAS 6971	Research for Master's Thesis	1-15

Sustainable Development Practice

SLO 1 Knowledge Outcome
Students will define, identify and describe complex interdisciplinary dimensions of sustainable development

SLO 2 Skills Outcome
Students will plan and utilize participatory methodologies and/or tasks related to the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development initiatives

SLO 3 Professional Behavior Outcome
Students will interface with professional peers with honesty, ethical behavior, cultural sensitivity, teamwork, and effective communication