The Graduate Certificate in Spatial Ecology provides interdisciplinary training necessary to develop inference about ecological phenomena using appropriate spatial theory, statistics, modeling approaches, and data management tools. Students gain the necessary skills to address tomorrow’s complex ecological challenges.
The graduate certificate is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in master’s or doctoral degree programs at Michigan State University.
For more information including how to apply, see https://www.canr.msu.edu/spatial-ecology/.
Requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Spatial Ecology
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The following course (4 credits): |
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GEO |
866 |
Spatial Data |
4 |
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One of the following courses (3 credits): |
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FOR |
870 |
Spatial Ecology |
3 |
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FW |
840 |
Landscape Ecology |
3 |
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One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits): |
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CSS |
921 |
Geostatistics |
3 |
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FOR |
867 |
Hierarchical Modeling and Computing for Spatio-temporal Environmental Data |
3 |
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FOR |
870 |
Spatial Ecology |
3 |
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FW |
840 |
Landscape Ecology |
3 |
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GEO |
865 |
Advanced Quantitative Methods in Geography |
4 |
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GEO |
869 |
Geosimulation |
3 |
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Forestry 870 and Fisheries and Wildlife 840 may not be used to fulfill this requirement if used to fulfill requirement 2. above. |
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