The certificate curriculum is the result of University and healthcare design industry collaboration, and instruction will include lectures, workshops, design projects and informal conversations among students and leading healthcare design professionals that ensures content relevance and an understanding of prevailing and cutting-edge practices in the industry. Graduates of this program are team leaders who will draw methodically from knowledge of the history, developments, current practice, and innovations in healthcare environments to propose evidence-based and assessable designs to meet goals, improve outcomes, and add new knowledge. The University of Florida, recognizing the needs of this industry, offers this Graduate Certificate to develop leaders for the healthcare design industry. The graduate certificate requires a minimum of 19 credits and is normally completed in one year (2 academic year semesters and a 12-week summer semester) or alongside Master of Architecture degree tracks. (MARCH+HDI) The certificate shares 15 credit hours with the Master of Architecture degree. It adds 4 credit hours, and one semester to a Track One (Advanced Program) Master of Architecture Degree. The Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Design Integration when stacked with the MArch degree requires that the Thesis or PILOT required for the MArch degree be focused on a healthcare topic.

Contact Stephen Bender for details, sbender@ufl.edu