To continue to align state university degree programs with the economic development and workforce needs of the state, the Florida Board of Governors has identified several Areas of Programmatic Strategic Emphasis. These targeted degree areas include:

• Critical Workforce - Education
• Critical Workforce - Health
• Critical Workforce - Gap Analysis
• Economic Development - Global Competitiveness
• Economic Development - STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

UWF degree programs which have been identified as serving these areas of emphasis are:

•  Critical Workforce - Education
  • Bachelor
    • Bachelor of Music Education
    • Educational Studies in Elementary Education
    • Educational Studies in Exceptional Student Education
    • Educational Studies in Middle Level Education
    • Elementary Education/ESOL/Reading
    • Exceptional Student/Elementary Education/ESOL/Reading
    • Middle School and Junior High School Education
  • Master
    • College Student Affairs Administration
    • Comprehensive Program in Exceptional Student Education
    • Curriculum and Instruction/Comprehensive Prgm Secondary Ed
    • Curriculum and Instruction/Comprehensive Program in Elem Ed
    • Curriculum and Instruction/Comprehensive Program in ESOL
    • Curriculum and Instruction/Comprehensive Program in Mid Lv
    • Curriculum and Instruction/Comprehensive Program in Prim Ed
    • Reading Education
    • Varying Exceptionalities
  • Specialist
    • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Doctoral
    • Curriculum and Instruction
    • Curriculum and Instruction: Administrative Studies
    • Curriculum and Instruction: Science and Social Sciences
    • Curriculum and Instruction: Teacher Education
    • Curriculum and Instruction: Curriculum and Diversity Studies
    • Curriculum and Instruction: Instructional Technology
    • Curriculum and Instruction: Physical Education



•  Critical Workforce - Health
  • Bachelor
    • Athletic Training
    • Bachelor of Science in Nursing
    • Clinical Laboratory Sciences
    • Community Health Education
    • Health Sciences/Aging Studies
    • Health Sciences/Allied Health
    • Health Sciences/Health Care Administration
    • Health Sciences/Medical Information Technology
    • Health Sciences/Professional
    • Health Sciences/Psychology of Health
    • Health Sciences/Public Health
  • Master
    • Community Health Education
    • Master of Public Health
    • Master of Science in Nursing - Education
    • Master of Science In Nursing - Leadership & Management



•  Critical Workforce - Gap Analysis
  • Bachelor
    • Accounting/Professional Accountancy
    • Finance
  • Master
    • Master of Accountancy - Professional Accountancy
    • Master of Accountancy - Taxation



•  Economic Development - Global Competitiveness
  • Bachelor
    • International Studies



•  Economic Development - STEM
  • Bachelor
    • Biology/General
    • Biology/Preprofessional
    • Building Construction
    • Chemistry
    • Chemistry/Biochemistry
    • Computer Engineering
    • Computer Science/Computer Information Systems
    • Computer Science/Computer Science
    • Computer Science/Software Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Environmental Science/ Environmental Management
    • Environmental Science/Natural Science
    • Information Engineering Technology
    • Information Technology/Digital Enterprise
    • Information Technology/Information Technology
    • Information Technology/Networking & Telecommunications Tech
    • Interdisciplinary Sciences/Pre-Pharmacy
    • Interdisciplinary Sciences/Zoo Science
    • Management Information Systems
    • Marine Biology
    • Mathematics
    • Physics
    • Physics/Engineering
  • Master
    • Biology
    • Biology/Coastal Zone Studies
    • Biology/Environmental Biology
    • Computer Science/Computer Science
    • Computer Science/Database Systems
    • Computer Science/Software Engineering
    • Environmental Science
    • Instructional Technology
    • Mathematical Sciences