Growing awareness of the complexity of water quantity and quality issues related to human activities leads to dealing with those issues on a watershed scale. This minor is for graduate students wishing to develop expanded skills in watershed science/engineering, planning and design, and culture and policy issues related to water. These skills are especially useful for careers in natural resource policy, water and land management, sustainable development and design for private industry, and storm water management for government agencies. Successful completion of the watershed minor is documented on the transcript.
The minor consists of 9 credit hours from the lists found on the minor website. The courses taken must include at least one course from the Watershed Core. Note that some classes may have prerequisites.
Watershed Minor Faculty
If you have any advising questions contact a Watershed Minor faculty member in your department or the college representative. The Watershed Minor Faculty is listed on the minor’s website.
Admission to Candidacy
When application is made for admission to candidacy, the minor and courses required for the minor must be indicated.
Graduate Committee
The student’s graduate committee must include at least one member of the Watershed Minor faculty.
Watershed Core courses:
BSE 516 , BSET 574 , FWF 590 , GEOG 433 , GEOG 436 , GEOG 536 , ESS 524 , ENVE 516 , ENVE 530 , ENVE 531 , CE 485 or GEOL 485 , LAR 571
Science/Engineering courses:
BSE 516
BSE 555
BSE 525 or ENVE 525 ,
BSET 574
EEB 404
EEB 470
EEB 474
ENVE 511
ENVE 512
ENVE 513
ENVE 515
ENVE 516
ENVE 520
ENVE 525
ENVE 526
ENVE 527
ENVE 530
ENVE 532
ENVE 535 or GEOL 535
ENVE 615
ENVE 620
ESS 524
ESS 544
ESS 554
FORS 514
FWF 590
GEOG 433
GEOG 436
GEOG 512
GEOG 536
GEOG 633
GEOL 450
GEOL 485 or CE 485
GEOL 535
GEOL 586
GEOL 685
LAR 513
LAR 571
LAR 583
WFS 443
WFS 533
WFS 536
WFS 552
Policy, Cultures, and Society courses:
AREC 470
AREC 472
AREC 570
AREC 670
ECON 463
ECON 677
ECON 678
LAW 945
LAW 866
SOCI 562
SOCI 661
