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Hydrology & Hydrodynamics Degree Requirements 2018-2019

Research track degree requirements

42 total credits

Print version: Hydrology & hydrodynamics research track degree requirements

Coursework requirements

  • 9 credits CEE 700 - Thesis (max 12 credits with faculty approval)
  • 18 credits minimum 500 level coursework
  • 18 credits minimum of 400-500 level coursework
  • 300 and below coursework does not count toward a graduate degree
  • 499 credits do not count towards a graduate degree
  • All CEWA coursework (except seminars) taken for numeric grade
  • No more than 2 credits of seminar to count towards degree

GPA requirements

  • 2.7 minimum grade for a course to count
  • 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA overall

Other requirements:

  • 6 credits maximum of approved transfer credits
  • 6 year max to complete degree (including official On Leave status)
Course # Course Name Credits
CEE 475 Analysis Tech for Groundwater Flow*
*ESS 454 (Hydrogeology) will substitute for CEE 475 in 2018-19
3
CEWA 574 (prev. CEE 599) Hydraulics of Sediment Transport 4
CEWA 565 (prev. CEE 599) Data Analysis in Water Sciences 4
CEWA 596 (prev. CEE 551) Fate & Transport of Chem in the Enviro 3
CEWA 576 (prev. CEE 599) Physical Hydrology 4
CEWA 578 (prev. CEE 578) Water Res Sys Manage & Ops 3
OR
CEWA 579 (prev. CEE 599) Quantitative Water Management 3

Hydrology

Course # Course Name Credits
CEE 424 GIS for Civil Engineers 3
CEWA 566 (prev. CEE 599) Sat Remote Sensing for Water Res 3
CEE 481 Hydraulic Design for Env Engrs 3
CEWA 568 (prev. CEE 573) Snow Hydrology 3
CEWA 564 (prev. CEE 574) Advanced Hydrology 3
CEWA 577 (prev. CEE 599) Open Channel Engineering 4
CEWA 599 Advanced Surveying 3
ESS 421 Introduction to Geological Remote Sensing 4
ESS 426 Fluvial Geomorphology 5
SEFS 507 Soils & Land Use Problems 4
SEFS 520 GIS in Forest Resources 5
URBDP 526 Floodplain Management and Planning for Coastal and River Communities 3

Hydrodynamics

Course # Course Name Credits
CEWA 570 (prev. CEE 570) Hydrodynamics 4
CEWA 572 Numerical Modeling of Hydrodynamics 3
CEWA 573 (prev. CEE 572) Water Wave Mech for Coastal Eng 4
CEWA 577 (prev. CEE 599) Open Channel Engineering 4
AA 543 Computational Fluid Dynamics 3
ME 543 Fluid Turbulence 3
OCEAN 511 Fluid Dynamics 4
OCEAN 512 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 4

Fate & Transport

Course # Course Name Credits
CEE 462 Applied Limnology and Pollutant Effects on Freshwater 3
CEE 483 Drinking Water Treatment 3
CEWA 540 (prev. CEE 540) Microbiological Process Fundamentals 3
CEWA 543 (prev. CEE 543) Aquatic Chemistry 4
CEWA 545 (prev. CEE 545) Environmental Organic Chemistry 4
CEWA 549 (prev. CEE 549) Adv Topics in Enviro Eng, Chem, and Bio 3
CEWA 550 (prev. CEE 550) Environmental Chemical Modeling 3
CEWA 580 (prev. CEE 577) Water-Quality Management 3
SEFS 507 Soils & Land Use Problems 4

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