Professional Master's Program degree requirements
42 total credits
Print version: Hydrology & hydrodynamics Professional Master's Program degree requirements
General degree requirements
Coursework requirements
- 18 credits minimum 500 level coursework
- 18 credits minimum of 400-500 level coursework
- 300 and below coursework does not count towards a graduate degree
- 499 credits do not count toward 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
Other requirements:
- 6 credits maximum of approved transfer credits
- 6 year max to complete degree (including official On Leave status)
Core courses (21 credits)
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 |
Common areas of focus and recommended coursework
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 |
Research track degree requirements