The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Watershed Science trains students in the interdisciplinary study of the physical, chemical, biological, and social factors that affect the quantity, quality, and flux of water. Our program provides students with the training to study watershed function and address watershed problems.
A minimum of 72 credits are required to complete this program.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Foundation Courses: | ||
| GRAD 544 | Ethical Conduct of Research | 1 |
| WR 692 | Seminar | 1 |
| Discussion Courses -- choose 3 credits from the following: | ||
| WR 574 | Advanced Snow Hydrology | 3 |
| WR 616 | Hillslope Hydrology and Runoff Processes | 3 |
| Quantitative Courses -- choose at least 3 credits from the following: | ||
| NR 512 | Spatial Statistical Modeling-Natural Resources | 3 |
| NR/STAT 523 | Quantitative Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| STAT 511A | Design and Data Analysis for Researchers I: R Software | 4 |
| STAT 511B | Design and Data Analysis for Researchers I: SAS Software | 4 |
| STAT 512 | Design and Data Analysis for Researchers II | 4 |
| WR 674 | Data Issues in Hydrology | 3 |
| Skill Courses -- choose at least 3 credits from the following: | ||
| GEOL 551 | Groundwater Modeling | 3 |
| NR/GR 503 | Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | 4 |
| NR 505 | Concepts in GIS | 4 |
| WR 417 | Watershed Measurements | 3 |
| WR 419 | Water Quality Lab for Wildland Managers | 2 |
| WR/CIVE 524 | Modeling Watershed Hydrology | 3 |
| WR 575 | Snow Hydrology Field Methods | 1 |
| Depth and Breadth Courses -- choose at least 6 credits from the following: | ||
| AREC 542 | Applied Advanced Water Resource Economics | 3 |
| CIVE 413 | Environmental River Mechanics | 3 |
| CIVE 520 | Physical Hydrology | 3 |
| CIVE 544 | Water Resources Planning and Management | 3 |
| CIVE 613 | River Restoration Design | 3 |
| CIVE 622 | Risk Analysis of Water/Environmental Systems | 3 |
| CIVE 625 | Quantitative Eco-Hydrology | 3 |
| CIVE 626 | Integrated Analysis of Coupled Water Issues | 3 |
| ESS 501 | Principles of Ecosystem Sustainability | 3 |
| ESS/ATS 543 | Current Topics in Climate Change | 2 |
| ESS 660 | Biogeochemical Cycling in Ecosystems | 3 |
| GEOL 452 | Hydrogeology | 4 |
| GEOL 552 | Advanced Topics in Hydrogeology | 2-3 |
| GEOL 652 | Fluvial Geomorphology | 3 |
| NR 510 | Ecosystem Services: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| NR 577 | Wetland Ecology and Restoration | 3 |
| SOC 461 | Water, Society, and Environment | 3 |
| SOC 664 | Sociology of Water Resources | 3 |
| SOCR 522 | Micrometeorology | 3 |
| SOCR 540 | Soil-Plant-Nutrient Relationships | 3 |
| SOCR 670 | Terrestrial Ecosystems Isotope Ecology | 3 |
| WR 416 | Land Use Hydrology | 3 |
| WR 418 | Land Use and Water Quality | 3 |
| WR 510 | Watershed Management in Developing Countries | 2 |
| WR 511 | Water Resource Development | 3 |
| WR 512 | Water Law for Non-Lawyers | 3 |
| Research and Dissertation | ||
| WR 798 | Research | 1-6 |
| WR 799 | Dissertation | 1-6 |
| Additional Credits (a maximum of 30 credits may be accepted from a master's degree) | 52 | |