Master in Watershed Science - Thesis Track
Core Classes:
| Course No. |
Course Name |
Hours |
|
| BIO/GSC 642 |
Watershed Ecology |
3 |
| BIO 696 |
Understanding Scientific Communication |
2 |
| CHE 613 |
Environmental Chemistry |
3 |
| GSC 665 |
Physical/Chemical Limnology |
3 |
| WSC 690 |
Seminar |
1 |
| WSC 698-699 |
Thesis |
6 |
|
| Total |
|
18 |
Graduate courses in related fields (18 hrs, as determined by the advisory committee;
at least eight hours must be at the 600 level). Students will select remaining courses
based on their specialization in the following four tracks: Aquatic Ecology, Environmental
Chemistry, Hydrological Spatial Analysis, or Watershed Conservation. Accepted courses
of study for each area are outlined below.
| Aquatic Ecology |
| Courses should include two of the following: |
| BIO 646 |
Stream Ecology |
| BIO 648 |
Wetland Ecology |
| BIO 686 |
Limnology |
| BIO 688 |
Reservoir Ecology |
| BIO 669 |
Biological Limnology |
| BIO 670 |
Limnological Analysis Laboratory |
| CHE 665 |
Biogeochemistry |
| GSC 662 |
Hydrogeology |
|
| and |
|
| one of the following: |
| BIO 661 |
Freshwater Invertebrates |
| BIO 663 |
Aquatic Entomology |
| BIO 670 |
Ichthyology |
| BIO 672 |
Herpetology |
|
| and |
|
| one of the following: |
| BIO 630 |
Animal Ecology |
| BIO 631 |
Plant Ecology |
| BIO 632 |
Quantitative Ecology |
| BIO 682 |
Waterfowl Management |
| BIO 683 |
Fisheries Management |
|
| Environmental Chemistry |
| Courses should include the following: |
| CHE 617 |
Advanced Organic Chemistry |
| CHE 627 |
Chemical Separations |
| CHE 628 |
Mass Spectrometry |
| CHE 665 |
Biogeochemistry |
|
| Hydrological Spatial Analysis |
| Courses should include at least one of the following: |
| BIO 669 |
Biological Limnology |
| BIO 670 |
Limnological Analysis Laboratory |
| GSC 662 |
Hydrogeology |
|
| and |
|
| at least three of the following: |
| CET 685 |
Remediation Technology |
| GSC 612 |
Remote Sensing |
| GSC 621 |
Geographic Information Systems |
| GSC 640 |
Advanced Remote Sensing |
| GSC 641 |
Digital Image Processing Research |
| GSC 680 |
Advanced Geographic Information Systems |
|
| Watershed Conservation |
| Courses should include two of the following: |
| BIO 646 |
Stream Ecology |
| BIO 648 |
Wetland Ecology |
| BIO 669 |
Biological Limnology |
| BIO 670 |
Limnological Analysis Laboratory |
| BIO 686 |
Limnology |
| BIO 688 |
Reservoir Ecology |
| CHE 665 |
Biogeochemistry |
| GSC 662 |
Hydrogeology |
|
| and |
|
| three of the following: |
| AGR 674 |
Agricultural Irrigation and Water Systems |
| BIO 678 |
Conservation Biology |
| BIO 682 |
Waterfowl Management |
| BIO 683 |
Fisheries Management |
| CET 655 |
Environmental Regulatory Affairs |
| CET 681 |
Pollution Assessment and Control |
| CET 685 |
Remediation Technology |
|
| Total Course Requirements |
36 |
|
| Other Degree Requirements |
|
Successful completion of MAT 665: Applied Statistics I. |
|
Written and oral comprehensive examination, as specified by the advisory committee
in broad aspects of watershed science and area of concentration (usually taken in
3rd semester of residence).
|
|
Defense of thesis. |