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Requirements for the Watersheds and Water Resources Minor

Watersheds are important landscape features that control the biogeochemistry of natural waters. This interdisciplinary minor enables students to learn the fundamental processes governing the transport and chemical evolution of surface and subsurface waters. It provides a complement to elective and required coursework in earth sciences, resource management, wastewater treatment, and/or environmental planning. Students in this program will learn to apply fundamental concepts of chemistry, biology, geoscience, and landscape evolution to processes operating at the watershed scale. Learning objectives for the minor include excellence in written and oral expression, the ability to collect and interpret data from dynamic natural systems, and rigor in scientific thought.

Faculty Contact: Greg Knight, Administrative Contact: Sue Lauver (for processing)

Curriculum

A total of 18 credits are required for the Watersheds and Water Resources Minor. Courses should be scheduled during semesters five through eight (5-8). Other courses may be substituted in consultation with a member of the Watersheds and Water Resources committee. For more information contact Professor Gregory Knight.

ASM 327(3): Soil and Water Resource Management
BIOL 435(3): Ecology of Lakes and Streams
CE 270(3): Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CE 475(3): Water Quality Chemistry
CHEM 034(3): Organic Chemistry
ERM 200(1): ERM Orientation
ERM 411(3): Legal Aspects of Resource Management
ERM 424(1): Pollutant Impacts on Aquatic Systems
FOR 470(3): Watershed Management
FOR 471(1): Watershed Management Laboratory
GEOEE 408(3): Characterization of Groundwater Systems
GEOG 410(3): Geography of Water Resources
GEOSC 201(4): Earth Materials
GEOSC 340(3): Geomorphology
GEOSC 412(3): Water Resources Geochemistry
GEOSC 413(3): Techniques in Environmental Geochemistry
GEOSC 452(3): Introduction to Hydrogeology
GEOSC 457(3): Applied and Environmental Geochemistry
GEOSC 462(3): Drainage Basin Analysis
GEOSC 483(3): Environmental Geophysics
METEO 417(3): Hydrometeorology
SOILS 415(3): Soil Morphology, Mapping and Land Use
WFS 309(3): Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
WFS 410(3): General Fishery Science

Other courses can be used at the discretion of the faculty contact.

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