Contact Information:
Department of Hydrology and Water Resources
The University of Arizona
Harshbarger Building, 122
PO Box 210011
Tucson, AZ 85721-0011
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Phone: (520) 621-3131
Fax: (520) 621-1422
Email: programs@hwr.arizona.edu
Web:
 Department Homepage
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General Information:
HWR Course Descriptions
Faculty Members
The Department of Hydrology and Water Resources is in the College
of Engineering and Mines.
Degrees, Majors, Minors, and Options:
Baccalaureate Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Hydrology and
Water Resources (B.S.E.Hy.)
Graduate Degrees -- consult the
Graduate Catalog
or the department office for details.
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Majors and Degrees -- undergraduate degrees link to
Degree/Academic Program Requirements Reports (APRRs).
- Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources (B.S.E.Hy.)
- Hydrology (M.S., Ph.D.)
Undergraduate Minors -- minors link to Minor Requirements Reports.
The undergraduate program does not require a minor; however, student may
select an optional minor from the list of approved university minors.
Minors available within the department are:
The department offers the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Hydrology
and Water Resources (B.S.E.Hy.)
and the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
degrees with a major in Hydrology. The department also participates in
the College of Engineering and Mines' Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) program.
Hydrology and water resources include the origin, distribution, and
properties of the waters of the Earth, as well as the development and
management of water resource systems for multiple purposes. The faculty offers
competence in hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, environmental hydrology,
ground-water and surface-water hydrology, hydrometeorology, hydroclimatology,
water quality, mathematical and statistical methods in hydrology (including
numerical modeling), and water resources engineering, planning, management and
administration. The undergraduate major assumes substantial knowledge of
mathematics.
The department participates in the honors program. Honors students
complete an approved senior honors thesis in lieu of the senior capstone
course.
BS in Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources:
Water is life: it is an essential component of our environment. Hydrology,
the science of water, deals with the origin, distribution, and properties -
physical, chemical and biological - of waters of the Earth and even other
planets, such as Mars. Environmental Hydrology is the applied science that
investigates and characterizes the environmental state of our water and
related land and ecological resources. Hydrologists work with water resource
problems related to pollution, its prevention and clean-up, and natural
disasters, such as floods, droughts, and water management concerns, including
water supply, the design of wells and reservoirs, recreation, and
environmental impacts on water quality. Protecting the quality of water for
all uses is a critical part of the mission of hydrologists.
The hydrology curriculum is designed to give the student a basic knowledge
of hydrology and allied subjects, including the basic environmental sciences,
hydrologic modeling, and computer applications. Flexibility is offered through
the selection of general education courses (Tier One and Tier Two), core
electives, technical electives, and specialty options. The faculty offer
expertise in the areas of hydrometeorology, hydrogeology, environmental
chemistry, environmental hydrology, water resources engineering, water
resources engineering-systems, and water resources engineering-policy.
Instruction is augmented at all levels with field trips in Arizona, a state
with great diversity of topographic and geologic features and climate zones,
making it a superb outdoor laboratory. The field course and a senior capstone
course provide direct experience with hydrologic measurements, testing, and
data gathering. Students apply these techniques at field sites and in research
laboratories and process the resulting measurement data using computer models.
The field and internship experiences, coupled with a curriculum
encompassing environmental hydrology and water resources in depth, enable
graduates with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Hydrology and Water
Resources to obtain entry-level professional positions and to perform the
duties of these positions in a manner that leads to rapid career advancement.
For more information contact the department office listed
above.
