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HYDMING - Hydrology

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Hydrology & Atmospheric SciGraduate Degree Seeking

Overview

Program Requirements

Completion requirement

12

Completion requirement

Requirements The doctoral minor program requires 12 semester units of hydrology and water resources graduate-level course work. Selection should be made with a thematic or focus area in mind. At least 9 semester units where HWRS is the home department (courses taught by core HWRS faculty member) are required. The remaining 3 semester units may be from HWRS, another UA department, or another university. All courses must be passed with a minimum GPA of 3.0. (Any elective course prerequisites must be satisfied before the elective course is taken.)

Completion requirement

Depending on a student's background, one or more HWRS Core courses may or may not be an appropriate starting point:

  • HWRS 517A Fundamentals of Water Quality (3 semester units) Fall semester

  • HWRS 518 Fundamentals of Subsurface Hydrology (3 semester units) Fall semester

  • HWRS 519 Fundamentals in Surface Hydrology (3 semester units) Spring semester

  • HWRS 528 Fundamentals: Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling (3 semester units) Spring semester

Select at least 2 courses from 1 of the 4 subareas below. (The two courses should represent substantive learning in at least one subarea of hydrology and water resources.) No more than 2 courses taught at the co-convened 400/500-level may be used in the Minor Plan of Study; this includes any cross-listed course outside the department that may be approved for inclusion in the plan of study.

Select the remaining 2 courses from among those listed in any of the 4 subareas below.  NOTE: Individual Study aka Independent Study (e.g. 599, 699), Independent Research (900), and some colloquia (e.g. HWRS 695A sec 001) may not be included in the Minor Plan of Study.

Water Quality-Water Chemistry

HWRS 517A (Core), 570, 572, 580, 696B, 696G, 696H, 696T

Groundwater Hydrology

HWRS 503, 504, 505, 516, 518 (Core), 531, 532, 535, 580, 582, 596M, 603A, 645, 696C, 696I, 696T

Surface Water Hydrology

HWRS 519 (Core), 521, 522, 524, 528 (Core), 549, 596M, 602, 630, 642, 655, 696F, GEOS xxx (Baker)

Water Resources Systems

HWRS 521, 522, 528 (Core), 543A, 549, 696

Examples

Water quality focus (12 units total)

  • Fall 1: HWRS 517A Fundamentals of Water Chemistry (3)

  • Spring 1: HWRS 570 Computer Simulation of Water Quality Processes (3)

  • Fall 2: HWRS 580 Isotope Tracers in Hydrogeology (3) 

  • Fall or Spring 2: HWRS 5xx - Discuss an appropriate course with HWRS faculty advisor

Subsurface hydrology focus (12 units total)

  • Fall 1: HWRS 518 Fundamentals of Subsurface Hydrology (3)

  • Spring 1: HWRS 535 Advanced Subsurface Hydrology (3) & HWRS 582 Applied Groundwater Modeling (3)

  • Fall 2: HWRS 516 Hydrologic Transport Processes (3)

Surface hydrology focus (12 units total)

  • Spring 1: HWRS 519 Fundamentals of Surface Hydrology (3) & HWRS 524 Hydroclimatology (3) OR HWRS 549 Statistical Hydrology (3)

  • Fall 1: HWRS 522 Critical Zone Science and Management (3)

  • Spring 2: HWRS 528 Fundamentals: Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling (3)

Completion requirement

There is no qualifying examination for the doctoral minor in Hydrology.

Faculty advisors for the doctoral minor in Hydrology do participate in the Written and Oral Comprehensive Examination process and do not waive participation in this process.

See notes in the Elective Coursework section above. All coursework should be selected with advice from the Director of Graduate Studies-Hydrology and approved prior to completion.

Completion requirement