School of Earth, Environment and Society

Program Details | Hydrology Graduate Certificate

Requirements

Surface Hydrology Core (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 565/ESM 525 Watershed Hydrology
  • G 566 Glaciology
  • Geog 514 Hydrology

Hydrogeology Core (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 569 Subsurface Hydrology
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment
  • G 543 Ground Water Geology
  • G 545 Geochemistry

Water Quality Core (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 578 Water Quality Modeling
  • ESM 527 Watershed Biogeochemistry
  • ESM 575 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment
  • G 545 Geochemistry
  • G 548 Chemical Hydrogeology

Category I Elective (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 561 Water Resource Systems Analysis
  • CE 565/ESM 525 Watershed Hydrology
  • CE 566/ESM 566 Environmental Data Analysis
  • CE 569 Subsurface Hydrology
  • CE 572 Environmental Fluid Mechanical Transport
  • CE 576 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • CE 578 Water Quality Modeling
  • CE 581 The Columbia River as a System
  • CE 587/Ch 587 Aquatic Chemistry
  • CE 590 Soil and Groundwater Restoration
  • ESM 520 Ecological Toxicology
  • ESM 524 Wetland Ecology
  • ESM 526 Ecology of Streams and Rivers
  • ESM 527 Watershed Biogeochemistry
  • ESM 575 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology and ESM 577 Limnology Laboratory
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment
  • G 543 Ground Water Geology
  • G 544 Well Dynamics
  • G 545 Geochemistry
  • G 548 Chemical Hydrogeology
  • G 566 Glaciology
  • Geog 514 Hydrology
  • Geog 547 Urban Streams
  • Geog 594 GIS for Water Resources
  • Ph 526 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Category II Electives (8 credits)

Take two of the following:

  • Bi 523 Microbial Ecology
  • CE 561 Water Resource Systems Analysis
  • CE 565/ESM 525 Watershed Hydrology
  • CE 566/ESM 566 Environmental Data Analysis
  • CE 569 Subsurface Hydrology
  • CE 572 Environmental Fluid Mechanical Transport
  • CE 573 Numerical Methods in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
  • CE 574 Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering
  • CE 576 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • CE 578 Water Quality Modeling
  • CE 581 The Columbia River as a System
  • CE 582 Introduction to Sediment Transport
  • CE 583 Estuarine Circulation
  • CE 587/Ch 587 Aquatic Chemistry
  • CE 590 Soil and Groundwater Restoration
  • ESM 563 Water Quality Policy & Management
  • ESM 567 Multivariate Analysis of Environmental Data
  • ESM 571/Ph 571 Atmospheric Physics
  • ESM 573 Phytoplankton Ecology
  • ESM 575 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology and ESM 577 Limnology Laboratory
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment
  • ESM 580 Coastal Marine Ecology
  • ESM 583 Marine Conservation and Management
  • G 520 Applied Geophysics
  • G 523 Statistics and Data Analysis in the Geosciences
  • G 524 Geographical Information Systems for the Natural Sciences
  • G 543 Ground Water Geology
  • G 544 Well Dynamics
  • G 545 Geochemistry
  • G 547 Environmental Sediment Transport
  • G 548 Chemical Hydrogeology
  • G 561 Environmental Geology
  • G 566 Glaciology
  • G 570 Engineering Geology
  • Geog 512 Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment
  • Geog 514 Hydrology
  • Geog 546 Water Resource Management
  • Geog 547 Urban Streams
  • Geog 580 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
  • Geog 581 Digital Image Analysis I: Introduction
  • Geog 588/USP 591 Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction
  • Geog 594 GIS for Water Resources
  • Geog 597 Advanced Spatial Quantitative Analysis

Total Credit Hours: 24

Program Completion

Once all coursework has been completed, students must submit the Application for Awarding a Graduate Certificate. If you are a current student, please send a PDF of your DARS report.