The minor in Water Resources offers broad training in hydrologic, hydrosocial, biogeophysical, and political dimensions of water resource issues at local, regional, national, and international scales. Water resource sustainability is an increasingly urgent social and environmental issue. This minor is designed to broaden and deepen knowledge and experience in complex water resource issues using interdisciplinary perspectives.
Requirements (28 credits chosen from the following courses):
- GEOG 310U/SCI 333U Climate and Water Resources (4 credits)
- GEOG 320/G 374 Geomorphology (4 credits)
- GEOG 340U Global Water Issues and Sustainability (4 credits)
- GEOG 414 Hydrology (4 credits)
- GEOG 444 Political Ecologies of the Western US (4 credits)
- GEOG 446 Water Resource Management (4 credits)
- GEOG 447 Urban Streams (4 credits)
- GEOG 494 GIS for Water Resources (4 credits)
- ESM 335 Introduction to Environmental Management (4 credits)
- ESM 417 Applied Watershed Restoration (4 credits)
- ESM 424 Wetland Ecology (4 credits)
- ESM 425 Watershed Hydrology (4 credits)
- ESM 426 Ecology of Streams and Rivers (4 credits)
- ESM 427 Watershed Biogeochemistry (4 credits)
- ESM 435 Natural Resources Policy and Management (4 credits)
- ESM 463 Water Quality Policy & Management (4 credits)
- ESM 475 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology (4 credits)
- ESM 487 Environmental Justice (4 credits)
- G 318 Surface Processes (4 credits)
- G 435 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4 credits)
- G 443 Ground Water Geology (4 credits)
- G 448 Chemical Hydrogeology (4 credits)
- G 462 Hillslope Materials and Processes (4 credits)
- NAS 348 Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability (4 credits)
- SCI 335U Water in the Environment I (4 credits)
- CE 364 Water Resources Engineering (4 credits)
- CE 481 The Columbia River as a System (4 credits)
- CE 487 Aquatic Chemistry (4 credits)
- CE 490 Soil and Groundwater Restoration (4 credits)
Some courses may have prerequisites or may not be offered every year; students should consult with their advisor and the course projection guide in developing a course plan.
For students pursuing both the Geography major and the Water Resources Minor OR both the Environmental Science major and the Water Resources minor OR both the Environmental Studies major and the Water Resources minor, courses presented for the minor must differ from the major by at least 12 credits.