Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management

The Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management track is designed to bring together the integrally related areas of earth sciences, soils, and water resources management with an applied focus on wildland ecosystems, which may include the interface of forests with grasslands, wetlands, and agriculture. Graduate students in this track may specialize in areas such as: forest hydrology, water quality, and watershed management. Research would focus on forest, riparian, and wetland ecosystems.

View a list of faculty who work with students in this track

Sample Coursework

The NRSM program does not prescribe specific coursework to its students, beyond our orientation course (NR 8101) and a one-credit seminar (NR 8107). Each student, working with their advisor and exam committee, develops a program of coursework that meets the needs of their specific research project and, ultimately, their career goals. See below for a list of courses that are representative of coursework taken by students within this track. When developing a well-rounded degree plan, most students also consider coursework listed under other NRSM tracks (see other Area of Study webpages for examples of coursework within those tracks), or within other departments at the university.

 

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Course Subjects A through E

  • AGRO 5121 | Applied Experimental Design | Every Spring | 4 cr
  • APEC 5031 | Methods of Economic Data Analysis | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • APEC 5032 | Economic Data Analysis for Managerial and Policy Decisions | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • APEC 8211 | Econometric Analysis I | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • APEC 8212 | Econometric Analysis II | Every Spring | 4 cr
  • BBE 5513 | Watershed Engineering | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • BBE 5523 | Ecological Engineering Design | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • BBE 5535 | Assessment and Diagnosis of Impaired Waters | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • BBE 8013 | Parameter Estimation in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering | Periodic in Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • BBE 8513 | Hydrologic Modeling of Small Watersheds | Spring in Even Years | 3 cr
  • CEGE 4501 | Hydrologic Design | Every Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • CEGE 4512 | Open Channel Hydraulics | Periodic in Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • CEGE 5541 | Environmental Water Chemistry | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • CEGE 8506 | Stochastic Hydrology | Periodic in Fall | Periodic in Fall | 4 cr
  • CEGE 8511 | Mechanics of Sediment Transport | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • CEGE 8561 | Analysis and Modeling of Aquatic Environments I | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • CEGE 8562 | Analysis and Modeling of Aquatic Environments II | Periodic in Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • CEGE 8601 | Introduction to Stream Restoration | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • CI 8149 | Qualitative Research: Coding, Analysis, Interpretation, and Writing | Periodic in Fall | 3 cr
  • DES 8103 | Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • EEB 5053 | Ecology: Theory and Concepts | Fall in Odd Years | 4 cr 
  • EEB 5601 | Limnology | Every Fall | 3 cr 
  • EEB 5609 | Ecosystem Ecology | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • EEB 8601 | Introduction to Stream Restoration | Fall in Even Years | 3 cr 
  • EEB 8602 | Stream Restoration Practice | Fall in Odd Years | 2 cr 
  • ENT 5126 | Spatial and Temporal Analysis | Spring in Even Years | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5221 | Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5244 | Survey Design, Sampling, and Implementation | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5261 | Introductory Statistical Methods | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 3 cr
  • EPSY 5262 | Intermediate Statistical Methods | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • EPSY 8266 | Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods | Periodic in Spring | 3 cr
  • ESCI 4401 | Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry | 
  • ESCI 4702 | General Hydrogeology |
  • ESCI 4703 | Glacial Geology | 
  • ESCI 5205 | Fluid Mechanics in Earth and Environmental Sciences | 
  • ESPM 4216 | Contaminant Hydrology | 
  • ESPM 5061 | Water Quality and Natural Resources | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5071 | Ecological Restoration | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • ESPM 5111 | Hydrology and Water Quality Field Methods | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5211 | Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5241 | Natural Resource and Environmental Policy | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5242 | Methods for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Analysis | Fall in Even Years | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5261 | Economics and Natural Resources Management | Every Spring | 4 cr
  • ESPM 5402 | Biometeorology | Fall in Even Years | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5555 | Wetland Soils | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5575 | Wetlands | Every Spring | 3  cr
  • ESPM 5603 | Environmental Life Cycle Analysis | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • ESPM 5811 | Environmental Interpretation | Every Spring | 3 cr

Course Subjects F through P

  • FNRM 5114 | Hydrology and Watershed Management | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • FNRM 5131 | Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • FNRM 5133 | Forest Hydrology & Watershed Biogeochemistry | Spring in Odd Years | 3 cr
  • FW 8051 | Statistical Modeling of Ecological Data using R and WinBugs/JAGS
  • GEOG 8260 | Seminar: Physical Geography | Every Spring | 2 cr
  • GIS 5555 | Basic Spatial Analysis | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • GIS 5577 | Spatial Database Design and Administration | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • LAAS 5311 | Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • NR 5021 | Statistics for Agricultural and Natural Resource Professionals | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • OLPD 5061 | Ethnographic Research Methods | Periodic Fall, Spring, and Summer | 3 cr
  • PA 5002 | Introduction to Policy Analysis | Every Fall and Spring | 1.5 cr
  • PA 5031 | Statistics for Public Affairs | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • PA 5035 | Survey Research and Data Collection | Every Spring | 1.5 cr
  • PA 5041 | Qualitative Methods for Policy Analysts | Every Fall | 4 cr
  • PA 5920 | Skills Workshop | Every Fall and Spring | .5 - 4 cr
  • POL 8126 | Qualitative Methods | Fall in Even Years, Spring in Odd Years | 3 cr
  • PUBH 6190 | Environmental Chemistry | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • PUBH 7250 |  Designing and Conducting Focus Group Interviews | Every Spring and Summer | 1 cr
  • PUBH 7407 | Analysis of Categorical Data | Every Spring | 3 cr

Course Subjects S through W

 

  • SOC 5811 | Social Statistics for Graduate Students | Every Fall | 4 c
  • SOC 8801 | Sociological Research Methods | Periodic in Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • SOC 8811 | Advanced Social Statistics | Every Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • SOIL 5232 | Vadose Zone Hydrology | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • STAT 5021 | Statistical Analysis | Every Fall and Spring | 4 cr
  • STAT 5201 | Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 5302 | Applied Regression Analysis | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 4 cr
  • STAT 5303 | Designing Experiments | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 4 cr
  • STAT 5401 | Applied Multivariate Methods | Periodic in Fall | 4 cr
  • STAT 5421 | Analysis of Categorical Data | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 5601 | Nonparametric Methods | Every Fall and Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 8051 | Advanced Regression Techniques: Linear, Nonlinear and Nonparametric Methods | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • STAT 8052 | Applied Statistical Methods 2: Design of Experiments and Mixed-Effects Modeling | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • STAT 8053 | Applied Statistical Methods 3: Multivariate Analysis and Advanced Regression | Every Fall | 3 cr
  • STAT 8054 | Statistical Methods 4: Advanced Statistical Computing | Every Spring | 3 cr
  • WRIT 5051 | Graduate Research Writing for International Students | Every Fall, Spring, and Summer | 3 cr 
  • WRS 5101 | Water Policy | Every Spring | 3 cr