Water Resources Engineering & Science Option Area

Entry Requirements

Coursework in the following is required for (M.S. and Ph.D.) admission to the Water Resources Engineering & Science Option Area.  Provisional admission for M.S. students may be granted to those who have completed the majority of this coursework, provided the remaining coursework is completed as deficiency requirements.

          Calculus (minimum of 9 credits)

          Differential Equations (3 credits)

          Statistics for Scientists/Engineers (3 credits)

          Chemistry (minimum of 4 credits)

          Physics (minimum of 4 credits)

          Engineering Fluid Mechanics (minimum of 3 credits)

Common Courses

The following courses are required of both M.S. and Ph.D. students in all of the Water Resources Option Areas.

          WR 501 Water Resources Seminar (1 cr.)

          WR 506 Integrated Water Resources Methods (3 cr.)

          WR 507 Integrated Water Resources Projects (3 cr.) *Available spring 2009

A 500 (or 900 in LAW) level elective in either Science & Management or Law, Management & Policy Option Areas (3 cr. for Ph.D.)

Core Courses[1]

All students in the Water Resources Engineering & Science Degree Option Area are required to take:

          BAE 551                Advanced Hydrology (3 cr.)

Additionally, M.S. students are required to take 6 credits, and Ph.D. students are required to take 9 credits from the following:

          CE 421/BAE 451      Engineering Hydrology (3 cr.)

          CE 428/BAE 458      Open Channel Flow (3 cr.)

          BAE 556                Hydrologic Processes and Modeling (3 cr.)

          CE 527                  Computational Hydrology (3 cr.)

          HYDR 509               Quantitative Hydrogeology (3 cr.)

          BAE 558                Fluid Mechanics of Porous Media (3 cr.)

Electives for Engineering & Science Option Area[2]

As noted above, one elective must be in either the Science & Management or Law, Management & Policy Option Areas for PhD students.  A core course may be considered an elective course once the core requirements are satisfied.  Electives not listed below will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

BAE 458                 Open Channel Hydraulics (3 cr.)

BAE 552                 Environmental Water Quality (3 cr.)

BAE 553                 Land Surface Hydrology (3 cr.)

BAE 555                 Natural Channel Flow (3 cr.)

BAE WS 556            Natural Systems for Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.)

BAE 559                 Irrigation System Design (3 cr.)

BAE WS 566            Constructed Wetlands for Pollution Control (3 cr.)

BAE WS 590            Adv. Theory of Irrigation Water Requirements (3 cr.)

CE 402                   Applied Numerical Methods for Engineers (3 cr.)

CE 520                   Fluid Dynamics (3 cr.)

CE 521                   Sedimentation Engineering (3 cr.)

CE 523                   Water Resources Systems (3 cr.)

CE 524                   Water Resources Planning (3 cr.)

CE 526                   Aquatic Habitat Modeling (3 cr.)

CE 528                   Stochastic Hydrology (3 cr.)

FOR 515                  Physical Hydrology (3 cr.)

GEOE 428               Geostatistics (3 cr.)

GEOL 421                Environmental Geophysics (3 cr.)

GEOL 518                Geomicrobiology (3 cr.)

GEOG 524               GIS & Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology (3 cr.)

GEOL 564                Geochemistry of Natural Waters (3 cr.)

HYDR WS 566          Groundwater Geochemistry (3 cr.)

HYDR 568                Aquifer Test Design and Analysis (3 cr.)

HYDR 576                Fundamentals of Modeling Hydrogeologic Systs (3 cr.)

HYDR 577                Computer Applications in Hydrogeology (3 cr.)

HYDR 581                Hydrogeological Data Analysis (3 cr.)

MATH 539               Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations (3 cr.)

MATH 540               Partial Differential Equations (3 cr.)

SOILS 415                Soil and Environmental Physics (3 cr.)

STAT 507                Experimental Design (3 cr.)

WSU BIOL 510          Plant Environmental Biophysics (3 cr.)

Core Courses Prerequisites:

BAE 551                 Advanced Hydrology: BAE 355/CE325 (Fundamentals of Hydrologic Engineering)

CE 421 / BAE 451     Engineering Hydrology: BAE 355/CE325 (Fundamentals of Hydrologic Engineering)

CE 428 / BAE 458     Open Channel Flow: CE 322 (Hydraulics) or BAE 352 (Soil & Water Engineering)

BAE 556                  Hydrologic Processes and Modeling: BAE 355/CE325 (Fundamentals of Hydrologic Engineering)

CE 527                    Computational Hydrology: BAE 355/CE325 (Fundamentals of Hydrologic Engineering);

                             knowledge of a computer programming language

Hydr 509                 Quantitative Hydrogeology: Math 275, Statistics 251 or 301

BAE 558                  Fluid Mechanics of Porous Media: Math 275, Math 310, Groundwater or Soils or Fluid Mechanics