Water Science Major
Area of Emphasis
Students must complete requirements in one of the following areas of emphasis:
- General
- Accelerated- Integrated with graduate Environmental Science & Policy program
General
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Supporting Courses | 33 | |
Introduction to Water Science | ||
Principles of Biology: Organisms, Ecology, and Evolution and Principles of Biology Lab: Organisms, Ecology, and Evolution | ||
Physical Geology | ||
Ocean of Air: Weather and Climate | ||
Principles of Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory | ||
Principles of Chemistry II and Principles of Chemistry II Laboratory | ||
Introductory Statistics | ||
Fundamentals of Physics I | ||
or PHYSICS 201 | Principles of Physics I | |
Upper-Level Required Courses | 21 | |
Water and Waste Water Treatment | ||
or ET 331 | Advanced Water and Waste Water Treatment | |
Environmental GIS | ||
Hydrology | ||
Hydrogeology | ||
Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
Stream Ecology | ||
or ENV SCI 403 | Limnology | |
Ground Water: Resources and Regulations | ||
or PU EN AF 351 | Water Resources Policy and Management | |
Upper-Level Elective Courses: (Choose from the following) | 17 | |
Environmental Microbiology | ||
Ichthyology | ||
Analytical Chemistry | ||
Instrumental Analysis | ||
Natural Resources Economic Policy | ||
Environmental Systems | ||
The Soil Environment | ||
Pollution Prevention | ||
Environmental Modeling | ||
Stream Ecology | ||
Limnology | ||
Hazardous and Toxic Materials | ||
Global Climate Change | ||
Ground Water: Resources and Regulations | ||
Senior Thesis/Research in Environmental Science | ||
Practicum in Environmental Science | ||
Regional Climatology | ||
Water Resources Policy and Management | ||
Environmental Law | ||
Natural Resources Policy, Law, and Administration | ||
Stable Isotopes in the Environment | ||
Senior Thesis/Research in Water Science | ||
Internship | ||
Independent Study | ||
Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin 1 | ||
Total Credits | 71 |
1 | may use up to 8 credits of Specialty and Field Immersion Courses offered by Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin |
Accelerated -Integrated with graduate Environmental Science & Policy program
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Supporting Courses | 33 | |
Introduction to Water Science | ||
Principles of Biology: Organisms, Ecology, and Evolution and Principles of Biology Lab: Organisms, Ecology, and Evolution | ||
Physical Geology | ||
Ocean of Air: Weather and Climate | ||
Principles of Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory | ||
Principles of Chemistry II and Principles of Chemistry II Laboratory | ||
Introductory Statistics | ||
Fundamentals of Physics I | ||
or PHYSICS 201 | Principles of Physics I | |
Upper-Level Required Courses | 21 | |
Water and Waste Water Treatment | ||
Environmental GIS | ||
Hydrology | ||
Hydrogeology | ||
or ENV SCI 632 | Hydrogeology | |
or GEOSCI 632 | Hydrogeology | |
Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
or WATER 644 | Geochemistry of Natural Waters | |
Stream Ecology | ||
or ENV SCI 601 | Stream Ecology | |
or ENV SCI 403 | Limnology | |
or ENV SCI 603 | Limnology | |
Ground Water: Resources and Regulations | ||
or PU EN AF 351 | Water Resources Policy and Management | |
or ENV SCI 633 | Ground Water: Resources and Regulations | |
Upper-Level Elective Courses: (Choose from the following) | 17 | |
Environmental Microbiology | ||
Ichthyology | ||
Analytical Chemistry | ||
Instrumental Analysis | ||
or CHEM 613 | Instrumental Analysis | |
Natural Resources Economic Policy | ||
Environmental Systems | ||
The Soil Environment | ||
or ENV SCI 520 | The Soil Environment | |
Pollution Prevention | ||
Environmental Modeling | ||
Stream Ecology | ||
Limnology | ||
Hazardous and Toxic Materials | ||
or ENV SCI 624 | Hazardous and Toxic Materials | |
Global Climate Change | ||
or ENV SCI 625 | Global Climate Change | |
Ground Water: Resources and Regulations | ||
or ENV SCI 633 | Ground Water: Resources and Regulations | |
Senior Thesis/Research in Environmental Science | ||
Practicum in Environmental Science | ||
Regional Climatology | ||
Water Resources Policy and Management | ||
Environmental Law | ||
Natural Resources Policy, Law, and Administration | ||
Stable Isotopes in the Environment | ||
Senior Thesis/Research in Water Science | ||
Internship | ||
Independent Study | ||
Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin 1 | ||
Total Credits | 71 |