Department of Environmental Science and Management

Program Details | Hydrology Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate of Hydrology is designed to give students advanced training in hydrology, and leads to professional certification with the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH).

Requirements

Surface Hydrology Core (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 565/ESM 525 Watershed Hydrology (4 credits)
  • G 566 Glaciology (4 credits)
  • Geog 514 Hydrology (4 credits)

Hydrogeology Core (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 569 Subsurface Hydrology (4 credits)
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment (4 credits)
  • G 543 Ground Water Geology (4 credits)
  • G 545 Geochemistry (4 credits)

Water Quality Core (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 578 Water Quality Modeling (4 credits)
  • ESM 527 Watershed Biogeochemistry (4 credits)
  • ESM 575 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology (4 credits)
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment (4 credits)
  • G 545 Geochemistry (4 credits)
  • G 548 Chemical Hydrogeology (4 credits)

Category I Elective (4 credits)

Take one of the following:

  • CE 561 Water Resource Systems Analysis (4 credits)   
  • CE 565/ESM 525 Watershed Hydrology (4 credits)
  • CE 566/ESM 566 Environmental Data Analysis (4 credits)
  • CE 569 Subsurface Hydrology (4 credits)
  • CE 572 Environmental Fluid Mechanical Transport (4 credits)
  • CE 576 Environmental Fluid Mechanics (4 credits)
  • CE 578 Water Quality Modeling (4 credits)
  • CE 581 The Columbia River as a System (2 credits)
  • CE 587/Ch 587 Aquatic Chemistry (4 credits)
  • CE 590 Soil and Groundwater Restoration (4 credits)
  • ESM 520 Ecological Toxicology (4 credits)
  • ESM 524 Wetland Ecology (4 credits)
  • ESM 526 Ecology of Streams and Rivers (4 credits)
  • ESM 527 Watershed Biogeochemistry (4 credits)
  • ESM 575 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology (4 credits) and ESM 577 Limnology Laboratory (2 credits)
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment (4 credits)
  • G 543 Ground Water Geology (4 credits)
  • G 544 Well Dynamics (4 credits)
  • G 545 Geochemistry (4 credits)
  • G 548 Chemical Hydrogeology (4 credits)
  • G 566 Glaciology (4 credits)
  • Geog 514 Hydrology (4 credits)
  • Geog 547 Urban Streams (4 credits)
  • Geog 594 GIS for Water Resources (4 credits)
  • Ph 526 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (4 credits)

Category II Elective (8 credits)

Take two of the following:

  • Bi 523 Microbial Ecology (4 credits)
  • CE 561 Water Resource Systems Analysis (4 credits)
  • CE 565/ESM 525 Watershed Hydrology (4 credits)
  • CE 566/ESM 566 Environmental Data Analysis (4 credits)
  • CE 569 Subsurface Hydrology (4 credits)
  • CE 572 Environmental Fluid Mechanical Transport (4 credits)
  • CE 573 Numerical Methods in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (4 credits)
  • CE 574 Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering (4 credits)
  • CE 576 Environmental Fluid Mechanics (4 credits)
  • CE 578 Water Quality Modeling (4 credits)
  • CE 581 The Columbia River as a System (4 credits)
  • CE 582 Introduction to Sediment Transport (4 credits)
  • CE 583 Estuarine Circulation (4 credits)
  • CE 587/Ch 587 Aquatic Chemistry (4 credits)
  • CE 590 Soil and Groundwater Restoration (4 credits)
  • ESM 563 Water Quality Policy & Management (4 credits)
  • ESM 567 Multivariate Analysis of Environmental Data (4 credits)
  • ESM 571/Ph 571 Atmospheric Physics (4 credits)
  • ESM 573 Phytoplankton Ecology (4 credits)
  • ESM 575 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology (4 credits) and ESM 577 Limnology Laboratory (2 credits)
  • ESM 579/CE 579 Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment (4 credits)
  • ESM 580 Coastal Marine Ecology (4 credits)
  • ESM 583 Marine Conservation and Management (4 credits)
  • G 520 Applied Geophysics (4 credits)
  • G 523 Statistics and Data Analysis in the Geosciences (4 credits)
  • G 524 Geographical Information Systems for the Natural Sciences (4 credits)
  • G 543 Ground Water Geology (4 credits)
  • G 544 Well Dynamics (4 credits)
  • G 545 Geochemistry (4 credits)
  • G 547 Environmental Sediment Transport (4 credits)
  • G 548 Chemical Hydrogeology (4 credits)
  • G 561 Environmental Geology (4 credits)
  • G 566 Glaciology (4 credits)
  • G 570 Engineering Geology (4 credits)
  • Geog 512 Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment (4 credits)
  • Geog 514 Hydrology (4 credits)
  • Geog 546 Water Resource Management (4 credits)
  • Geog 547 Urban Streams (4 credits)
  • Geog 580 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing (4 credits)
  • Geog 581 Digital Image Analysis I: Introduction (4 credits)
  • Geog 588/USP 591 Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction (4 credits)
  • Geog 594 GIS for Water Resources (4 credits)
  • Geog 597 Advanced Spatial Quantitative Analysis (4 credits)

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.