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.
Faculty in Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management
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.
Course |
Title |
Course Typically Offered |
Credits |
| AGRO 5121 |
Applied Experimental Design
|
Every Spring | 4 |
| APEC 5031 |
Methods of Economic Data Analysis
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| APEC 5032 |
Economic Data Analysis for Managerial and Policy Decisions
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| APEC 8211 |
Econometric Analysis I
|
Every Fall | 4 |
| APEC 8212 |
Econometric Analysis II
|
Every Spring | 4 |
| BBE 5513 |
Watershed Engineering
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| BBE 5523 |
Ecological Engineering Design
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| BBE 5535 |
Assessment and Diagnosis of Impaired Waters
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| BBE 8013 |
Parameter Estimation in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
|
Periodic Fall & Spring | 3 |
| BBE 8513 |
Hydrologic Modeling of Small Watersheds
|
Spring Even Year | 3 |
| CEGE 4501 |
Hydrologic Design
|
Every Fall & Spring | 4 |
| CEGE 4512 |
Open Channel Hydraulics
|
Periodic Fall & Spring | 4 |
| CEGE 5541 |
Environmental Water Chemistry
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| CEGE 8506 |
Stochastic Hydrology
|
Periodic Fall | 4 |
| CEGE 8511 |
Mechanics of Sediment Transport
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| CEGE 8561 |
Analysis and Modeling of Aquatic Environments I
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| CEGE 8562 |
Analysis and Modeling of Aquatic Environments II
|
Periodic Fall & Spring | 3 |
| CEGE 8601 |
Introduction to Stream Restoration
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| CI 8149 |
Qualitative Research: Coding, Analysis, Interpretation, and Writing
|
Periodic Fall | 3 |
| DES 8103 |
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
|
Fall Odd Year | 3 |
| EEB 5053 |
Ecology: Theory and Concepts
|
Fall Odd Year | 4 |
| EEB 5601 |
Limnology
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| EEB 5609 |
Ecosystem Ecology
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| EEB 8601 |
Introduction to Stream Restoration
|
Fall Even Year | 3 |
| EEB 8602 |
Stream Restoration Practice
|
Fall Odd Year | 2 |
| ENT 5126 |
Spatial and Temporal Analysis
|
Spring Even Year | 3 |
| EPSY 5221 |
Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| EPSY 5244 |
Survey Design, Sampling, and Implementation
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| EPSY 5247 |
Qualitative Methods in Educational Psychology
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| EPSY 5261 |
Introductory Statistical Methods
|
Every Fall, Spring & Summer | 3 |
| EPSY 5262 |
Intermediate Statistical Methods
|
Every Fall & Spring | 3 |
| EPSY 8266 |
Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods
|
Periodic Spring | 3 |
| ESCI 4401 |
Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry
|
Periodic Spring | 3 |
| ESCI 4702 |
General Hydrogeology
|
Every Spring | 4 |
| ESCI 4703 |
Glacial Geology
|
Fall Odd Year | 4 |
| ESCI 5205 |
Fluid Mechanics in Earth and Environmental Sciences
|
Fall Even Year | 3 |
| ESPM 4216 |
Contaminant Hydrology
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| ESPM 5061 |
Water Quality and Natural Resources
|
Every Fall & Spring | 3 |
| ESPM 5071 |
Ecological Restoration
|
Every Fall | 4 |
| ESPM 5111 |
Hydrology and Water Quality Field Methods
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| ESPM 5211 |
Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| ESPM 5241 |
Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| ESPM 5242 |
Methods for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Analysis
|
Fall Even Year | 3 |
| ESPM 5261 |
Economics and Natural Resources Management
|
Every Spring | 4 |
| ESPM 5295 |
GIS in Environmental Science and Management
|
Every Fall | 4 |
| ESPM 5402 |
Biometeorology
|
Fall Even Year | 3 |
| ESPM 5555 |
Wetland Soils
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| ESPM 5575 |
Wetlands
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| ESPM 5603 |
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| ESPM 5703 |
Agroforestry in Watershed Management
|
Spring Even Year | 3 |
| ESPM 5811 |
Environmental Interpretation
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| FNRM 5114 |
Hydrology and Watershed Management
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| FNRM 5131 |
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources
|
Every Fall | 4 |
| FNRM 5153 |
Forest Hydrology & Watershed Biogeochemistry
|
Spring Odd Year | 3 |
| FW 8051 |
Statistical Modeling of Ecological Data using R and WinBugs/JAGS
|
Every Spring | 4 |
| GEOG 8260 |
Seminar: Physical Geography
|
Every Spring | 2 |
| GIS 5555 |
Basic Spatial Analysis
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| GIS 5577 |
Spatial Database Design and Administration
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| LAAS 5311 |
Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
|
Every Fall & Spring | 3 |
| NR 5021 |
Statistics for Agricultural and Natural Resource Professionals
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| OLPD 5061 |
Ethnographic Research Methods
|
Every Fall & Spring | 3 |
| OLPD 5528 |
Focus Group Interviewing Research Methods
|
Every Fall | 1.0-3.0 |
| PA 5002 |
Introduction to Policy Analysis
|
Every Fall & Spring | 1.5 |
| PA 5031 |
Empirical Analysis I
|
Every Fall | 4 |
| PA 5035 |
Survey Research and Data Collection
|
Every Spring | 1.5 |
| PA 5041 |
Qualitative Methods for Policy Analysts
|
Every Fall | 4 |
| PA 5920 |
Skills Workshop
|
Every Fall & Spring | 0.5-4.0 |
| POL 8126 |
Qualitative Methods
|
Fall Even, Spring Odd Year | 3 |
| PUBH 6190 |
Environmental Chemistry
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| PUBH 7250 |
Designing and Conducting Focus Group Interviews
|
Every Spring & Summer | 1 |
| PUBH 7407 |
Analysis of Categorical Data
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| SOC 5811 |
Social Statistics for Graduate Students
|
Every Fall | 4 |
| SOC 8801 |
Sociological Research Methods
|
Periodic Fall & Spring | 4 |
| SOC 8811 |
Advanced Social Statistics
|
Every Fall & Spring | 4 |
| SOIL 5232 |
Vadose Zone Hydrology
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| STAT 5021 |
Statistical Analysis
|
Every Fall & Spring | 4 |
| STAT 5201 |
Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| STAT 5302 |
Applied Regression Analysis
|
Every Fall, Spring & Summer | 4 |
| STAT 5303 |
Designing Experiments
|
Every Fall, Spring & Summer | 4 |
| STAT 5401 |
Applied Multivariate Methods
|
Periodic Fall | 3 |
| STAT 5421 |
Analysis of Categorical Data
|
Every Fall & Spring | 3 |
| STAT 5601 |
Nonparametric Methods
|
Every Fall & Spring | 3 |
| STAT 8051 |
Advanced Regression Techniques
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| STAT 8052 |
Applied Statistical Methods 2
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| STAT 8053 |
Applied Statistical Methods 3
|
Every Fall | 3 |
| STAT 8054 |
Statistical Methods 4
|
Every Spring | 3 |
| WRIT 5051 |
Graduate Research Writing for International Students
|
Every Fall, Spring & Summer | 3 |
| WRS 5101 |
Water Policy
|
Every Spring | 3 |
