home people academics research links			Graduate Program Graduate Degree Options Three graduate degree programs are available in the Water Resources Engineering area of specialization in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: (i) Master of Science (M.S.), (ii) Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), and (iii) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). For a complete description of degree requirements, interested students are referred to the departmental program handbooks for the M.S. / M.Eng and the Ph.D. degrees. Degree Coursework Requirements In addition to the requirements listed below, all Hydrosystems graduate students are required to annually enroll in CEE 597 - Hydrosystems Seminar, which is offered every spring semester. M.S. Degree For the M.S. degree, a minimum of 30 credits are required. Six credits of thesis research (CEE 600) are required. The remaining 24 credits are to be satisfied as follows: 12 credits of Core Curriculum 6 credits of Water Resources Electives 6 credits of Technical Electives M.Eng. Degree For the M.Eng. degree, a minimum of 30 credits are required. The 30 credits are to be satisfied as follows: 12 credits of Core Curriculum 9 credits of Water Resources Electives 9 credits of Technical Electives Ph.D. Degree For the Ph.D. degree, a minimum of 30 credits, six of which may be thesis research (CEE 600), are suggested. The remaining 24 credits are to be satisfied as follows: 12 credits of Core Curriculum 6 credits of Water Resources Electives 6 credits of Technical Electives Core Curriculum The core curriculum provides students with a comprehensive foundation in water-resources topics including hydrdology, hydraulics, and river mechanics. Students who have previously completed equivalent classes may substitute additional hydrosystems or technical electives in their place. CE 462 - Open Channel Hydraulics CE 555 - Groundwater Hydrology CE 561 - Fundamentals of Surface Hydrology CE 567 - River Engineering OR CE 562 - Coastal and Nearshore Hydraulics OR CE 580 - Hydrodynamic Mixing Processes Water Resources Electives Water Resources electives allow students to develop additional expertise in their areas of specialization. CE 551 - Random Processes in Hydrologic Systems CE 552 - Coastal and Nearshore Processes CE 556 - Tracer and Contaminant Transport in Groundwater CE 563 - Systems Optimization using Evolutionary Algorithms CE 566 - Uncertainty and Reliability in Civil Engineering CE 580 - Hydrodynamic Mixing Processes CE 597 - Modeling of Complex Hydrological and Environmental Systems Technical Electives Technical electives, an incomplete list of which follows, allow students to develop breadth by obtaining expertise in related fields outside the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Students interested in satisfying their technical elective requirements with classes not listed below should discuss this option with their academic advisors. For information on the content and scheduling of the classes listed below, please visit the web pages of the individual departments. Fluid Mechanics AERSP 412 - Turbulent Flow ME 521-2 - Foundations of Fluid Mechanics I and II ME 524-5 - Homogeneous andInhomogeneous Turbulence ME 536 - Laser Doppler Velocimetry Geographical Information Systems GEOG 458 - Practical Application of GIS SOILS 510 - Geographical Information System Applications Geomorphology GEOSC 548 - Surface Processes GEOSC 562 - Drainage Basin Evolution Hydrogeology GEOSC 452 - Introduction to Hydrogeology GEOSC 542 - Quantitative Methods in Hydrogeology PNG 501 - Steady State Flow in Porous Media PNG 502 - Unsteady Flow in Porous Media SOILS 507 - Soil Physics Management and Decision Making FOR 470 - Watershed Management Mathematics EMCH 524A-B - Mathematical Methods in Engineering MATH 515 - Classical Mechanics and Variational Methods MATH 521 - Complex Analysis: Theory and Applications MATH 597A-B - Introduction to Applied Mathematics ME 577 - Stochastic Systems for Science and Engineering Meterology and Climatology METEO 415 - Forecasting Practicum METEO 416 - Advanced Forecasting METEO 417 - Hydrometeorology METEO 421-2 - Dynamic Meteorology I and II METEO 520 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics METEO 537 - Radar Meteorology METEO 570 - Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar Miscellaneous EMCH 540 - Introduction to Continuum Mechanics GEOSC 402W - Natural Disasters GEOSC 412 - Water Resources Geochemistry IE 402 - Advanced Engineering Economy Numerical Modeling ABE 513 - Applied Finite Element, Finite Difference, and Boundary Element Methods EMCH 560 - Finite Element Analysis EMCH 562 - Boundary Element Analysis GEOSC 561 - Mathematical Modeling in the Geosciences PNG 511 - Numerical Solution of the Partial Differential Equations of Flow in Porous Media MATH 451 - Numerical Computation MATH 455-6 - Introduction to Numerical Analysis I and II MATH 523-4 - Numerical Analysis I and II MATH 551 - Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations MATH 552 - Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations MATH 555 - Numerical Optimization Techniques ME 540 - Numerical Solutions Applied to Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Problems ME 563 - Nonlinear Finite Elements Optimization IE 468 - Optimization Modeling and Methods IE 505 - Linear programming IE 510 - Integer Programming IE 520 - Goal Programming IE 521 - Nonlinear Programming Probability and Statistics EE 560 - Stochastic Processes and Estimation IE 516 - Stochastic Processes STAT 510 - Applied Time Series Analysis STAT 515 - Stochastic Processes I STAT 517 - Probability Theory I STAT 519 - Topics in Stochastic Processes STAT 548 - Environmetrics Remote Sensing FOR 455 - Remote Sensing and Spatial Data Handling FOR 555 - Multispectral Remote Sensing METEO 433 - Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Systems Surface Hydrology ABE 467 - Design Hydrology and Sedimentology FOR 517 - Forest Microclimatology FOR 519 - Forest Hydrology Transport Phenomena CHE 413 - Mass Transfer Operations CHE 446 - Introduction to Transport Phenomena CHE 448 - Advanced Mass Transfer Operations