Graduate Programs
The Environmental Science and Management (ESM) graduate program provides a curriculum that will develop scientists and managers able to analyze and understand environmental systems, predict environmental change and participate in the management of the environment. Each student conducts research and completes a thesis or project; each student develops depth in a specific academic area; and each student develops breadth through a set of core courses that include concepts in physical systems, ecological systems and management. Areas of primary specialization are terrestrial, urban and aquatic ecology as they relate to human impacts and management. ESM offers the Masters of Science (MS), the Masters of Environmental Management (MEM), and the Professional Science Masters (PSM) degrees. The Department also participates in the Earth, Environment, & Society Ph.D. degree.
The following procedures are designed to assure that the student is qualified to pursue both the program itself and a successful career in environmental science and management.
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).
Surface Hydrology Core
Take one of the following:
Hydrogeology Core
Take one of the following:
| CE 569 | Subsurface Hydrology | 4 |
| ESM 579/CE 579 | Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment | 4 |
| G 543 | Ground Water Geology | 4 |
| G 545 | Geochemistry | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Water Quality Core
Take one of the following:
| CE 578 | Water Quality Modeling | 4 |
| ESM 527 | Watershed Biogeochemistry | 4 |
| ESM 575 | Limnology and Aquatic Ecology | 4 |
| ESM 579/CE 579 | Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment | 4 |
| G 545 | Geochemistry | 4 |
| G 548 | Chemical Hydrogeology | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Category I Elective
Take one of the following:
Category II Elective
Take two of the following:
| Bi 523 | Microbial Ecology | 4 |
| CE 561 | Water Resource Systems Analysis | 4 |
| CE 565/ESM 525 | Watershed Hydrology | 4 |
| CE 566/ESM 566 | Environmental Data Analysis | 4 |
| CE 569 | Subsurface Hydrology | 4 |
| CE 572 | Environmental Fluid Mechanical Transport | 4 |
| CE 573 | Numerical Methods in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering | 4 |
| CE 574 | Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering | 4 |
| CE 576 | Environmental Fluid Mechanics | 4 |
| CE 578 | Water Quality Modeling | 4 |
| CE 581 | The Columbia River as a System | 2 |
| CE 582 | Introduction to Sediment Transport | 4 |
| CE 583 | Estuarine Circulation | 4 |
| CE 587/Ch 587 | Aquatic Chemistry | 4 |
| CE 590 | Soil and Groundwater Restoration | 4 |
| ESM 563 | Water Quality Policy & Management | 4 |
| ESM 567 | Multivariate Analysis of Environmental Data | 4 |
| ESM 571/Ph 571 | Atmospheric Physics | 4 |
| ESM 573 | Phytoplankton Ecology | 4 |
| ESM 575 | Limnology and Aquatic Ecology | 4 |
| ESM 577 | Limnology Laboratory | 2 |
| ESM 579/CE 579 | Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment | 4 |
| ESM 580 | Coastal Marine Ecology | 4 |
| ESM 583 | Marine Conservation and Management | 4 |
| G 520 | Applied Geophysics | 4 |
| G 523 | Statistics and Data Analysis in the Geosciences | 4 |
| G 524 | Geographical Information Systems for the Natural Sciences | 4 |
| G 543 | Ground Water Geology | 4 |
| G 544 | Well Dynamics | 4 |
| G 545 | Geochemistry | 4 |
| G 547 | Environmental Sediment Transport | 4 |
| G 548 | Chemical Hydrogeology | 4 |
| G 561 | Environmental Geology | 4 |
| G 566 | Glaciology | 4 |
| G 570 | Engineering Geology | 4 |
| Geog 512 | Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment | 4 |
| Geog 514 | Hydrology | 4 |
| Geog 546 | Water Resource Management | 4 |
| Geog 547 | Urban Streams | 4 |
| Geog 580 | Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | 4 |
| Geog 581 | Digital Image Analysis I: Introduction | 4 |
| Geog 588/USP 591 | Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction | 4 |
| Geog 594 | GIS for Water Resources | 4 |
| Geog 597 | Advanced Spatial Quantitative Analysis | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Total Credit Hours: 24