Water and International Development
Courses
Students in the WAID program complete either an MS or PhD degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well the International Development Studies program through the Office of International Programs. Although students typically do not need to take more courses than what is required for a traditional MS or PhD degree, the courses must be selected to meet the requirements for both the degree and the IDS program. When students begin their studies in WAID, they should visit the Office of International Programs to enroll in IDS. During the last semester of their studies, they also need to submit the graduate check sheet and the additional requirements forms to the Office of International Programs (click here for the forms). Students who are admitted to the WAID program but do not have an undergraduate degree in engineering are required to take some additional undergraduate courses to bring their engineering background up to the required entry level.
Students can use engineering-related internships with development and relief agencies as the basis of their technical paper if they are seeking a non-thesis MS degree. Students can also use more extensive international experiences with an engineering component as the basis of an MS thesis.
The final choice of classes is made by the student with the approval of the advisor and thesis committee, but the courses must meet the requirements for both the desired Civil Engineering degree and the IDS program. Students are required to take both core classes listed below if they have not already taken an equivalent course. The lists of supporting engineering classes and other supporting classes provide examples of possible electives.
Core Classes | |||||
CIVE 525 | Water Engineering: International Development (1st fall semester) | ||||
IE/ANTH 679 | Applications of International Development (fall or spring semester as offered) |
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Supporting Engineering Classes | |||||
CIVE 437 | Wastewater Treatment Facility Design | ||||
CIVE 440 | Nonpoint Source Pollution | ||||
CIVE 512 | Irrigation Systems Design | ||||
CIVE 532 | Wells and Pumps | ||||
CIVE 544 | Water Resources Planning and Management | ||||
CIVE 549 | Drainage and Wetland Engineering | ||||
CIVE 571 | Pipeline Engineering and Hydraulics | ||||
CIVE 575 | Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management | ||||
CIVE 577 | GIS in Civil and Environmental Engineering | ||||
CIVE 578 | Infrastructure and Utility Management | ||||
Supporting Non-Engineering Classes | |||||
ANTH505 | Resilience, Well-Being, and Social Justice | ||||
ANTH 515 | Culture and Environment | ||||
ANTH 520 | Women, Health, and Culture | ||||
ANTH 535 | Globalization and Cultural Change | ||||
ANTH 540 | Medical Anthropology | ||||
ANTH 571 | Anthropology and Global Heath | ||||
AREC 460 | Economics of World Agriculture | ||||
AREC 660 | Development of Rural Resource-Based Economies | ||||
IE 470 | Women and Development | ||||
IE 471 | Children and Youth in Global Context | ||||
IE/PHIL 550 | Ethics and International Development | ||||
IE/PSY 517 | Perspectives in Global Health | ||||
POLS 433 | International Organization | ||||
POLS 444 | Comparative African Politics | ||||
POLS 445 | Comparative Asian Politics | ||||
POLS 446 | Politics of South America | ||||
POLS 447 | Politics in Mexico, Central America, Caribbean | ||||
POLS 541 | Political Economy of Change and Development | ||||
POLS 670 | Politics of Environment and Sustainability | ||||
POLS 739 | International Environmental Politics | ||||
POLS 749 | Comparative Environmental Politics | ||||
SOC 660 | Theories of Development and Social Change | ||||
SOC 663 | Sociology and Sustainable Development | ||||
SOC 669 | Global Inequality and Change | ||||
SPCM 634 | Communication and Cultural Diversity | ||||
WR 510 | Watershed Management in Developing Countries |