Students in the WAID program complete (1) either an MS or PhD degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (2) the International Development Studies (IDS) graduate certificate through the Office of International Programs. When students begin their studies in WAID, they should visit the Office of International Programs to formally enroll in the IDS certificate program.
Students typically do not need to take more courses than what are required for a traditional graduate degree. The courses are selected to meet the requirements for both the degree and the IDS program simultaneously. 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.
The IDS graduate check sheet provides a complete list of IDS requirements (students must submit the completed check sheet during their last semester of studies). Students in the WAID program are required to take both core classes listed below if they have not already taken an equivalent course. Example supporting engineering classes and other supporting classes are provided below. Courses are selected in consultation with a WAID academic advisor.
Core Classes
CIVE 525 Water Engineering: International Development
IE/ANTH 679 Applications of International Development
Supporting Civil and Environmental Engineering Classes
International Engineering
CIVE 421 Global Water Challenges
Hydrology
CIVE 531 Groundwater Hydrology
CIVE 542 Water Quality Modeling
Measurement/Analysis Methods
CIVE 521 Hydrometry
CIVE 577 GIS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
CIVE 547 Statistics for Environmental Monitoring
Water and Wastewater Treatment
CIVE 539 Water and Wastewater Analysis
CIVE 541 Physical Chemical Water Treatment Processes
CIVE 540 Advanced Biological Wastewater Processing
CIVE 575* Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management
Conveyance Systems
CIVE 514 Hydraulic Structures/Systems
CIVE 571 Pipeline Engineering and Hydraulics
CIVE 572 Analysis of Urban Water Systems
CIVE 573 Urban Stormwater Management
Irrigation and Drainage
CIVE 512* Irrigation Systems Design
CIVE 549 Drainage and Wetland Engineering
Utility Management
CIVE 544* Water Resources Planning and Management
CIVE 578* Infrastructure and Utility Management
* Approved as IDS supporting course
Supporting Non-Engineering Courses
Anthropology
ANTH 505 Resilience, Well-Being, and Social Justice
ANTH 520 Women, Health, and Culture
ANTH 540 Medical Anthropology
ANTH 571 Anthropology and Global Heath
Agriculture and Resource Economics
AREC 460 Ag- and Resource-Based Economic Development
Economics
ECON 460 Economic Development
ECON 760 Theories of Economic Development
International Education
IE/PSY 517 Perspectives in Global Health
Language
L*** Upper Division Foreign Language
Political Science
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
Sociology
SOC 660 Theories of Development and Social Change
SOC 669 Global Inequality and Change
Communication Studies
SPCM 634 Communication and Cultural Diversity
Watershed Science
WR 510 Watershed Management in Developing Countries