Water Resources Planning and Management –
Courses
The Water Resources Planning and Management Division is interdisciplinary and relies on a mixture of courses in civil engineering infrastructure, water resources planning and management, systems analysis and optimization, water resources engineering, geographic engineering systems, and the social sciences. The student is required to develop an appropriate plan of study with the academic adviser. In consultation with the adviser, the student selects appropriate area(s) of emphasis which will normally include courses in systems analysis and water resources planning and management, as well as an appropriate selection of technical or policy-oriented courses offered by other departments or programs.
Typical Programs of Study
In the Water Resources Planning and Management program, students select their courses in consultation with their advisor to match their specific needs and interests. The M.S. program involves selection of courses that emphasize preparation for practice. The Ph.D. emphasizes research skills and an advanced understanding of systems analysis and planning/management topics.
| M.S. Degree Program (non-thesis option – Plan B) | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| *ENGR 510 | Engineering Optimization: Method/Application (F) | 3 |
| *CIVE 544 | Water Resources Planning and Management (F) | 3 |
| *CIVE 578 | Infrastructure and Utility Management (S) | 3 |
| Professional Paper Independent Study | 2 | |
| Select at least three technical elective courses (**) | 9 | |
| Select remaining courses from technical (**) and functional electives (+) | 15 | |
| TOTAL | 32 | |
| M.S. Degree Program (thesis option – Plan A) | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| *ENGR 510 | Engineering Optimization: Method/Application (F) | 3 |
| *CIVE 544 | Water Resources Planning and Management (F) | 3 |
| *CIVE 578 | Infrastructure and Utility Management (S) | 3 |
| *CIVE 699H | Thesis in Water Resource Planning and Management | 6 |
| Select at least three technical elective courses (**) | 9 | |
| Select remaining courses from technical (**) and functional electives (+) | 9 | |
| TOTAL | 30 | |
| Ph.D. Program | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| *CIVE 578 | Infrastructure and Utility Management (S) | 3 |
| *CIVE 799HV | Dissertation in Water Resource Planning and Management | 12 |
| Select at least three technical elective courses (**) | 9 | |
| Select remaining courses from technical (**) and functional electives (+) | 18 | |
| TOTAL | 42 | |
| (**) Technical Electives (suggested, not comprehensive) | Credits | |
| CIVE 502 | Fluid Mechanics (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 514 | Hydraulic Structures/Systems (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 516 | Water Control and Measurement (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 524 | Modeling Watershed Hydrology (S) | 4 |
| CIVE 531 | Groundwater Hydrology (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 538 | Aqueous Chemistry (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 540 | Advanced Biological Wastewater Processing (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 542 | Water Quality Modeling (S) † | 3 |
| CIVE 550 | Numerical Methods in Science and Engineering (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 571 | Pipeline Engineering and Hydraulics (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 573 | Urban Stormwater Management (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 575 | Sustainable Water and Waste Management (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 612 | Open Channel Flow (S) | 4 |
| CIVE 613 | Stream Rehabilitation Design (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 622 | Risk Analysis of Water/Environmental Systems (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 638 | Groundwater Quality and Contaminant Transport (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 716 | Erosion and Sedimentation (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 717 | River Mechanics (S) | 3 |
| (+) Functional Electives (suggested, not comprehensive) | Credits | |
| CIVE 512 | Irrigation Design and Management (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 516 | Water Control and Management (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 519 | Irrigation Water Management (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 521 | Hydrometry (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 525 | Water Engineering: International Development (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 533 | Biomolecular Tools for Engineers (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 541 | Physical Chemical Water Treatment Processes (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 549 | Drainage and Wetland Engineering (S) | 3 |
| CIVE 573 | Urban Stormwater Management (S) * | 3 |
| CIVE 574 | Civil Engineering Project Management (F) | 3 |
| CIVE 576 | Engineering Applications of GIS and GPS (F) | 3 |
| ECE 520 | Optimization Methods-Control and Communication (S) | 3 |
| ECE 611 | Nonlinear Control Systems (F) | 3 |
| ECE 652 | Estimation and Filtering Theory (S) | 3 |
| ENGR 501 | Foundations of Systems Engineering (F,S) | 3 |
| ENGR 530 | Overview of Systems Engineering Processes (S) | 3 |
| ENGR 531 | Engineering Risk Analysis (S) | 3 |
| MECH 417 | Control Systems (F) | 3 |
| CS 440 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (F) | 4 |
| CS 540 | Artificial Intelligence (S) | 4 |
| CS 545 | Machine Learning (F) | 4 |
| AREC 342 | Water Law, Policy, and Institutions (S) | 3 |
| AREC 540 | Economics of Natural Resources (F) | 3 |
| AREC 541 | Environmental Economics (S) | 3 |
| AREC 542 | Applied Advanced Water Resource Economics (S) | 3 |
| AREC 615 | Optimization Methods for Applied Economics (F) | 3 |
| WR 416 | Land Use Hydrology (F) | 3 |
| MATH 520 | Nonlinear Programming (S) | 3 |
| MATH 525 | Optimal Control (S) | 3 |
| NR 323 | Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation (F) | 3 |
| NR 503 | Remote Sensing and Image Analysis (F) | 3 |
| NR 505 | Concepts in GIS (F) | 4 |
| * even years | ||
| † odd years | ||