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Water Resources Science (WRS) Courses

Academic Unit: Water Resources Center

WRS 5050 - Special Topics in Water Resources Science (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Practical topics for local water resource management. Policy and institutions, watershed science, civic engagement, assessment, communication, implementation practices, and administration. Requires working with a mentor in local water resource management. Online only.
WRS 5101 - Water Policy
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: PA 5723
Socio-cultural, legal, and economic forces that affect water resource use. Water quality, Clean Water Act contrasted with international laws, roles of State and Local agencies. Water supply, drought, flooding, drainage, irrigation, storage. Sulfide mining, Line 3, hypoxia, wildfire, climate, snowpack, extreme events, China south-to-north transfer, CEC?s, AIS, Aral Sea, CAFOs, and more.
WRS 5150 - Watershed Specialist Training
(2 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Practical topics for water resource management professionals. Current policies and institutions, watershed science, civic engagement, assessment, communication, implementation practices, and administration. Requires working with a mentor in local water resource management. Online only.
WRS 8050 - Special Topics in Water Resources Science (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Special topics in water resources science.
WRS 8060 - Directed Studies in Water Resources Science
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Directed studies in water resources science.
WRS 8095 - Plan B Project
(3 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Optional course for M.S. Plan B students. Can be taken once for up to 3 credits, and may count towards credit minimum.
WRS 8100 - Interdisciplinary Seminar in Water Resources
(.5 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Water Resources
WRS 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
WRS 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
WRS 8581 - Research and Professional Ethics in Water Resources and Environmental Science
(.5 cr; Prereq-[Environmental engineering or water resources science] grad student or instr consent; S-N or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: CEGE 8581, CEGE 8442 (ending 02-SEP-08, was CE 8442 until 08-SEP-15)
Ethics of water resources science and environmental engineering research/practice. Societal responsibility, plagiarism, recording-keeping, authorship, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, professional relationships, fraud, reporting misconduct. Meets during first eight weeks of spring semester.
WRS 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
TBD
WRS 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
WRS 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 96 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Thesis credit: doctoral. 24 cr required

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