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Doctoral Minor in Water Resources Management

University of Wisconsin-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies 104 courses 11 total credits

About This Program

Any student enrolled in a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral program can pursue a doctoral minor in Water Resources Management. Meeting the increasing human demand for water while ensuring its future availability and quality is a significant societal challenge. The Water Resources Management (WRM) program prepares students to face the complexities of managing this critical natural resource. Students complete coursework that integrates the biological and physical sciences (which identify and measure problems) with engineering (which provides technological alternatives), law, and the social sciences (which assess needs and potential for institutional response). Each WRM student gains breadth in relevant planning and management areas while developing depth in an area specialty. WRM students participate in a summer group practicum workshop with a water resources management focus.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 11 credits

Category A: Natural Science & Technology courses

Code Course Title Credits
AGROECOL 724 Agroecosystems and Global Change 3
ATM OCN 532 Environmental Biophysics 3
ATM OCN 911 Limnology and Marine Science Seminar 1
BOTANY 330 Algae 3
BOTANY 516 Conservation Biology 3
BOTANY 402 Dendrology: Woody Plant Identification and Ecology 3
BOTANY 338 Environmental Biogeography 3
BOTANY 725 Ecosystem Concepts 3
BSE 571 Small Watershed Engineering 3
BSE 372 On-Site Waste Water Treatment and Dispersal 2
BSE 367 Renewable Energy Systems 3
CIV ENGR 310 Fluid Mechanics 3
CIV ENGR 311 Hydroscience 3
CIV ENGR 320 Environmental Engineering 3
CIV ENGR 415 Hydrology 3
CIV ENGR 500 Water Chemistry 3
CIV ENGR 618 Special Topics in Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics 1-3
CIV ENGR 619 Special Topics in Hydrology 1-3
CIV ENGR 717 Water Resources Management Practicum Planning Seminar I 1
ENVIR ST 901 Graduate Orientation Seminar 1
ENVIR ST 360 Extinction of Species 3
ENVIR ST 339 Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies 3-4
ENVIR ST 411 Energy Resources 3
ENVIR ST 361 Wetlands Ecology 3
ENVIR ST 471 Introduction to Environmental Health 3
ENVIR ST 324 Soils and Environmental Quality 3
ENVIR ST 575 Assessment of Environmental Impact 3
ENVIR ST 315 Limnology-Conservation of Aquatic Resources 2
ENVIR ST 510 Ecology of Fishes 3
ENVIR ST 511 Ecology of Fishes Lab 2
GEOG 342 Geography of Wisconsin 3
GEOG 420 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology 3
GEOSCI 875 Advanced Topics in Geology 1-3
GEOSCI 627 Hydrogeology 3-4
LAND ARC 668 Restoration Ecology 3
SOIL SCI 301 General Soil Science 3
SOIL SCI 621 Soil and Environmental Chemistry 3
ZOOLOGY 316 Laboratory for Limnology-Conservation of Aquatic Resources 2-3
ZOOLOGY 955 Seminar-Limnology 1

Category B: Water Resources Institutions & Public Decision-Making Processes courses

Code Course Title Credits
A A E 343 Environmental Economics 3-4
A A E 671 Energy Economics 3
A A E 531 Natural Resource Economics 3
A A E 881 Benefit-Cost Analysis 3
ANTHRO 477 Anthropology, Environment, and Development 3
C&E SOC 375 Special Topics 1-4
C&E SOC 405 Education for Sustainable Communities 3
C&E SOC 541 Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice 3
C&E SOC 617 Community Development 3
CIV ENGR 717 Water Resources Management Practicum Planning Seminar I 1
CSCS 460 Civil Society and Community Leadership 3
ECON 449 Government and Natural Resources 3-4
ENGL 305 Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement 3
ENVIR ST 349 Climate Change Governance 3
ENVIR ST 402 Special Topics: Social Perspectives in Environmental Studies 1-4
ENVIR ST 901 Graduate Orientation Seminar 1
ENVIR ST 515 Natural Resources Policy 3
ENVIR ST 337 Nature, Power and Society 3
ENVIR ST 339 Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies 3-4
ENVIR ST 439 US Environmental Policy and Regulation 3-4
ENVIR ST 430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 3
ENVIR ST 823 Science and Environment Communication 3
ENVIR ST 441 Environmental Ethics 3-4
ENVIR ST 866 Global Environmental Governance 3
ENVIR ST 575 Assessment of Environmental Impact 3
ENVIR ST 843 Land Use Policy and Planning 3
ENVIR ST 865 Water Resources Institutions and Policies 3
ENVIR ST 917 Public Participation for Planning and Policy Making 3
GEOG 340 World Regions in Global Context 3
I SY E 729 Behavioral Analysis of Management Decision Making 3
INTER-HE 801 Special Topics in Human Ecology 1-3
JOURN 566 Communication and Public Opinion 4
LAW 845 Water Rights Law 2-3
LAW 848 Introduction to Environmental Law 3
LAW 830 Land Use Controls 3
LSC 560 Scientific Writing 3
POLI SCI 871 Public Program Evaluation 3
POLI SCI 874 Policy-Making Process 3
POLI SCI 878 Public Management 3
PUB AFFR 974 Topics in Public Affairs 3
URB R PL 590 Contemporary Topics in Urban and Regional Planning 1-3
URB R PL 601 Site Planning 3
URB R PL 731 Introduction to Regional Planning 3
URB R PL 741 Introduction to Planning 3
URB R PL 841 Urban Functions, Spatial Organization and Environmental Form 2-3

Category C: Analytical & Design Tools in Water Resources courses

Code Course Title Credits
A A E 881 Benefit-Cost Analysis 3
BSE 571 Small Watershed Engineering 3
CIV ENGR 310 Fluid Mechanics 3
CIV ENGR 415 Hydrology 3
CIV ENGR 416 Water Resources Systems Analysis 3
CIV ENGR 515 Hydroclimatology for Water Resources Management 3
CIV ENGR 377 An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4
CIV ENGR 516 Hydrologic Data Analysis 3
CIV ENGR 556 Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing 3
ECON 734 Regional Economic Problem Analysis 3
ENVIR ST 371 Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing 3
ENVIR ST 532 Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Planning 3
ENVIR ST 695 Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources 3
ENVIR ST 575 Assessment of Environmental Impact 3
F&W ECOL 571 Statistical Methods for Bioscience I 4
F&W ECOL 572 Statistical Methods for Bioscience II 4
GEOG 378 Introduction to Geocomputing 4
GEOG 500 Qualitative Strategies in Geography 3
GEOG 579 GIS and Spatial Analysis 4
GEOG 970 Seminar in Geographic Information Science 1-3
GEOSCI 627 Hydrogeology 3-4
GEOSCI 724 Groundwater Flow Modeling 3
M H R 728 Bargaining, Negotiating and Dispute Settlement for Managers 3
PUB AFFR 818 Introduction to Statistical Methods for Public Policy Analysis 3
PUB AFFR 819 Advanced Statistical Methods for Public Policy Analysis 3
REAL EST 720 Urban Economics 3
SOC WORK 721 Methods of Planning Analysis 3
STAT 301 Introduction to Statistical Methods 3
URB R PL 841 Urban Functions, Spatial Organization and Environmental Form 2-3

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