Graduate Programs

The Environmental Science and Management (ESM) graduate program provides a curriculum that will develop scientists and managers able to analyze and understand environmental systems, predict environmental change and participate in the management of the environment. Each student conducts research and completes a thesis or project; each student develops depth in a specific academic area; and each student develops breadth through a set of core courses that include concepts in physical systems, ecological systems and management. Areas of primary specialization are terrestrial, urban and aquatic ecology as they relate to human impacts and management. ESM offers the Masters of Science (MS), the Masters of Environmental Management (MEM), and the Professional Science Masters (PSM) degrees. The Department also participates in the Earth, Environment, & Society Ph.D. degree

The following procedures are designed to assure that the student is qualified to pursue both the program itself and a successful career in environmental science and management.

Admission requirements

Environmental Science and Management M.S.

Environmental Science and Management M.E.M.

Environmental Science and Management P.S.M.

Hydrology Graduate Certificate

Hydrology Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate of Hydrology is designed to give students advanced training in hydrology, and leads to professional certification with the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH).

Surface Hydrology Core

Take one of the following:
CE 565/ESM 525Watershed Hydrology

4

G 566Glaciology

4

Geog 514Hydrology

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Hydrogeology Core

Take one of the following:
CE 569Subsurface Hydrology

4

ESM 579/CE 579Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment

4

G 543Ground Water Geology

4

G 545Geochemistry

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Water Quality Core

Take one of the following:
CE 578Water Quality Modeling

4

ESM 527Watershed Biogeochemistry

4

ESM 575Limnology and Aquatic Ecology

4

ESM 579/CE 579Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment

4

G 545Geochemistry

4

G 548Chemical Hydrogeology

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Category I Elective

Take one of the following:
CE 561Water Resource Systems Analysis

4

CE 565/ESM 525Watershed Hydrology

4

CE 566/ESM 566Environmental Data Analysis

4

CE 569Subsurface Hydrology

4

CE 572Environmental Fluid Mechanical Transport

4

CE 576Environmental Fluid Mechanics

4

CE 578Water Quality Modeling

4

CE 581The Columbia River as a System

2

CE 587/Ch 587Aquatic Chemistry

4

CE 590Soil and Groundwater Restoration

4

ESM 520Ecological Toxicology

4

ESM 524Wetland Ecology

4

ESM 526Ecology of Streams and Rivers

4

ESM 527Watershed Biogeochemistry

4

ESM 575Limnology and Aquatic Ecology

4

ESM 577Limnology Laboratory

2

ESM 579/CE 579Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment

4

G 543Ground Water Geology

4

G 544Well Dynamics

4

G 545Geochemistry

4

G 548Chemical Hydrogeology

4

G 566Glaciology

4

Geog 514Hydrology

4

Geog 547Urban Streams

4

Geog 594GIS for Water Resources

4

Ph 526Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Category II Elective

Take two of the following:
Bi 523Microbial Ecology

4

CE 561Water Resource Systems Analysis

4

CE 565/ESM 525Watershed Hydrology

4

CE 566/ESM 566Environmental Data Analysis

4

CE 569Subsurface Hydrology

4

CE 572Environmental Fluid Mechanical Transport

4

CE 573Numerical Methods in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

4

CE 574Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering

4

CE 576Environmental Fluid Mechanics

4

CE 578Water Quality Modeling

4

CE 581The Columbia River as a System

2

CE 582Introduction to Sediment Transport

4

CE 583Estuarine Circulation

4

CE 587/Ch 587Aquatic Chemistry

4

CE 590Soil and Groundwater Restoration

4

ESM 563Water Quality Policy & Management

4

ESM 567Multivariate Analysis of Environmental Data

4

ESM 571/Ph 571Atmospheric Physics

4

ESM 573Phytoplankton Ecology

4

ESM 575Limnology and Aquatic Ecology

4

ESM 577Limnology Laboratory

2

ESM 579/CE 579Fate and Transport of Toxics in the Environment

4

ESM 580Coastal Marine Ecology

4

ESM 583Marine Conservation and Management

4

G 520Applied Geophysics

4

G 523Statistics and Data Analysis in the Geosciences

4

G 524Geographical Information Systems for the Natural Sciences

4

G 543Ground Water Geology

4

G 544Well Dynamics

4

G 545Geochemistry

4

G 547Environmental Sediment Transport

4

G 548Chemical Hydrogeology

4

G 561Environmental Geology

4

G 566Glaciology

4

G 570Engineering Geology

4

Geog 512Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4

Geog 514Hydrology

4

Geog 546Water Resource Management

4

Geog 547Urban Streams

4

Geog 580Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

4

Geog 581Digital Image Analysis I: Introduction

4

Geog 588/USP 591Geographic Information Systems I: Introduction

4

Geog 594GIS for Water Resources

4

Geog 597Advanced Spatial Quantitative Analysis

4

Total Credit Hours:8

Total Credit Hours: 24