Curriculum
This page provides information on HSE Degrees, Admission, and Curriculum.
You can also access the CSM Graduate School online application.
Degrees:
The Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program currently offers the following degrees:
- Combined Baccalaureate & Masters of Science, Hydrology
- Masters of Science, Hydrology (thesis or non-thesis option)
- Ph.D., Hydrology
To see the HSE Graduate Handbook, click here.
The M.S. non-thesis option is based exclusively upon coursework and a project report. The thesis option is
comprised of coursework in combination with individual laboratory,
modeling and/or field research performed under the guidance of a faculty
advisor and presented in a written thesis written approved by the student�s
committee. HSE also offers a
combined Baccalaureate/Masters degree program in which CSM
students obtain an undergraduate degree in a CSM undergratduate
degree program track (e.g., B.S. in Geological Engineering), as
well as a thesis or non-
thesis M.S. in Hydrology. As many as six credit hours
may be counted toward the requirements of both the B.S. and M.S.
degrees. Please see the Combined Undergraduate/Graduate Programs
sections in the Graduate
and Undergraduate Bulletins for additional information.
To
achieve the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, students are
expected to complete a combination of coursework and original
research, under the guidance of a faculty advisor and
Doctoral committee, that culminates in a significant scholarly
contribution to a specialized field in hydrologic sciences or
engineering. Full-time enrollment is expected and leads to the
greatest success, although part-time enrollment may be
allowed under special circumstances. All doctoral students
must complete the full-time, on-campus residency
requirements described in the general section of the Graduate Bulletin.
Admission:
Currently, students will apply to the hydrology program through the Graduate School and be
assigned to the HSE participating department of the student�s
HSE advisor. Participating departments including Chemistry and
Geochemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering
(ESE), Geology and Geological Engineering (GGE), Geophysical
Engineering, Mining Engineering (ME), and Petroleum
Engineering (PE).
Curriculum:
Sudents are required to take courses from a "core list" of 4 classes plus a field methods class, and a number of electives.
- M.S. Non-Thesis Option: 36 total credit hours, consisting of 30 h of coursework, and 6 h of Independent Study working on a research project with HSE faculty.
- M.S. Thesis Option: 36 total credit hours, consisting of 24 h of coursework, and 12 h of research. Students must also write and orally defend a research thesis.
- Ph.D.: 72 total credit hours, consisting of coursework (at least 15 h), and research (at least 24 h). The student's committee will determine the final amount of classwork to be taken. Ph.D. students must also successfully complete written and oral qualifying examinations, write and defend a dissertation proposal, write and defend a doctoral dissertation, and are expected to submit the dissertation work for publication in scholarly journals.
A minor degree is not required for HSE graduate degrees.
Required
HSE Classes:
- Ground Water Engineering (GEGN 466, fall)
- Surface Water Hydrology (GEGN 582, fall)
- Contaminant Fate and Transport (either ESGN 520 for surface-water emphasis (fall) or ESGN 522 for groundwater emphasis (spring)
- Environmental Aqueous Chemistry (ESGN 500*, fall)
*Students whose thesis have a contaminant transport or hydrochemistry focus should take CHGC 509 (Aqueous geochemistry-fall) and ESGN 555 (Environmental Organic Chemistry - spring) in lieu of ESGN 500
Electives:
| Course | Name | Credits |
| GEGN 583 | Mathematical Modeling of Ground Water Systems | 3 |
| GEGN 683 | Advanced Groundwater Modeling | 3 |
| ESGN 622 | Multiphase Fluids Transport | 3 |
| GEGN 681 | Vadose-Zone Hydrology | 3 |
| GEGN 581 | Advanced Hydrogeology | 3 |
| GEGN 682 | Flow And Transport In Fractured Rock | 3 |
| GEGN 598 | Snow Hydrology | 3 |
| ESGN 510 | Limnology | 3 |
| ESGN 520 | Water Quality Modeling | 3 |
| ESGN 527 | Watershed Systems Analysis | 3 |
| ESGN 528 | Watershed Modeling | 3 |
| ESGN 503 | Environmental Pollution, Fate, Sources | 3 |
| ESGN 575 | Hazardous Waste Site Remediation | 3 |
| CHGC 610 | Isotope Geochemistry | 3 |
| GEGN 585 | Hydrochemical Modeling | 3 |
| GEGN 684 | Chemical Modeling of Aqueous Systems | 3 |
| EGGN 454 | Water Supply Engineering | 3 |
| ESGN 603 | Water Reuse and Treatment | 3 |
| GPGN 509 | Physical and Chemical Processes | 3 |
| GPGN 574 | Ground Water Geophysics | 3 |
| GPGN 507 | Near Surface Field Methods | 3 |
| EGES 533 | Unsaturated Soil Mechanics | 3 |
| EGES 534 | Soil Behavior | 3 |
| EGES 553 | Engineering Hydrology | 3 |
| EGES 554 | Open Channel Flow | 3 |
| GEGN 470 | Ground Water Engineering Design | 3 |
| EGGN 473 | Fluid Mechanics II | 3 |
| ESGN 500 | Environmental Aqueous Chemistry | 3 |
| CHGC/GEGN 509 | Aqueous Geochemistry | 3 |
| ESGN 510 | Environmental Radiochemistry | 3 |
| ESGN 525 | Chemistry of the Soil-water Interface | 3 |
| ESGN/CHGC 555 | Environmental Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHGC 640 | Soil Gas Geochemistry | 3 |
| ESGN 401 | Fundamentals of Ecology | 3 |
| ESGN 542/ CHGC 562 | Microbiology & the Environment | 3 |
| ESGN 543/ CHGC 563 | Environmental Microbiology | 2 |
| ESGN 544 | Aquatic Toxicology | 3 |
| GEGN 532 | Geological Data Analysis | 3 |
| GEGN 575 | Applications of GIS | 3 |
| GEOL 545 | Intro to Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GEGN 542 | Advanced Engineering Geomorphology | 3 |
| GEGN 573 | Site Investigation | 3 |
| ESGN 601 | Risk Assessment | 3 |
| EBGN 510** | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| ESGN 502** | Environmental Law | 3 |
| ESGN 593** | Environmental Compliance and Permit | 3 |
| LISS 504** | Water Politics and Policy | 3 |
*Students who plan to incorporate hydrochemistry into their research may elect to
replace CHGC 505 with a two-course combination that includes an aqueous
inorganic chemistry course (e.g., GEGN 509 or ESGN 500) and an aqueous
environmental organic chemistry course (e.g., CHGC/ESGN 555).
**EBGN
510, ESGN 502, ESGN 593, LISS 504: No more than two of these courses
may be taken as part of a the 24 hour course requirement for an thesis
MS, and no more than 3 of these courses may be taken as part of the 30
hour course requirement for a non-thesis MS.