Participating Universities

University of Arizona

Core Courses

M.Eng. General Courses	6 units	Applied Engineering Math (3), Engineering Business/Management (3)	See General Course@ options list
Core Courses*	6 units	Surface Hydrology (3), Groundwater Hydrology (3), Water Quality (3), Water Resources Systems-Planning-Policy (3)	See Core Course@ options list
Elective Courses	12 units	Areas of Concentration: Hydraulics, Surface Water, Water Resources Policy, Water Resources Systems, Groundwater, Irrigation Engineering	See Elective Course@ options list
Project	1-6 units*	*The home department faculty advisor, in consultation with the M.Eng. WR faculty coordinators may approve elective course units in lieu of all but one unit of project.	An approved project is usually practice oriented based on the student's regular job duties. The written project report includes academic interpretation and analysis. The final oral exam is based on the project.

Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC)

AREC 575 Economic Evaluation of Water and Environmental Policy

Uses economic theory and methods to analyze the incentives generated by public policies, including: measuring social costs and benefits; the economic rationale for public policies; non?market valuation methods; efficient resource pricing; and least cost attainment of policy objectives. Focus on U.S. environmental regulations, water and public land management.

Civil Engineering (CE)

CE 523 Hydrology

Topics of the hydrologic cycle and their interrelationship, such as rainfall, infiltration, evaporation, and runoff. Statistical and probabilistic methods in water supply and flood hydrology.

Hydrology and Water Resources (HWR)

HWR 500 Ecosystemology for Urban Planning

Introduction to conceptual tools used in complex ecosystems, particularly cities and urban areas; integration of human residents with larger natural systems (human ecology); environmental impact assessment (EIA) and statement (EIS). Water resource planning and impact on regional ecosystems; technical, legal, ethical dimensions of water transfer. Decision making processes, including Alternative Dispute Resolution.

HWR 543 Environmental Risk and Economic Analysis

Donald Davis

Environmental risk analysis, environmental economics, and quantitative benefit-cost-risk planning and regulation applied to water resources. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper on an applied aspect of the course.

PROJECT COURSE

In addition to the core and elective courses listed above, the degree program includes a project requirement. Completed after returning to their job, the project is meant to demonstrate the student's ability to apply what he or she learned in the classroom to a real-world issue or problem related to their work. The project can be worth up to 6 credit hours; alternatively, the requirement can be waived and additional course work substituted.

SPECIAL SEMINAR COURSE

It is unlikely that any combination of five courses in one semester will completely cover all curriculum topics identified by the UCOWR committee. In addition, this limited number of courses prevents students from appreciating the state of the art in many areas of water resources management. Therefore, we are developing a special 3-credit seminar course for Corps students, but open to all students on campus, to fill some of these critical gaps.

The seminar, tentatively listed as HWR 599, will be jointly coordinated by Margaret Peterson, PhD, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ret.) and University of Arizona Prof. of Civil Engineering, and Gary Woodard, JD, MPP, Asst. Director of SAHRA. The course will consist of twice-weekly guest lectures by University of Arizona faculty, and once-weekly seminars by visiting experts. Seminar topics will include:

History of the Army Corps of Engineers and Water Resource Management (B. Colby, M. Peterson)
Water Control Structures and Operations (M. Peterson)
Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Variability and Climate Change Impacts (R. Bales, J. Overpeck)
Transboundary Water Issues - when rivers or aquifers define or cross borders between nations, states, and reservation and non-reservation lands (B. Colby, D. Liverman, R. Varedy)
Emerging Water Quality Issues - Arsenic, Radon, emerging pathogens, trace pharmaceuticals
Impacts of Changing Water Quality on Urban Systems (G. Woodard)
Managing Water at the Watershed Level (D. Goodrich, M. Conklin)
Advances in Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management (S. Sorooshian, Bisher Imam)
Water Demand Forecasting - Effects of price and income; traditional and emerging water uses (G. Woodard, ???)
Applications of Dynamic Simulation Modeling (K. Lansey, J. Valdes)
New Isotopic Tools in Hydrology (B. Erkwizel, J. Hogan)

Note: Some courses are available on alternate semesters, and all courses are subject to revision or expiration. Verify degree program requirements and course listings with an advisor at the university.

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Revised 25 Jul 2008