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University of Arizona

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There are several ways that a student can reach the requisite number of 30 semester credit hours within the following framework:

Prior to Residency Semester

Meet Undergraduate and prerequisite requirements, best to start in January.

Residency Semester

Required & Elective Courses 12 hrs.
Seminar Designed for Corps _ 3 hrs.
  15 hrs.

Post-Residency Semester

Project

up to 6 hrs.
Transfer of credits up to 9 hrs.
Web-based courses up to 6 hrs.
    15 hrs.


Two examples are as follows:

Fall 2003 residency

  HWR 500 3 hrs.
  HWR 543 3 hrs.
  GEOS 578 3 hrs.
  HWR 642 3 hrs.
  Seminar 3 hrs.
     
CY 2003
  Project 6 hrs.
  Web-based course, ASU 3 hrs.
  Transfer of 2 courses 6 hrs.
     
  TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 30 hrs.

Fall 2003 residency

  Law 641 3 hrs.
  PA 596L 3 hrs.
  HWR 521/543 3 hrs.
  RNR 581 3 hrs.
  Seminar 3 hrs.
     
CY 2003
  Project 6 hrs.
  Web-based course, ASU 3 hrs.
  Transfer of 2 courses 6 hrs.
     
  TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 30 hrs.

 

Table 1 - Comparison of UCOWR Proposal & UA Courses


UCOWR Suggested Curriculum

University of Arizona Curriculum

Philosophy of Planning

HWR 500
AREC 575
Institutional Consideration AREC 575
LAW 641
HWR 500

Social Decision-Making

HWR 543
HWR 500
AREC 575
Ecology for Water Resources Planning
GEOS 578
HWR 560
HWR 550A/B
CE 645
RNR-RA M 570
RNR Bsn Scl Limn

Engineering for Water Resources Planning

CE 527
CE 502

Economics for Water Resources Planning

HWR 543
AREC 577

Hydrology / Hydraulics / Climatology

GEOS 578
CE 527
HWR 642
CE 523
Quantitative Methods
HWR 521
HWR 642
CE 502
ABE 508
ABE 523
ASU CEE 598

Capstone Course

Project

 



Table 2 - Detailed Comparison of UCOWR Proposed Course Content and Suggested UA Core Courses

1. Philos. of Water Res. Planning
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
perspectives on resource use
x
x
 
x
 
 
population growth

 
 
 
 
 
 
overview, env. policy & thought
x
 
 
x
 
 
planning & evaluation

 
x
 
x
 
 
methods for assessment & eval.
x
x
 
x
 
 
demand forecasting

 
 
 
 
 
x
corps mission

 
 
 
 
 
x
future of water resources planning
x
x
 
 
 
x

(table2 cont.)

2. Institutional Considerations
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
sources of law - constitution
x
 
 
x
 
 
sources of law -
legislative branch
x
 
 
x
 
 
sources of law -
judicial branch
x
 
 
x
 
 
sources of law -
executive branch
x
 
 
x
 
 
legal roles, duties of Army Corps
 
 
 
 
 
x
econ. evaluation of political proc.
 
x
 
 
 
 
water law

x
x
 
x
 
 
env. law - endangered species act
x
x
 
x
 
x
env. law - clean water act

x
x
 
 
 
x
public trust doctrine
 
x
 
x
 
x

(table2 cont.)

3. Social Decision-Making
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
current WR decision-making
x
 
 
 
 
 
market mechanisms

 
x
 
 
 
 
regulation

x
x
 
 
 
 
litigation

x
 
 
 
x
 
collab. methods - public particip.
x
 
 
 
 
 
collab. methods - alt. dispute res.
x
 
 
 
x
x
collab. methods - shared visioning
x
 
 
 
 
 

(table2 cont.)

4. Fundamentals of Ecol for WR
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
organization of the natural world
 
 
 
 
 
 
ecol. of organisms-temp & water
 
 
 
 
 
 
energy & nutrient relations

 
 
 
 
 
x
population distrib. & abundance
 
 
 
 
 
 
population dynamics

 
 
 
 
 
 
population growth models

 
 
 
 
 
 
interactions - competition, niches, disease
 
 
 
 
 
 
interactions - mutualism, pred.
 
 
 
 
 
 
community ecology

 
 
 
 
 
 
food webs, nutrient cycling

 
 
 
 
 
x
ecosystems

 
 
 
 
 
x
large-scale ecological phenomena
 
 
 
 
 
 
ecosystem management

 
 
 
 
 
 
adaptive management

 
 
 
 
 
 
sustainability, economics, social/ legal political framework
x
 
 
 
 
 

(table2 cont.)

5. Intro. to Water Res. Structures
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
intro. to engineering analysis
 
 
 
 
 
 
phys. principles of structr. design
 
 
 
 
 
x
types of engineering studies
 
 
 
 
 
 
dams & reservoirs

 
 
 
 
 
x
hydropower structures

 
 
 
 
 
x
flood control structures

 
 
 
 
 
x
navigation structures

 
 
 
 
 
 
channel regulating structures
 
 
 
 
 
 
water supply structures, incl. gw
 
 
 
 
 
x
envir. maintenance & restoration
x
 
 
 
 
 
non-structural options

x
 
 
 
 
x
emerging issues - rehab, de-comm.
x
 
 
 
 
 

(table2 cont.)

6. Microeconomics for WR Plan
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
mathematical review

 
x
 
x
 
 
consumer demand

 
x
 
 
 
x
supply

 
x
 
 
 
 
markets

 
x
 
 
 
 
time value of money

 
x
 
x
 
 
intro. to welfare economics

 
x
 
 
 
 
other engin. economic tools

 
 
 
x
 
x
benefit-cost analysis

 
x
 
x
 
 
economic forecasting

 
x
 
 
 
 
public sector pricing

 
x
 
 
 
 

(table2 cont.)

7. Hydrology/Hydraulics/Climate
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
Intro. to physical geography
 
 
x
 
 
 
geomorphology & fluvial processes
 
 
x
 
 
 
basic concepts of hydrol. cycle
 
 
x
 
 
 
hydrometeorology

 
 
x
 
 
 
climatic processes

 
 
x
 
 
x
precipitation processes

 
 
x
 
 
x
watershed processes

 
 
x
 
 
 
groundwater hydrology

 
 
x
 
 
 
streamflow hydraulics

 
 
x
 
 
 
principles of fluid mechanics

 
 
x
 
 
 
streamflow hydraulics

 
 
x
 
 
 
hydraulics of pipe systems

 
 
 
 
 
 
flow in estuaries

 
 
x
 
 
 
flood processes

 
 
x
 
 
 
risk & uncertainty

 
 
x
x
 
 

(table2 cont.)

8. Quantitative Methods
Course Component
HWR500
AREC575
CE523
HWR543
LAW 641
Seminar 599
Dynamic Simulation modeling - integrated res. planning & shared vision planning
 
 
 
 
 
x
Sensitivity Analysis

 
 
 
x
 
 
Optimization techniques

 
 
 
 
 
 
Forecasting techniques & use of remote sensing data
 
 
x
 
 
x
Econometric approaches for modeling and forecasting
 
x
 
 
 
x



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