HYDROSCIENCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MATH 222 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. List and explain the fundamental processes of the hydrologic cycle Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the importance of hydrology and water resources in society Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Use hydrologic principles to address engineering problems related to water supply, flooding, and environmental quality Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Derive and use quantitative relationships to describe hydrologic behavior Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Examine the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of water availability under conditions of changing land use, climate, and demand and environmental issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of water management and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Synthesize the connections to and importance of hydrological processes and methods in broader contemporary interdisciplinary water resources and environmental issues Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. List and explain the fundamental processes of the hydrologic cycle Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the importance of hydrology and water resources in society Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Use hydrologic principles to address engineering problems related to water supply, flooding, and environmental quality Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Derive and use quantitative relationships to describe hydrologic behavior Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Examine the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of water availability under conditions of changing land use, climate, and demand and environmental issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of water management and identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Synthesize the connections to and importance of hydrological processes and methods in broader contemporary interdisciplinary water resources and environmental issues Audience: Graduate