Watershed Assessment and Restoration (Certificate)
The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering offers a Graduate Certificate Program in Watershed Assessment and Restoration.
Objectives
- Provide a focus and formal program for students from many disciplines to pursue training in the technical and engineering aspects of designing and analyzing environmental systems with an emphasis on the watershed-scale.
- Provide students the opportunity to develop a solid foundation in engineering systems targeted at environmental issues, particularly related to non-point sources and their impact on water quality at the watershed-scale.
- Provide practicing engineers and other professionals a source of graduate level engineering education in the environmental field.
Program Requirements
A minimum of 12 hours of coursework selected from the list below. One course can be selected from outside of BAE (up to 2 credit hours), but at least 9 credit hours must be BAE courses.
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Admission Requirements
Applicants must have successfully completed an accredited undergraduate engineering program with a GPA of 3.0 (based on a 4.0 scale), or with an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 2.8 coupled with a 3.0 or higher in the undergraduate major, or be currently enrolled in a graduate engineering program. Applicants with a four-year undergraduate science degree who have successfully completed (with a C or better) calculus, differential equations, physics and chemistry will also be considered. A program that includes fluid mechanics or hydraulics is highly recommended. Environmental professionals who do not meet the above criteria may also qualify if appropriate experience can be demonstrated.
Applicant Information
- Delivery Method: On-Campus, Online, Hybrid
- Entrance Exam: None
- Interview Required: None
Application Deadlines
- Fall: July 15
- Summer: April 15
Plan Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 9 | |
| Select three of the following courses: | ||
| Precision Agriculture Technology | ||
| GIS Applications in Precision Agriculture | ||
| Irrigation and Drainage | ||
| Introduction to Hydrologic and Water Quality Modeling | ||
| Design of Structural Stormwater Best Management Practices | ||
| Circular Approach to Manure Management | ||
| Wetlands Design and Restoration | ||
| Introduction to Land and Water Engineering | ||
| Open Channel Hydraulics for Natural Systems | ||
| Risk and Failure Assessment of Stream Restoration Structures | ||
| Stream Corridor 3 Es: Ecohydraulics, Engineering and Ethics | ||
| Introduction to Fluvial Geomorphology | ||
| Elective Course | 3 | |
| "Elective Course" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee | ||
| Total Hours | 12 | |