| |
Nov 24, 2024
|
|
|
|
|
2023-2024 University of Wyoming Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Water Resources, M.A.
|
|
The purpose of this program is to provide multidisciplinary training in water resources. Training is to be consistent with the rigor of professional water resources demands.
|
Program Specific Degree Requirements
The academic program of study undertaken by the candidate must be designed to enhance the student’s background and expertise through formal graduate-level coursework in the areas of: (1) technical hydrology, (2) natural resources economics and/or law, and (3) water quality. To ensure a minimum multidisciplinary character, the course program must contain nine hours of coursework with at least 3 hours from each of the aforementioned areas and at least 6 of those credit hours must be from outside the student’s sponsoring department, along with a 1 credit hour seminar on water resources organized through the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. Only Plan A master’s degree programs, which require the writing of a thesis in the water resources area, are acceptable for the water resources degree option.
Law/Natural Resource Economics (3 Hours)
One-Hour Seminar in Water Issues
Each student in the water resources interdisciplinary major program will be required to complete this course once during their graduate program. As part of the requirements for the seminar: (a) students will be required to present a seminar on a current water resource issue in Wyoming and to develop an executive summary of their issue to distribute to class participants. Each student is also required to participate in a discussion group following each seminar which stresses the interdisciplinary nature of the issue; (b) during the course of a student’s graduate program, he/she will be required to present one seminar for the seminar series (preferably on some aspect of their thesis research). This presentation does not have to occur during the semester that the student is officially signed up for seminar credit. Additional Requirements
The master’s degree offered through these affiliations is awarded as a major with each of the sponsoring department’s graduate programs. The water resources interdisciplinary major will be acknowledged on the graduate transcript and thereby certify to potential employers that the candidate has completed an in-depth multidisciplinary course program in the broad area of water resources.
|
|
|