Hydrogeology Research at UW-Madison/Curriculum

Curriculum

Information for: prospective graduate students | prospective undergrads

Hydrogeology Program Course Requirements and Descriptions


Required Courses
	Geol 627 - Hydrogeology
	Geol 629 - Contaminant Hydrogeology
	Geol 724 - Groundwater Flow Modeling
	Geol 727 - Advanced Hydrogeology Previous topics have included Finite Elements and Contaminant Transport Modeling
	Geol 729 - Fields Methods in Hydrogeology
	Geol 929 - Seminar in Hydrogeology - Previous seminars have included Wetland Hydrogeology, Groundwater / Surface Water Interactions, Arid Lands Hydrology, History of Hydrogeology and Karst Hydrogeology of the Yucatan
	Geol 875 - Department Graduate Seminar - Weekly seminar where Geology graduate students present their research
	CEE 315 - Hydrology
	CEE 310 - Fluid Mechanics
One of the following:
	Soil Sci 621 - Soil Chemistry
	CEE 500 - Water Chemistry
If the student has not taken a good course in stratigraphy, he/she is required to take:
	Geol 303 - Fluids and Sedimentary Processes

It is strongly recommended that at least one of the following courses be selected
	Geol 594/595 - Intro to Applied Geophysics
	Geol 420 - Glacial and Pleistocene Geology
Other Recommended Courses
	CEE 501 - Intermediate Water Analysis
	CEE 700 - Chemistry of Natural Waters
	CEE 502 - Environmental Organic Chemistry
	Math 319 - Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations
	CEE 716 - Statistical Modeling of Hydrologic Systems
	CEE 330 - Soil Mechanics
	Soil Sci 622 - Soil Physics
	CEE 619 - Special Topics in Hydrology - Previous topics have included Environmental Systems Modeling, Hydrologic Restoration
	Landscape Arch 361 - Wetlands Ecology
	Zoo 315/316 - Limnology
	IES 710 - Field Investigations in Wetland Ecology
	Law 845 - Water Rights Law
	CEE 357 - An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
	CEE 635 - Remediation Geotechnics
	Soil Sci 523 - Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
	BSE 571 - Small Watershed Engineering
	BSE 372 - On-site Waste Water Treatment and Dispersal

Water Resources Management Program

Some students concurrently enroll in the M.S. program in Water Resources Management offered through the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. This program offers greater exposure to the social and political aspects of water resources.

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