Admission
To be admitted to the Hydrologic Sciences Academic Concentration (HSAC) you should:
- Be enrolled as a graduate student in a department that participates in the HSAC.
- Choose a supervisory committee that meets HSAC requirements. When you submit your supervisory committee form to your department’s Academic Advising Office, make sure that you are listed on the form as a member of the concentration ( i.e. enter Track code=HDS)
- Develop a Plan of Study that meets the requirements set forth in the Curriculum page.
- Submit on-line HSAC application as soon as possible. HSAC members enjoy student-faculty interactions, socials, and hydrologic sciences seminars
- For more information contact HSAC Faculty Chair Dr. David Kaplan , or student representative Ali Alruzuq
SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE
The Supervisor for a candidate for the course-work only Masters degree and the non-thesis Masters degree must be a member of the HSAC faculty. The Supervisory Committee for a candidate for the thesis M.S. degree and the Ph.D. degree within the HSAC shall be comprised of no fewer than two HSAC faculty.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The Hydrologic Sciences Academic Concentration is available to both Masters and Ph.D. degree students. The program requires graduate students to complete a core curriculum in Hydrologic Sciences, which comprises courses in the following six Topics: (1) Subsurface Hydrology; (2) Surface Hydrology; (3) Hydrologic Chemistry; (4) Hydrologic Biology; (5) Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques; and (6) Hydrologic Policy & Management.
Graduate students are required to complete 12 credit hours by taking one subsurface hydrology course from Topic 1 and one surface hydrology course from Topic 2, and at least one course in two of the four remaining Topics.
Current HSAC courses are listed here.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The Hydrologic Sciences Academic Concentration is available to both Masters and Ph.D. degree students. The program requires graduate students to complete a core curriculum in Hydrologic Sciences, which comprises courses in the following six Topics: (1) Subsurface Hydrology; (2) Surface Hydrology; (3) Hydrologic Chemistry; (4) Hydrologic Biology; (5) Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques; and (6) Hydrologic Policy & Management.
Graduate students are required to complete 12 credit hours by taking one subsurface hydrology course from Topic 1 and one surface hydrology course from Topic 2, and at least one course in two of the four remaining Topics.
Current HSAC courses are listed here.