The Hydrologic Sciences Academic Concentration (HSAC) is available to both Masters and Ph.D. degree students. The programs require 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 Ecology; (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. Courses may be transferred in from non-UF Master’s programs via the petition process. Transfer credit must be approved by the University of Florida before being considered as a course for the concentration. A minimum of 50% of the courses for the concentration must be taken at the University of Florida to satisfy concentration requirements. Undergraduate courses will not be used to satisfy requirements for the concentration.
Topic | Course Number | Course Name | Offered Online? | categories_hfilter | tags_hfilter |
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Topic 1: Subsurface Hydrology | ABE6265 | Vadose Zone Water and Solute Transport Modeling | Yes | topic-1 | yes |
Topic 1: Subsurface Hydrology | CWR5125 | Groundwater Flow 1 | topic-1 | ||
Topic 1: Subsurface Hydrology | CWR6537 | Contaminant Subsurface Hydrology | topic-1 | ||
Topic 1: Subsurface Hydrology | GLY5247 | Surface and Groundwater Interactions | Yes | topic-1 | yes |
Topic 1: Subsurface Hydrology | GLY5827 | Groundwater Geology | Yes | topic-1 | yes |
Topic 1: Subsurface Hydrology | SWS5605C | Environmental Soil Physics | Yes | topic-1 | yes |
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | ABE6254 | Simulation of Agricultural Watersheds | Yes | topic-2 | yes |
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | AOM6736 | Principles and Issues in Environmental Hydrology | Yes | topic-2 | yes |
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | CGN6905 | Special Problems in Civil Engineering (Urban Stormwater System Design) | Yes | topic-2 | yes |
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | CWR5235 | Open Channel Hydraulics | topic-2 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | CWR6116 | Advanced Surface Hydrology | Yes | topic-2 | yes |
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | ENV6416 | Advanced Stormwater Control | Yes | topic-2 | yes |
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | ENV6508 | Wetland Hydrology | Yes | topic-2 | yes |
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | EOC6196 | Littoral Processes | topic-2 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | GEO6282 | Fluvial Morphology and Processes | topic-2 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | OCP6050 | Physical Oceanography | topic-2 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | OCP6295 | Estuarine and Shelf Hydrodynamics 1 | topic-2 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | SWS6932 | Topics in Soils (Landscape Hydrology) | topic-2 | ||
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | ABE6266 | Nanotechnology in Water Research | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | EES6208 | Principles of Water Chemistry 1 | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | GLY5245 | Hydrogeochemistry | topic-3 | ||
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | SWS5406 | Soil and Water Chemistry | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | SWS6448 | Biogeochemistry of Wetlands and Aquatic Systems | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | BOT5695C | Ecosystems of Florida | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | EES5305C | Ecology and General Systems | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | FAS5203C | Biology of Fishes | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | FAS5276C | Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | FAS6154 | Marine Adaptations: Environmental Physiology | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | FAS6171 | Applied Phycology | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | FNR6564 | Ecohydrology | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | PCB5307C | Limnology | topic-4 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | SWS5248 | Wetlands and Water Quality | Yes | topic-4 | yes |
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | SWS5308 | Ecology of Waterborne Pathogens | Yes | topic-4 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE5646 | Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE5707C | Agricultural Waste Management | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE6035 | Advanced Remote Sensing: Science and Sensors | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE6037C | Remote Sensing in Hydrology | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE6252 | Advanced Soil and Water Management Engineering | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE6933 | Special Topics in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Data Diagnostics) | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | CWR6126 | Variable-Density Groundwater Flow | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | EES6309 | Wetland Treatment Systems | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ENV6511 | Biological Wastewater Treatment | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | EOC6850 | Numerical Simulation Techniques in Coastal and Ocean Engineering | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | GIS5306 | Geographic Information Systems Applications in Environmental Systems | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | GLY6826 | Hydrogeologic Modeling | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | MET6752 | Spatial Analysis of Atmospheric Data using GIS | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | OCP6168 | Data Analysis Techniques for Coastal and Ocean Engineers | topic-5 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | SWS5721 | GIS in Land Resource Management | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | AEB6453 | Natural Resource and Environmental Economics | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | EES6051 | Advanced Environmental Planning and Design | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | FNR6669 | Policy & Economics of Natural Resources | Yes | topic-6 | yes |
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | LAA6382 | Ecological and Environmental Policy | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | LAW6930 | Water Law | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | SWS5246 | Water Resource Sustainability | Yes | topic-6 | yes |
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | URP6421 | Environmental Land Use Planning and Management | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | URP6429 | Natural Resources Planning and Management | topic-6 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | SWS6932 | Conservation Hydrology | topic-2 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | EGM5816 | Intermediate Fluid Dynamics | topic-2 | ||
Topic 2: Surface Hydrology | ABE6017 | Stochastic Modeling in Ecology and Hydrology | topic-2 | ||
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | CWR6252 | Environmental Biochemistry of Trace Metals | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | EES5207 | Environmental Quality | topic-3 | ||
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | EES5245 | Water Quality Analysis | EES5245 | topic-3 | ees5245 |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | EES6246 | Advanced Water Analysis | topic-3 | ||
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | ENV6435 | Advanced Water Treatment Process Design | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | ENV6437 | Adavanced Wastewater System Design | topic-3 | ||
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | ENV6438 | Advanced Potable Water Systems Design | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | ENV6439 | Activated Carbon: Environmental Design and Application | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | SWS5115 | Environmental Nutrient Management | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | SWS5224 | Environmental Biogeochemistry | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | SWS5248 | Wetlands and Water Quality | Yes | topic-3 | yes |
Topic 3: Hydrologic Chemistry | SWS6456 | Advanced Biogeochemistry | topic-3 | ||
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | FAS6932 | Freshwater Ecology | Yes | topic-4 | yes |
Topic 4: Hydrologic Biology | ENV6932 | Coastal Systems | topic-4 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE5648 | Modeling Coupled Natural-Human Systems | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE6017 | Stochastic Modeling in Ecology and Hydrology | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | ABE6933 | Special Topics in Agricultural and Biological Engineering: STAT/MACHINE LEARNING | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | EOC6934 | Advanced Topics in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering: Hydro Models Estuarine & Coast | Yes | topic-5 | yes |
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | LAW6470 | Environmental Law | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | LAW6460 | Land Use Planning and Control | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | LAW6472 | Natural Resources Law | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | CPO6795 | Environmental Politics | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | CPO6796 | Water Politics | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | INR6352 | International Environmental Relations | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | ENV5075 | Environmental Policy | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | LAA6382 | Ecological and Environmental Policy | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | AEB7453 | Natural Resource Economics | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | PUP6006 | Policy Evaluation | topic-6 | ||
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | SWS5208 | Sustainable Agricultural and Urban Land Management | Yes | topic-6 | yes |
Topic 6: Hydrologic Policy & Management | ENV6441 | Water Resources Planning and Management | topic-6 | ||
Topic 5: Hydrologic Analysis & Techniques | GEO 6938 | Water Risk and Extreme Events | topic-5 |