ESR MS-MEM Areas of Concentration

Air Resources

Students studying in the Air Resources track must select at least 15 credits of courses from the following list. Most courses have prerequisites.

Biology
Bi 514 Ornithology (6 cr)
Bi 518 Comparative Animal Phys (3 cr)
Bi 519 Animal Physiology Lab (3 cr)
Bi 520 Microbiology (6 cr)
Bi 523 Microbial Ecology (4 cr)
Bi 541 Plant Physiology (5 cr)
Bi 542 Plant Physiology Lab (3 cr)
Bi 561 Invertebrate Ecology (3 cr)
Bi 570 General Ecology (3 cr)
Bi 571 Plant Ecology (4 cr)
Geography
Geog 511 Climatic Analysis (4 cr)
Geog 545 Resource Management (4 cr)
Geog 548 The Urban Forest (4 cr)
Geog 582 Environ Remote Sensing (4 cr)
Geog 588 GIS I: Introduction (4 cr)
Geog 592 GIS II: Applications (4 cr)
Geology
G 520 Applied Geophysics (4 cr)
G 537 Analytical Methods (4 cr)
G 545 Geochemistry (4 cr)
Physics
Ph 572 Intro to Nonlin Dynam & Chaos (4 cr)
Ph 592 Radiation in the Environment (3 cr)
Chemistry
Ch 512 Adv Inorganic Chem (4 cr)
Ch 518 Adv Chem Lab (4 cr)
Ch 526 Instrumental Analysis (2 cr)
Ch 527 Instrumental Analysis Lab (2 cr)
Ch 622 Trace Metal Analysis (3 cr)
Ch 661 Photochemistry (3 cr)
Ch 670 Atmospheric Chemistry (3 cr)
Environmental Sciences and Resources
ESR 520 Ecological Toxicology (4 cr)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
EAS 517/8/9 Systems Anal & Syn (3/3/3 cr)
CE 546 Num Meth in Geotechnical Eng (4 cr)
CE 547 Earth Dams (4 cr)
CE 572 Environmental Fluid Mechanics I (4 cr)
CE 576 Environmental Fluid Mech. II (4 cr)
CE 577 Solid & Haz Waste Mgmt (4 cr)
CE 578 Water Quality Modeling (4 cr)
ME 523 Internal Combustion Engines (3 cr)
ME 524 Turbines (3 cr)
ME 754 Intro to Air Conservation (3 cr)
ME 536 Analysis of Powerplant Cycles (3 cr)
ME 540 Cumbustion (3 cr)
Urban and Public Affairs
USP 556 Urban Trans: Problems & Policies (3 c)
PHS 545 Prin of Environmental Health (3 cr)

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Water Resources

Students studying in the Water Resources track must select at least 15 credits of courses from the following list. Most courses have prerequisites.

Anthropology
Anth 514 Culture and Ecology (4 cr)
Biology
Bi 518 Comparative Animal Phys (3 cr)
Bi 519 Animal Physiology Lab (3 cr)
Bi 520 Microbiology (6 cr)
Bi 523 Microbial Ecology (4 cr)
Bi 545 Algal Physiology (4 cr)
Bi 561 Invertebrate Ecology (3 cr)
Bi 570 General Ecology (3 cr)
Bi 571 Limnology and Aquatic Ecology (4 cr)
Bi 571 Limnology Laboratory (2 cr)
Bi 581 Microbial Physiology (3 cr)
Bi 583/4 Microbiology Lab (1/1 cr)
Chemistry
Ch 512 Adv Inorganic Chem (4 cr)
Ch 518 Adv Chem Lab (4 cr)
Ch 526 Instrumental Analysis (2 cr)
Ch 622 Trace Metal Analysis (3 cr)
Ch 634 Adv Topics in Organic Chem(3 cr)
Ch 635 Physical Organic Chemistry (3 cr)
Environmental Sciences and Resources
ESR 520 Ecological Toxicology (4 cr)
ESR 524 Wetland Ecology (4 cr)
ESR 525 Watershed Hydrology (4 cr)
ESR 526 Ecology of Streams and Rivers (4 cr)
Geography
Geog 514 Hydrology (4 cr)
Geog 546 Water Resources Mgmt (4 cr)
Geog 582 Environ Remote Sensing (4 cr)
Geog 588 GIS I: Introduction (4 cr)
Geog 592 GIS II: Applications (4 cr)
Geology
G 519 Advanced Geochemistry (3 cr)
G 520 Applied Geophysics (4 cr)
G 521 Fluid/rock Interactions (3 cr)
G 541 Groundwater Modeling (3 cr)
G 543 Groundwater geology (4 cr)
G 544 Well Dynamics (4 cr)
G 545 Geochemistry (4 cr)
G 547 Sedimentology (4 cr)
G 548 Chemical Hydrology (3 cr)
G 561 Environmental Geology (3 cr)
Physics
Ph 572 Intro to Nonlin Dynam & Chaos (4 cr)
Ph 592 Radiation in the Environment (3 cr)
Ph 593/4/5 Biophysics Lab (1/1/1 cr)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
EAS 517/8/9 Systems Anal & Syn (3/3/3 cr)
CE 546 Num. Methods in Geotech Eng (4 cr)
CE 561 Water Resource Systems Anal (4 cr)
CE 564 Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling (4 cr)
CE 565 Advanced Hydrology (4 cr)
CE 566 Intro to SubsFlow & Contam Trans (4 cr)
CE 570 Num Mod of Subs Flow & Cont.Trans (4 cr)
CE 573 Num Meth in Env. & Water R. Eng (4 cr)
CE 572 Environmental Fluid Mechanics I (4 cr)
CE 576 Environmental Fluid Mechanics II (4 cr)
CE 578 Water Quality Modeling (4 cr)
Urban and Public Affairs
USP 565 Water Res: Policies and Admin (3 cr)
PHS 545 Prin of Environmental Health (3 cr)

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Land Resources

Students studying in the Land Resources track must select at least 15 credits of courses from the following list. Most courses have prerequisites.

Anthropology
Anth 514 Culture and Ecology (4 cr)
Anth 515 Applied Anthropology (4cr)
Anth 516 Urban Anthropology (4cr)
Anth 551 History of Archaeology (4cr)
Anth 552 Lab Methods in Arch (4cr)
Anth 553 Arch Field Methods (4 cr)
Biology
Bi 513 Herpetology (6cr)
Bi 514 Ornithology (6 cr)
Bi 515 Mammalogy (6 cr)
Bi 518 Comparative Animal Phys (3 cr)
Bi 519 Animal Physiology Lab (3 cr)
Bi 520 Microbiology (6 cr)
Bi 523 Microbial Ecology (4 cr)
Bi 534 Plant Anatomy (5 cr)
Bi 541 Plant physiology (5 cr)
Bi 542 Plant physiology Lab (3 cr)
Bi 561 Invertebrate Ecology (3 cr)
Bi 570 General Ecology (3 cr)
Bi 571 Plant Ecology (4 cr)
Bi 581 Microbial Physiology (3 cr)
Bi 583/4 Microbiology Lab (1/1 cr)
Chemistry
Ch 512 Adv Inorganic Chem (4 cr)
Ch 518 Adv Chem Lab (4 cr)
Ch 526 Instrumental Analysis (2 cr)
Ch 527 Instrumental Analysis Lab (2 cr)
Ch 622 Trace Metal Analysis (3 cr)
Environmental Sciences and Resources
ESR 520 Ecological Toxicology (4 cr)
ESR 524 Wetland Ecology (4 cr)
ESR 525 Watershed Hydrology (4 cr)
Geography
Geog 512 Advanced Geomorphology (4 cr)
Geog 513 Biogeography of PNW (4 cr)
Geog 515 Soils and Land Use (4 cr)
Geog 517 Periglacial Geomorph (4 cr)
Geog 530 Cultural Geography (4 cr)
Geography (Cont...)
Geog 545 Resource Management (4 cr)
Geog 548 The Urban Forest (4 cr)
Geog 582 Environ Remote Sensing (4 cr)
Geog 585 Map Design and Production (4 cr)
Geog 588 GIS I: Introduction (4 cr)
Geog 592 GIS II: Applications (4 cr)
Geology
G 519 Advanced Geochemistry (3 cr)
G 520 Applied Geophysics (4 cr)
G 521 Fluid/rock Interactions (3 cr)
G 537 Analytical Methods (4 cr)
G 545 Geochemistry (4 cr)
G 546 Economic Geology (4 cr)
G 547 Sedimentology (4 cr)
G 560 Morph and Genesis of Soils (4 cr)
G 561 Environmental Geology (3 cr)
G 574 Geomorphic Processes (4 cr)
G 575 Introduction to seismology (3 cr)
G 576 Seismic Evaluation (3 cr)
Physics
Ph 572 Intro to Nonlin Dynam & Chaos (4 cr)
Ph 581 Physical Metallurgy (2 cr)
Ph 583 Physical Metallurgy Lab (1 cr)
Ph 592 Radiation in the Environment (3 cr)
Ph 593/4/5 Biophysics Lab (1/1/1 cr)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
EAS 517/8/9 Systems Anal & Syn (3/3/3 cr)
CE 520 Adv Mechanics of Materials (4 cr)
CE 541 Advanced Soil Mechanics (4 cr)
CE 542 In situ Beh & Testing of Soils (4 cr)
CE 543 Introduction to Seismology (4 cr)
CE 545 Seismic Site Evaluation (4 cr)
CE 546 Num Meth in Geotechnical Eng (4 cr)
CE 547 Earth Dams (4 cr)
CE 577 Solid & Haz Waste Mgmt (4 cr)
Urban and Public Affairs
USP 556 Urban Trans: Problems & Policies (3 cr)

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