Program Overview

Water Resources Policy and Management Graduate Major (MS)

Overview

The Water Resources Policy and Management Graduate Major (MS) is offered with specialization in the human dimensions of water resources policy and management. Seminars, readings, and conferences in water resources policy and management are offered by the Water Resources Graduate Program and several affiliated departments.

Program Details

• The graduate degree options are structured around courses designed to broaden the student's education in water resources policy and management.
• Many departments and schools across the university offer courses related to water resources policy and management.
• About 20 departments conduct teaching or research programs in water resources.

Learning Outcomes

• Conduct research or produce some other form of creative work.
• Demonstrate mastery of subject material.
• Conduct scholarly or professional activities in an ethical manner.

Course Requirements

Core Courses

• WRP 507: SEMINAR (1 credit)
• or WRS 507: SEMINAR (1 credit)
• WRP 505: READING AND CONFERENCE (1 credit)
• or WRE 505: READING AND CONFERENCE (1 credit)
• or WRS 505: READING AND CONFERENCE (1 credit)
• WRP 507: SEMINAR (1 credit)
• or WRE 507: SEMINAR (1 credit)
• or WRS 507: SEMINAR (1 credit)
• WRP 524: SOCIOTECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WATER RESOURCES (3 credits)

Methods and Numerical Skills

• Select 9 credits from the following courses:
  • CS 540: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
  • GEOG 560: GISCIENCE I: INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
  • GEOG 565: SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN ECOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE
  • ST 511: METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
  • ST 512: METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
  • ST 513: METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
  • ST 531: SAMPLING METHODS

Basic Water Science

• Select 6 credits from the following courses:
  • ATS 520: CLIMATE PHYSICS
  • BEE 512: PHYSICAL HYDROLOGY
  • CE 514: GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS
  • FE 530: WATERSHED PROCESSES
  • GEO 530: GEOCHEMISTRY
  • GEO 531: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY
  • GEO 532: APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY
  • GEOG 596: FIELD RESEARCH IN GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
  • SOIL 535: SOIL PHYSICS

Policy and Management

• Select 15 credits from the following courses:
  • AEC 505: READING AND CONFERENCE (Resource Economics)
  • or AEC 507: SEMINAR
  • AEC 512: MICROECONOMIC THEORY I
  • AEC 525: APPLIED ECONOMETRICS
  • AEC 534: ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS
  • AEC 550: ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS
  • AEC 551: APPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS
  • ANTH 576: ADVANCED ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY SEMINAR
  • ANTH 577: ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
  • ANTH 585: USES OF ANTHROPOLOGY
  • ANTH 591: ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS
  • COMM 540: THEORIES OF CONFLICT AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
  • COMM 546: COMMUNICATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND DISPUTES
  • FOR 562: NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY AND LAW
  • FOR 563: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND LAW INTERACTIONS
  • GEO 532: APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY
  • GEOG 530: RESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  • GEOG 540: CONFLICT, COOPERATION, AND CONTROL OF WATER IN THE US
  • GEOG 541: THE WORLD'S WATER
  • PS 575: ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY
  • PS 576: SCIENCE AND POLITICS
  • PS 577: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY
  • SOC 556: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIAL CONTEXT
  • SOC 581: SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
  • WRP 521: WATER CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION
  • WRP 523: ENVIRONMENTAL WATER TRANSACTIONS
  • WRP 544: MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION
  • WRP 548: CONDUCTING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
  • WRP 554: BUSINESS OF WATER
  • WRP 599: SPECIAL TOPICS

Total Credits

• MS Total Credits: 45

Major Code

• Major Code: 0990

Location

• This program is available at the following location: Corvallis