Hydrology Minor

The Hydrology Minor provides a selection of courses that will establish an understanding of the water cycle and associated hydrological processes. The courses in this minor emphasize physical and chemical processes that control the movement of water through the Earth system and water quality. Students completing this minor will gain knowledge in the methods hydrologists use to characterize hydrological processes, including environmental monitoring data and aquifer properties.

The Hydrology Minor requires 16 credit hours as follows:

Requirements

Hours

GEO 303 or GEO 401

Introduction to Geology / Physical Geology

3 or 4

GEO 416W

Climate, Water, and the Environment

4

GEO 476K or GEO 376S*

Groundwater Hydrology / Physical Hydrology

3 or 4

Two upper-division GEO courses:

6 or 7

GEO 328W

Vadose Zone Hydrology

3

GEO 370E

Ecohydrology and Biometerology

3

GEO 372S

Geochemical Problem Solving with Atoms and Ions

3

GEO 376L

Field Methods in Groundwater Hydrology

3

GEO 376S*

Physical Hydrology

3

GEO 377K

Applied Karst Hydrogeology

3

GEO 476M

Aqueous Geochemistry

4

GEO 476W

Hydrogeophysics

4

Please Note:

Registration for any of these courses requires that existing prerequisite course requirements are adequately met.

Petitions to substitute another course to use toward any requirement must be submitted to the Jackson School Student Services Office.

*GEO 376S may only apply toward a single category for the minor.