M.S. Environmental Fluid Mechanics
and Hydrology
Guidelines for Designing an Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology MS program

Environmental Fluid Mechanics
(typically 2 courses)
Course Title Course Number Units Quarter Instructor
Hydrodynamics CEE 262A 3-4 Aut Monismith
Transport & Mixing in Surface Water Flows CEE 262B 3-4 Win  
Introduction to Physical Oceanography CEE 262D 4 Win  
Lakes and Reservoirs CEE 262E 2-3 Spr (10-11)  
Ocean Waves CEE 262F 3 Win (10-11) Monismith
Rivers, Streams, and Canals CEE 264A 3-4 Aut, Sum  
Mechanics of Stratified Flows CEE 363A 3 Win  
Ocean/Estuarine Modeling CEE 363C 3 Win (09-10) Fringer

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Hydrology / Meteorology (typically 2 courses)
Course Title Course Number Units Quarter Instructor
Physical Hydrogeology CEE 260A 4 Aut  
Surface and Near-Surface Hydrologic Response CEE 260B 4 Aut (09-10)  
Contaminant Hydrogeology CEE 260C 4 Spr  
Weather and Storms CEE 263C 3 Aut Jacobson
Watersheds and Wetlands CEE 266A 3 Aut Freyberg
Floods & Droughts, Dams & Aqueducts CEE 266B 3 Win Freyberg
Adv Topics in Hydrol/Water Res CEE 266C 3 Spr Freyberg
Water Resources/Hazards Field Trips CEE 266D 2 Win Freyberg
Groundwater Flow CEE 268 3-4 Win, Sum Kitanidis, staff
         

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Applied Mathematics (typically 3 courses)
Course Title Course Number Units Quarter Instructor

Math & Comp Methods in Engrg
(Strongly recommended for Ph.D.)

ME 200
ME 204
ME 206
3
3
3
Aut
Win
Spr
 
Computations in CEE CEE 201D 3 Aut Kitanidis
Modeling/Sim for Civil Env Engr CEE 262C 3 Spr Fringer
Air Pollution Modeling CEE 263A 3-4 Spr (09-10) Jacobson
Numerical Weather Prediction CEE 263B 3-4 Spr (10-11) Jacobson
Stochastic Inverse Modeling CEE 362G 3-4 Spr Kitanidis
Applied Math in Reservoir Engrg Energy 281 3 Spr (10-11)  
Applied Math in Chem and Bio Sci ChemEng 300 3 Aut (10-11)  
Applied Matrix Theory Math 104 3 Aut, Win  
Partial Differential Equations I Math 131M/P 3 Aut, Win  

Advanced Electives numbered 200 or above in Statistics, or in the 210's or 220's in MS&E.

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Communication Skills (normally 1 courses)
Course Title Course Number Units Quarter Instructor
Teaching Public Speaking E 100 5 Aut, Win, Spr  
Public Speaking E 103 3 Aut, Win, Spr  
Tech & Professional Writing E 202W 3 Aut, Ain, Spr  
Teaching Science Literacy CEE 277A 2-4 Win (10-11)  

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Air/Water Quality (normally 1 courses)
Course Title Course Number Units Quarter Instructor
Air Pollution from Urban Smog to Global Change CEE 263D 3 Win Jacobson
Movement & Fate of Contaminants in Waters CEE270 3 Aut, Sum Staff
Phys & Chem Treatment Processes CEE 271A 3 Win Staff
Environmental Biotechnology CEE 271B 4 Win Criddle
Aquatic Chemistry CEE 273 3 Aut Leckie
Environmental Microbiology I CEE 274A 3 Aut, Sum (08-09) Spormann, Staff

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Planning & Management (normally 1 course)

Course Title

Course Number Units Quarter Instructor

Environmental Planning Methods

CEE171 3 Win Ortolano

Sustainable Water Resources Development

CEE265A 3 Spr Ortolano

Water Resources Management

CEE 265C 3 Spr Ortolano
Water and Sant in Dev Countries CEE 265D 3 Win Davis

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Technical Electives
(Take additional courses as necessary to complete the 45 unit M.S. course work requirement)

Additional courses may be selected from the above list of courses and/or from course offerings from other engineering and engineering-related disciplines that contribute to a coherent program of study. In particular, the Departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and Statistics all offer courses of interest. The Departments of Economics and Political Science and the Law School also offer courses related to resource planning issues.

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