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Water Resources Major

Water Resources Major

Description

Water resources majors must earn a minimum of 43 credits in required core courses. Additional requirements are two semesters each of calculus, college chemistry with lab, and college physics with lab. This major prepares students for careers in hydrology, resource management, and pollution control; the course of study includes most courses recommended for federal employment as a hydrologist. The major is offered to meet the growing demand for hydrologists and other water resources professionals by federal, state and local government agencies; private sector environmental and consulting firms; and industrial and educational institutions.

Admission to the Program

Anyone can declare this major.

Departments: please review the substance of these requirements.

Program Requirements

Students in the water resources major pursue either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, and must complete the corresponding degree's requirements.

In addition to the course requirements below, students must meet the following requirements:

  1. ESC 350, ESC 391, physics, calculus, and college chemistry should be taken by the end of the sophomore year.
  2. ESC 494 and ESC 495 should be taken in the senior year.

Core Courses

  • ESC211 Introduction to Meteorology
  • ESC222 Introduction to Water Resources
  • ESC350 Computational Methods in the Field Sciences
  • ESC391 Writing in the Earth Sciences
  • ESC412 Hydrology
  • ESC418 Watershed Sciences
  • ESC494 Senior Research
  • ESC495 Senior Seminar
  • GEL201 Introduction to Physical Geology
  • GEL462 Groundwater

Total Number of Credits: 29

Elective Courses

Choose 13 credits by advisement from below.

  • ESC300 Physical Oceanography
  • ESC311 Synoptic Meteorology I
  • ESC312 Synoptic Meteorology II
  • ESC313 Environmental Climatology
  • ESC314 Environmental Climatology Lab
  • ESC325 Wetlands Systems
  • ESC420 Radar and Satellite Meteorology
  • ESC431 Environmental Applications of GIS
  • ESC455 Introduction to Soils Science
  • ESC462 Hydrometeorology
  • GEL415 Geomorphology
  • GEL457 Geochemistry
  • ENV419 Limnology
  • ENV436 Water Quality Analysis
  • GEL411 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology

Total Number of Credits: 13

Corequisite Courses

  • MTH201 Calculus I
  • MTH202 Calculus II
  • CHM205 Chemistry I
  • CHM206 Chemistry II
  • CPS201 Computational Tools
  • PHS235 Physics I
  • PHS240 Physics II

Total Number of Credits: 25

Course Descriptions

Department of Earth Sciences

Department Chair: Scott Rochette
Location: Lennon 317
Visit Website
Email: earthsci@esc.brockport.edu
Phone: (585) 395-2636
Fax: (585) 395-2416

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Faculty & Staff

    


Whitney J Autin Ph.D
 (Louisiana State University + Agricultural + Mechan)  
Professor
Dave  Boehm MS
 (SUNY At Buffalo)  
Lecturer
Christine  Crafts BS
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Lecturer
Jutta S Dudley Ph.D
 (SUNY College At Buffalo)  
Lecturer
Lauri A Kifer AAS
 (Monroe Community College)  
Secretary 1
David  Lerach Ph.D
 (Colorado State University)  
Visiting Assistant Professor
Leigh J Little Ph.D
 (Arizona State University At The Tempe Campus)  
Associate Professor + Interim Chair
Judy  Massare Ph.D
 (Johns Hopkins University)  
Professor
Thomas M McDermott BS
 (SUNY College At Brockport)  
Systems Administrator
Mark R Noll Ph.D
 (University Of Delaware)  
Professor
Paul  Richards Ph.D
 (Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus)  
On Leave
Emily E Robinson MED
 (Texas A+M University)  
Adjunct Lecturer
Scott M Rochette Ph.D
 (Saint Louis University-Main Campus)  
Associate Professor
Robert S Weinbeck Ph.D
 (Iowa State University)  
Assoc Prof
Carol G Zollweg MS
 (Syracuse University)  
Adjunct Lecturer
James A Zollweg Ph.D
 (Cornell University)  
Associate Professor and Chair