The Water Management and Hydrological Science (WMHS) degree program is administered by an intercollegiate faculty drawn from four colleges and multiple departments. Two masters degrees (a thesis and non-thesis option) and a Ph.D. degree are offered through the program.

The WMHS Program is not administered by a single department, but is under the guidance of an Executive Committee and a Program Chair who report to a Council of Participating Deans. The College of Geosciences, Department of Geography provides administrative and student office space and computer facilities.

We have nearly 60 faculty members from 12 academic departments in the Colleges of Architecture, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Engineering, and Geosciences participating in the WMHS program. Faculty have expertise in the bio-physical and social sciences and in engineering.

Our interdisciplinary curriculum is designed to allow students to become leaders in their focal areas of water while making connections to colleagues in other related disciplines.

Participating Colleges and Departments

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

• Agricultural Economics
• Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Rangeland Ecology and Management
• Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences
• Soil and Crop Sciences
• Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

College of Architecture

• Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning

Dwight Look College of Engineering

• Civil Engineering

College of Geosciences

• Atmospheric Sciences
• Geography
• Geology & Geophysics
• Oceanography