Watershed Minor

A growing awareness of the complexity of water quantity and quality issues related to human activities has led to dealing with those issues on a watershed scale. This minor will help undergraduate and graduate students explore the wide range of disciplines related watershed science/engineering, planning and design, and culture and policy issues.

These skills are especially useful for careers in natural resource policy, water and land management, sustainable development and design for private industry, and storm water management for government agencies. The minor should be added to your Banner profile and courses should be submitted for substitution approval as early as possible, but no later than the beginning of your final semester.

Undergraduate Minor

Guidelines for a Watershed Undergraduate Minor:

  • The Watershed Minor went into effect starting with the Fall 2012 catalog.
  • The Environmental Science and Soil Science concentrations in the Environmental and Soil Sciences major have this watershed minor built into the major. If the minor does not show up in your degree audit or academic history, please contact your advisor.
  • Your major and minor must use the same catalog year.
  • Contact the undergraduate records assistant in your major department to have them add the Watershed Minor into Banner. Once updated, the next time you run a degree audit, progress in the Watershed Minor will appear.
  • All petitions for this minor should be initiated with the student’s major advisor. The signed form should be mailed to your college Watershed Minor coordinator (see information under the “Faculty Advisors” link), who will then forward it to the Herbert College of Agriculture office (Ms. Tammy Pass, Morgan Hall, Room 126) for final approval and entry into the Banner system.
  • You should refer to the appropriate catalog year for a detailed list of course requirements for this minor:

Graduate Minor

Guidelines for a Watershed Graduate Minor:

  • The Watershed Minor took effect with the Fall 2012 catalog.
  • Students must use the same catalog year for major and minor.
  • You should refer to the appropriate catalog year for a detailed list of course requirements for this minor.
  • All petitions for course substitutions should be initiated with the student’s graduate committee.
  • You should refer to the appropriate catalog year for a detailed list of course requirements for this minor:

Faculty Advisors

Executive Committee

Ludwig, Andrea: Herbert College of Agriculture (Chair)
Jacobs, Becky: College of Law
Tran, Liem: College of Arts and Sciences
Moir-McClean, Tracy L: College of Architecture and Design
Schwartz, John: College of Engineering

Watershed Minors Faculty Advisors

Herbert College of Agriculture

Alford, Brian FWF
Ayers, Paul BESS
Buchanan, John BESS
Clark, Chris AREC
Franklin, Jennifer FWF
Gray, Matt FWF
Logan, Joanne BESS
Ludwig, Andrea BESS
Strange, Richard FWF
Walker, Forbes BESS
Yoder, Daniel BESS

College of Architecture and Design

Fulton, Gale LA
Moir-McClean, Tracy LA

College of Arts & Sciences

Armsworth, Paul EEB
Burr, Devon EPS
Ellis, Kelsey, GEOG
Jones, Robert SOC
Li, (Phillip) Yingkui GEOG
McKay, Larry EPS
Tran, Liem GEOG

College of Engineering

Cox, Chris CEE
Hathaway, Jon CEE
Papanicolaou, Thanos CEE
Schwartz, John CEE

College of Law

Jacobs, Becky LAW

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