The State of Arizona Master of Engineering Partnership
Interdisciplinary Master of Engineering in Water Resources

The M.Eng. degree program in Water Resources at the University of Arizona is designed for working professionals who desire to advance their career by obtaining more education. The Curriculum offers courses that develop the skills, fundamental knowledge, and understanding that are critical today's water resources professionals. It is administered by three departments.

• Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering
• Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Hydrology and Water Resources.

M.Eng. Water Resources faculty coordinators are listed below.

M.ENG. PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION

• Official Master of Engineering Partnership. program web site
  
• University of Arizona, M. Eng. Program Director: Dr. John Kemeny, Department of Mining and Geologic Engineering, P.O. Box 210012, Tucson, AZ 85721-0020. TELE: 621-4448 or EMAIL: kemeny@u.arizona.edu
  
• University of Arizona campus information, TELE: (520) 621-8181 or 621-6032 or EMAIL: m.eng@.arizona.edu
  
• Planning Capabilities Program, designed to meet the needs of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers (open to all students) Click here for more information.
  

ADMISSION STANDARDS

• Bachelor’s degree in appropriate science or engineering major
  
• Not more than 14 units of undergraduate deficiencies*
  
• Undergraduate GPA of 3.0/4.0 (4.0=A) for the last sixty units completed
  
• No consistent weaknesses in mathematics, physics, or chemistry

*Undergraduate course prerequisites include: 2 semesters calculus, differential equations or 3rd semester calculus, one year college-level chemistry, one year college-level physics (calculus-based preferred), fluid mechanics, statistics/probability. See the academic preparation worksheet for detailed information.

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The M.Eng program admission packet must consist of the M.Eng personal information form, undergraduate course prerequisite worksheet, official (sealed) transcripts/certificates, statement of career objectives, three (sealed) letters of recommendation (use form from the M.Eng web site), Graduate College application and fee and domicile affidavit. Please follow these instructions regarding graduate college application/fee: all admission materials go to M.Eng Program Office first and they will distribute the application /fee/transcripts to Graduate College. If you have any questions regarding the admission process please contact the M.Eng Program Office at (520) 626-8181 or via email: m.eng@arizona.edu

APPLICATION DEADLINES

Domestic Students: May1 for Fall Semester, October 1 for Spring Semester
International Students: February 1 for fall Semester, August 1 for Spring Semester

FINANCIAL AID
Students in non-research based degree programs are expected to be self-supporting (e.g., employer continuing education program, industrial or governmental fellowship, etc.). Note that M.Eng. students are not eligible for research or teaching assistantships or similar financial support (e.g., tuition scholarships).

ADVISING & FORMING A PLAN OF STUDY
Students are encouraged to identify a faculty mentor-advisor by the end of the first semester course work has been initiated. The Graduate College requires that a student submit a formal Plan of Study by the end of the second semester of study. The M.Eng. WR coordinator must first approve this plan. Signatures are required from the home department's faculty advisor and department head. The committee to exam the capstone project and administer the final examination may contain a member representing the students' employer.

M.ENG. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

• Approved courses may be taken at any of the three participating institutions (UA, ASU, NAU)
  
  
• Nearly all formats are acceptable (e.g., traditional on-campus courses, videocampus and web-based courses, course modules, etc.)
  
  
• At least 10 semester units, excluding the project, must be taken at the University of Arizona
  
  
• At least 12 semester units of engineering/or HWR core or elective course work must be taken
  
  
• Students in the M.Eng. WR program should enroll for the graduate-level component of any course that is co-convened with undergraduates (e.g., 400/500-level)
  
  
• One approved 400 level course, which is not co-convened with a 500 level version, may be taken from a non-engineering department while enrolled at the University of Arizona.
  
  
• Although primarily a project-oriented program for the practicing professional or practice-oriented student, in some cases additional elective course work may be used in lieu of a project, one unit of project is always required.
  
  
• Master's Plan of Study should include a total of 30 semester units as described below. 6 approved semester units may be taken at non-participating institutions.
  
  
• As per Graduate College guidelines, a final examination is required. It may be possible to arrange a video-tele-conference call for this exam.
  
  
• A student admitted to a master's degree program must register for a minimum of three graduate units each fall and spring from original matriculation until all degree requirements are met.

*Electives may replace core courses in which the student demonstrates equivalent knowledge through coursework and/or professional experience.

GENERAL COURSE OPTIONS LIST

k Indicates a web-based course.
Take one 3-unit course in each category (total 6 units).
Course descriptions may be found in the appropriate university's online catalog
(see Catalogs & Semester Schedules' below).

Applied Engineering Math
UA Catalog - Math 522, CE/HWR 504, CE 548, CE 551, HWR 545, HWR 655, k SIE 500, SIE530
ASU Catalog - k CEE 598 (Complete Modules I, II, and III), ASU Catalog k IEE 530

Engineering Business/Management
UA Catalog - HWR 521, SIE 554, HWR 543
NAU Catalog - k PM 529, k PM 588, k PM 681

CORE COURSE OPTIONS LIST

Take one course from 2 of the 4 areas (total 6 units).
All courses listed are from the UA Catalog.
Course descriptions may be found in the University of Arizona's online catalog
(see Catalogs & Semester Schedules' below).
Alphabetical/numerical order; no ranking or preference intended.

Surface Hydrology
CE/HWR 523, HWR 642, WSM 560

Groundwater
HWR 505, HWR 518, HWR 531

Water Quality
CE/HWR 525, HWR 506, HWR 550

Water Resources Systems-Planning-Policy
HWR 520, HWR 521, HWR 543, HWR 515, CE 529

SUGGESTED ELECTIVE COURSE OPTIONS LIST*

Take a total of 9 units, to be approved by the M.Eng. WR advisor.
May be additional general or core courses or other relevant courses.
Course descriptions may be found in the appropriate university's online catalog
(see Catalogs & Semester Schedules' below).
Listed in alphabetical & numerical order; no ranking or preference intended.
Home department for cross-listed courses designated in boldface.

Hydraulics
UA Catalog - ABE 526, CE/HWR 527, CE 622
NAU Catalog - k EGR 599-1

Surface Water
UA Catalog - CE/HWR 527, HWR 545, CE/HWR 655, WSM/HWR 567

Water Quality
UA Catalog - HWR 517R, LHWR 550, BCE 574, CE 578

W R Policy
UA Catalog - HWR 515, HWR 520, HWR 581

W R Systems
UA Catalog - HWR 543, HWR 576, HWR 643
NAU Catalog - k PM 529, k PM 588, k PM 681

Groundwater
UA Catalog - HWR 535, HWR 582, HWR 584

Irrigation Engineering
UA Catalog - CE/ABE 556, CE/ABE 558, CE 622

k Indicates a web-based course.
*Similar courses from NAU and ASU in these seven areas may be substituted.

CATALOGS & SEMESTER SCHEDULES
For course descriptions, please check the appropriate Online General and Graduate Catalogs at the appropriate university.For current semester course availability, please check the Online Semester Schedules at the appropriate university.

ENGINEERING WATER RESOURCES ELECTIVES

For the most current official description, refer to the UA Online General Catalog

for current offerings, go to: www.arizona.edu/schedule

ABE 506 - Applied Hydraulics

ABE508 - Environmental Simulation

ABE 526 - Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (3)

ABE 556 - Irrigation Systems Design

ABE 558 - Agricultural Drainage and Effluent Treatment (3)

CE 504 - (see HWR 504, home department)

CE 523 - Hydrology (Surface) (HWR crosslist)

CE 525 - Water Quality Modeling (HWR crosslist)

CE 527 - Computer Applications in Hydraulics (HWR crosslist)

CE 529 - Special topics in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

CE 548 - Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

CE 551 - Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

CE 578 - Intro Hazardous Waste Management

CE 622 - Open Channel Flow

CE 578 - Intro Hazardous Waste Management

GEOS 550 - Geomorphology

HWR 504 - Numerical Methods in Subsurface Hydrology (CE crosslist)

HWR 505 - Vadose Zone Hydrology

HWR 515 - Introduction to Water Resources Policy

HWR 518 - Survey of Subsurface Hydrology

HWR 520 - Water Resources Management, Planning, and Rights: A Policy Approach

HWR 521 - Introduction to Water Resources Systems Analysis

HWR 523 - Hydrology-Surface (see CE 523, home department)

HWR 524 - Hydroclimatology

HWR 525 - Water Quality Modeling(see CE 525, home department)

HWR 527 - Computer Applications in Hydraulics (see CE 527, home department)

HWR 531 - Hydrogeology

HWR 535 - Advanced Subsurface Hydrology

HWR 540 - Advanced Surface Hydrology

HWR 543 - Environmental Risk and Economic Analysis

HWR 545 - Statistical Hydrology

HWR 567 - Advanced Watershed Hydrology (see WSM 567, home department)

HWR 576 - Advanced Natural Resource Economics (Agricultural & Resource Economics home department)

HWR 581 - Environmental Policy (Public Administration home department)

HWR 582 - Applied Groundwater Modeling

HWR 584 - Advanced Groundwater Modeling

HWR 643 - Water Resources Systems Analysis

HWR 655 - Stochastic Hydrology

MATH 522 - Advanced Analysis for Engineers

SIE 554 - Concurrent Engineering and System Design

SWES 665 - Advanced Contaminant Transport

SIE 500 a, b, c - Intro to SIE Methods, - web based

WSM 560 - Watershed Hydrology

WSM 567 - Advanced Watershed Hydrology (HWR crosslist)

Relevant ASU and NAU courses may be used. Consult current ASU and NAU on-line catalogs for course descriptions and semesters of offering.

CEE 598 - Finite Elements for Engineers (Complete Modules I, II, and III) - ASU, web based

EGR 599-1 - Wet Weather Flow Management - ASU, web based

ASE 598 - Linear Algebra - ASU, web based

 

 

MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING WATER RESOURCES ELECTIVES

For the most current official description, refer to the UA Online General Catalog

Course Number	Course Name	Semester	Prerequisite and/or Consult instructor	Description
AREC 479	Econ Water Management andPolicy	Fall	Consult instructor	This course focuses on economic tools and methods useful to water managers and policy makers. Case studies focus on water supply and demand, pricing transactions, conservation insentives, river basin management, measuring recreational and environmental benefits, and resolving inter-jurisdictional water conflicts.
AREC 515	Operations Research in Applied Economics	Fall	ECON 361	Application of linear, nonlinear, and multiple objective programming, decision theory, and simulation to problems of agricultural production, marketing, policy, and natural resource use.
AREC 575 RNR ARL ECON	Economics of Natural Resource Policy	Spring	ECON 300 or ECON 361	Theory and application of economic concepts needed to evaluate resource laws and policies; including welfare economics, externalities, public goods and valuation methodologies. Case studies focus on the American West and include federal and state environmental, water, and land policies.
AREC 576 HWR,ECON, RNR	Natural Resource Law and Economics	Spring	ECON 361	Advanced economic and legal analysis of environmental and natural resource policies.
AREC 577	Advanced Topics In the Economics of Environmental Regulation	Fall	ECON 361	Advanced economic theory of environmental policy. Topics include regulation of air and water pollution under imperfect competition, imperfect information, costly enforcement, uncertainty, and the use of alternative regulatory instruments
CE 529	Hydrosystems Engineering and Management	Consult dept		This course is intended to introduce students to methods applied in water resources engineering management. The overarching goal is for students to be capable of formulating deterministic and stochastic optimization problems, identifying the appropriate solution method and analyzing and interpreting problem results. Material includes engineering economics, economic theory, uncertainty analysis and optimization methods.
GEOG 517 RNR	Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resources	Fall	Computer skills	Introduction to the application of GIS and related technologies to natural resource management. Conceptual issues in GIS database design and development, analysis, and display. Graduate-level requirements include a thorough bibliographic review and a scholarly paper on a current application of geographic information systems in the student's major field.
GEOG 561 PLN	Resource Management	Fall		Examination and critical appraisal of social and behavioral science aspects of resource management, with special emphasis on factors affecting decision making
GEOG 564 ALS	The Arid and Semi-arid Lands	Spring		Past, present and future of settlement and resource utilization in the world's arid lands; spatial interrelationships of environmental, demographic, socioeconomic and political systems. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of an original research paper on an approved topic
GEOG 596K	Risk and Society	Fall		The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
GEOS 578 HWR RNR	Global Change	Fall		Analysis of the entire Earth system through an examination of how its component parts and their interactions have changed in the past and may be expected to change in the future.
HWR 500/ PLN 500	Ecosystemology for Urban Planning			Introduction to conceptual tools used in complex ecosystems, particularly cities and urban areas; integration of human residents with larger natural systems (human ecology); environmental impact assessment (EIA) and statement (EIS). Water resource planning and impact on regional ecosystems; technical, legal, ethical dimensions of water transfer.
HWR 515/ GEOG 515	Introduction to Water Resources Policy	Spring		Water resources policy including the identification of regional problems of water use, the elements of water planning, water rights, and a consideration of institutional structures and processes. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth term paper.
HWR 520	Water Resources Management, Planning, and Rights: A Policy Approach	Spring		An introduction to basic concepts and issues of water resources management and administration, emphasizing water law and rights, water resources planning, institutional and organizational arrangements, and policy processes such as adjudication and rule-making.
HWR 521	Introduction to Water Resources Systems Analysis	Fall		Quantitative analytical methods in water resources planning and management; introduction to systems analysis, benefit/cost, multi-objective planning and risk assessment
HWR 526 CE	Water Quality Management	Spring	HWR 525	Optimization and systems analysis techniques used in modeling; current models used in formulation and implementation of water quality policy
HWR 536 GEOS	Ground-Water Resource Evaluation	Spring		[Taught alternate years 2000 - 2001] Hydrologic and geologic techniques for evaluating aquifer systems with case studies of ground-water management on local and aquifer scales, their environmental and societal impacts; case studies of ground-water contamination
HWR 543	Environmental Risk and Economic Analysis in Water Resources	Fall		Environmental risk analysis, environmental economics, and quantitative benefit-cost-risk planning and regulation applied to water resources. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper on an applied aspect of the course.
HWR 643	Water Resources Systems Analysis	Spring		Applications of mathematical programming to the analysis of interactions of hydrology, engineering, economics, and socio-institutional environment in regional water resources systems
HWR 696I	International Water Resource Management	Fall		The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
HWR 696L	Topics in Semi-Arid Hydrology	Spring		In conjunction with researchers in the NSF Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA), students and faculty will explore science and policy issues related to the estimation, delivery, and use of water resources.
LAW 625	American Legal History: The Colorado River	Fall		Using the work of the New West historians as a framework, this course examines the role of the Colorado River in American History. The main theme of the course will be the important role that the water of the Colorado River has played in the Southwest and conflicts by different interests for a share of that water.
LAW 641	Water Law	Fall		The course in Water Law traditionally emphasizes state law rules that govern rights to use surface water and groundwater throughout the country. The course will give ample attention to the prior appropriation doctrine, riparian water rights, and various systems for regulating groundwater use, this course will also emphasize how federal law may impact water rights. This course will also consider the role of federal law, particularly federal reserved water rights claimed by Indian tribes, and the federal government's long history of attempting to irrigate the West through its Bureau of Reclamation. This latter topic concludes with analysis of the Central Arizona Project. Finally, this course shall briefly consider how environmental concerns over water quality may on occasion impact water quantity allocation decisions and water rights.
LAW 669	Environmental Law	Spring		Contact department
PA 504	Public and Policy Economics	Spring		This class focuses on the application of economic theory and techniques to the analysis of public policy and planning problems. Topics such as government regulation, benefit-cost analysis, intergovernmental relations, tax and growth policies, and income distribution provide students with the understanding and proper skills for a critical analysis of specific policy-relevant problems.
PA 581 HWR RNR	Environmental Policy	Spring		Role of government in management of energy, natural resources and environment; process and policy alternatives; special attention to the Southwest. Graduate-level requirements include additional readings and a substantial research paper of at least 25 pages in length
PLN 512	Comprehensive & Strategic Planning	Spring		A seminar in theory and practice of strategic planning for comprehensive urban/regional development. The tradition of strategic planning in corporations and other public and not-for-profit organizations, leading to the 'situation change' criterion, will be examined. In a parallel manner, the even older traditions of urban and regional comprehensive planning, leading to the 'appropriately comprehensive' criterion will be traced. The junction of these two traditions will be shown to yield the contemporary theory of strategic comprehensive planning. The practice of strategic comprehensive planning will be surveyed through a series of recently published case studies in this kind of practice.
PLN 557	Statistical Techniques in Geography, Regional Development & Planning	Fall		Methods of gathering and analyzing data for the solution of geographical, urban, and regional planning problems, with emphasis on quantitative and statistical techniques used in spatial analysis and cartography, on the one hand, and program planning, on the other. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of several data-intensive research projects. Identical to: GEOG 557; GEOG is home department.
PLN 550 GEOG	Metropolitan and Regional Planning	Fall		Survey and evaluation of concepts and examples, including metropolitan, economic development, state and national environmental plans in the U.S. and abroad.
PLN 696e LAS	Borders Issues in Planning	Fall		Seminar on the key planning issues which affect international borders, particularly between Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora. Seminar topics will be enhanced by invited experts on key issues of migration, growth and change, social issues and political realities will be examined. Each student will select a related border region to study in parallel with the structure of the seminar.
REM 590 RNR	Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth	Spring		A multidisciplinary course delineating the physical basis of electromagnetic remote sensing, the concepts of information extraction, and applications pertinent to earth systems science. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper.
SWES 544	Applied Environmental Law	Fall		A guided journey through real world environmental law; U.S. legal system, major environmental laws-criminal and civil; common marketplace problems and solutions; high profile cases; essential professional skills. Graduate-level requirements include extra term papers and case studies.
SWES 561	Soil and Water Conservation	Summer	SWES 200	A guided journey through real world environmental law; U.S. legal system, major environmental laws-criminal and civil; common marketplace problems and solutions; high profile cases; essential professional skills. Graduate-level requirements include extra term papers and case studies.
SWES 566 HWR	Soil and Groundwater Remediation	Fall		Principles of characterizing and remediating contaminated soil and groundwater systems, with a focus on case studies.
SWES 574 ECOL, WFSC	Aquatic Plants and the Environment	Fall Spring		The role of riparian areas, estuaries, and constructed wetlands in the environment. Emphasis on plants as wildlife habitat for nutrient cycling and bioremediation.
WSM 462	Watershed Management	Spring	One course in hydrology	Lecture and laboratory exercises that convey the major topics relating to watershed management, including definitions, tools, special topics and trends in management.
PM 529 NAU web based	Project Cost Estimating	Fall Spring		An introduction to the science and art of project cost estimating. Particular emphasis will be placed on internal cost development and external resource costing (soliciting and bidding procedures) and computerized estimating techniques. Estimating project costs is one of the keys to successful project management.
PM588 NAU web based	Project Schedule and Control	Fall Spring		Basic principles of project scheduling and control with resource allocation and management. Project control methods principally through earned value management principles and pracitces. CPM, PERT, Gantt scheduling with the identification of critical path and resulting floats. Resource leveling, Compression, and network adjustments. Computer applications using packaged routines.
PM681 NAU web based	Project Operations	Fall Spring		Basic principles of project scheduling and control with resource allocation and management. Project control methods principally through earned value management principles and pracitces. CPM, PERT, Gantt scheduling with the identification of critical path and resulting floats. Resource leveling, Compression, and network adjustments. Computer applications using packaged routines.
PM 689 NAU web based	Project Administration	Fall		Project administration will explore the document and administrative procedures necessary to manage externally delivered (or partially externally delivered) projects. It will present business management systems required to maintain an orderly project while keeping the project in compliance with organizational, contract, and legal requirements. Prerequisite: Graduate students only.