NOTE: This content is taken from the HSU Catalog, the official description of program requirements. Please check the Catalog for any updates.
| Prerequisite: | Satisfactory undergraduate preparation in forestry or a related field.
Students without a degree in forestry must take specific courses in forestry. Additional information on admission requirements and supporting materials is available in the HSU Catalog under Natural Resources : Master of Science Degrees . |
| Course requiements: | Approved upper division and graduate electives to bring total units to a minimum of 30. Fifteen of these units must be courses organized and conducted at the graduate level. |
| Culminating experience: | A thesis, project, or comprehensive exam is required. Students electing a thesis may apply up to four units each of FOR 690 (Thesis) and FOR 695 (Advanced Field Problems) toward the degree. Project students and comprehensive exam students may apply up to four units of FOR 695 (Advanced Field Problems). |
| Graduate studies focus on watershed processes and the interactions between geophysical, biological, and socioeconomic factors as expressed in bounded geographic regions or drainages at a variety of scales. The interplay between watershed processes and the management of other natural resources is integral to the program. | |
| Prerequisite: | A bachelor's degree in a related field built on a strong science foundation.
One year each (at least six semester units) of calculus, physics, and
biological science is required. One year of chemistry is recommended
and may be required for some individual programs. Additional undergraduate
preparation is expected in soils, geology, statistics, wildland resource
management, and economics. Additional information on admission requirements and supporting materials is available in the HSU Catalog under Natural Resources : Master of Science Degrees . |
| Course requirements: | A graduate committee approves a specific graduate curriculum for each
student. The approved upper division and graduate curriculum contains
a minimum of 30 units beyond satisfactory undergraduate preparation.
Fifteen of these units, including statistics, must be courses primarily
organized and conducted at the graduate level. No more than four units
each of WSHD 690 (Thesis) and WSHD 695/699 (Research Problems / Directed
Study) may apply toward the degree. Required prerequisite courses include WSHD 310 (Wildland Hydrology and Watershed Management I) and WSHD 410 (Wildland Hydrology and Watershed Management II) or equivalents. Each program shall contain WSHD 530 (Water Rights and Water Law), and WSHD 685 (Seminar in Watershed Management, one semester). Also required is one of the following: WSHD 510 (Advanced Wildland Water Quality); WSHD 520 (Watershed Analysis) or WSHD 540 (Watershed Modeling). All Watershed students are expected to enroll in 1 unit of WSHD 690 (Thesis) and 1 unit of WSHD 695 (Research Problems) during every semester in which they are a graduate student in residence at HSU. |
| Culminating experience: | A thesis is required. Students must select a thesis topic before the graduate committee can be finalized and before the graduate curriculum can receive final approval. |
The HSU Office for Research and Graduate Studies has several policies and procedures regarding graduate students.
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