The University of New Mexico
WR: Water Resources Catalog Description

  Three Year Fall Semester Average
Course Catalog Description Enrollment Section
Capacity
Credits
WR551  
WR552   1.00 25.00 2.67
WR571 Students examine contemporary issues in water resource systems, including water quality; ecosystem health; stakeholder concerns; economics; and water supply, policy, management and allocation. Emphasis on teamwork, cooperation, and oral, written and graphic communication. {Fall}
WR572 (Also offered as ECON 545.) Practical aspects of the different technical models used by water resource professionals: hydrological, economic, ecological, etc. Students use models to solve problems. Emphasis on oral, written and graphic communication. Prerequisites: 571 and (ECON 106 or 300) and (EPS 562 or WR 576 or CE 541 or CE 542). {Spring} 12.67 25.00 50.67
WR573 Intensive experience with a field-based problem or suite of problems. Students work through problem identification and definition, collect/analyze data, propose solutions and present conclusions and recommendations in an appropriate forum.Restriction: WR majors only and permission of instructor. {Summer}
WR576 (Also offered as EPS 576.) Quantitative treatment of the hydrologic cycle-precipitation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, runoff and subsurface flow; global change and hydrology; catchment and hillslope hydrology; hydrologic system-ecosystem interactions; hydrology and water resources management. Prerequisites: MATH 163L and Physcs 160. Restriction: upper-division standing and permission of instructor. {Fall} 5.00 7.33 15.00
WR590 Professional experience in a public, private or non-profit organization, supervised by a water resource professional.Restriction: permission of program director. {Fall, Spring, Summer} 0.33 25.00 1.00
WR595 Variable course content depending upon student demand and instructor availability. Restriction: permission of instructor. 1.00 9.00 1.00
WR598   13.33 259.33 20.00

"WR: Water Resources "Three Fall Subject Average - Enroll: 33.33 Capacity: 350.67 Credits: 90.33'