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Course Work
Semester Hour Requirements
Students entering the doctoral program with a master’s degree must complete 20 semester hours of core course work to meet the minimum requirements for advancement to candidacy. Students entering the doctoral program with a bachelor’s degree must complete 27 semester hours of core course work to meet the minimum requirements for advancement to candidacy.
Students entering the doctoral program with a master’s degree must complete 20 semester hours of core course work to meet the minimum requirements for advancement to candidacy. Students entering the doctoral program with a bachelor’s degree must complete 27 semester hours of core course work to meet the minimum requirements for advancement to candidacy.
Degree Audit
Each Ph.D. student is issued a preliminary degree audit by the Office of theGraduate College
With admission into the doctoral program, it is expected that students will pursue their course work and research activities in an efficient and timely manner. If it is determined that a student is not making adequate progress toward completion of the doctoral degree requirements, consultations will be undertaken between the student, his or her Ph.D. advisor, the Program Director, and the department Graduate Committee to develop a remediation plan, which may include revising a student’s program of study or research. Failure to successfully remedy documented deficiencies will result in termination of the student’s enrollment in the doctoral program at the discretion of the Graduate Committee. Students removed from the doctoral program in this manner may appeal to the Dean of theGraduate College
Each Ph.D. student is issued a preliminary degree audit by the Office of the
With admission into the doctoral program, it is expected that students will pursue their course work and research activities in an efficient and timely manner. If it is determined that a student is not making adequate progress toward completion of the doctoral degree requirements, consultations will be undertaken between the student, his or her Ph.D. advisor, the Program Director, and the department Graduate Committee to develop a remediation plan, which may include revising a student’s program of study or research. Failure to successfully remedy documented deficiencies will result in termination of the student’s enrollment in the doctoral program at the discretion of the Graduate Committee. Students removed from the doctoral program in this manner may appeal to the Dean of the
Course Work Requirements
For students entering the program with a master’s degree, the Ph.D. in Aquatic Resources requires the completion of 20 hours of core courses and 40 hours of elective courses and dissertation (including a minimum of 15 hours of dissertation credit). For students entering the program with a bachelor’s degree, the Ph.D. in Aquatic Resources requires the completion of 27 hours of core courses and 63 hours of elective courses and dissertation (including a minimum of 15 hours of dissertation credit). The selection of core courses should be made in consultation with the student’s Ph.D. advisor and the Program Director. With approval of the Program Director, a core course beyond the minimum required hours can be counted as an elective course toward the total hours required for the degree.
Core Courses
BIO 7102 Seminar in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7302 Problems in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7303 Research
BIO 7310 Global Aquatic Resources
BIO 7312 Government Policy Impacts on Aquatic Resources
BIO 7322 Scientific Method and Aquatic Resources
BIO 7362 Environmental Impact Analysis
BIO 7401 Assessment Techniques for Aquatic Resources
BIO 7402 Molecular Field Techniques
BIO 7405 Statistics and Experimental Design I
BIO 7406 Statistics and Experimental Design II
PHIL 7323 Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Aquatic Resources
Elective Courses:
AG 7310 Agriculture and Sustainable Aquatic Resources
BIO 7114 Collaborative Research
BIO 7120 Population Biology Seminar
BIO 7214 Collaborative Research
BIO 7302 Problems in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7308 History of Vegetation and Climate
BIO 7314 Collaborative Research
BIO 7324 Natural History and Conservation of Large Mammals
BIO 7325 Wildlife and Recreation: Impacts and Management
BIO 7328 Integrated Waterbird Management
BIO 7336 Evolutionary Ecology
BIO 7346 Conservation Biology
BIO 7348 Aquatic Resources Economics
BIO 7350 Aquatic Resources Law
BIO 7353 Biogeography
BIO 7355 Plant-Water Relations
BIO 7356 Pollution of Aquatic Ecosystems
BIO 7360 Special Topics in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7362 Environmental Impact Analysis
BIO 7366 Integrated Water Resources Management
BIO 7367 Behavioral Ecology
BIO 7368 Introduction to Ecological Modeling
BIO 7407 Instrumentation for Water Quality Analysis
BIO 7408 Fish Ecology and Conservation
BIO 7410 Aquatic Microbial Ecology
BIO 7412 Environmental Hydrology
BIO 7415 Ichthyology
BIO 7419 Stream Ecology
BIO 7421 Landscape Dynamics
BIO 7422 Wetlands Ecology
BIO 7424 Phycology
BIO 7426 Ecology Management of Aquatic Macrophytes
BIO 7427 Principles of Population Biology I
BIO 7428 Principles of Population Biology II
BIO 7433 Population Genetics
BIO 7434 Herpetology
BIO 7440 Aquatic Toxicology
BIO 7447 Microbial Physiology and Genetics
BIO 7466 Phylogenetics
BIO 7468 Groundwater Resources
BIO 7470 Limnology
BIO 7471 Reservoir Ecology
BIO 7475 Restoration of Polluted Aquatic Resources
CHEM 7330 Environmental Chemistry
ENG 7314 Specializations in Professional and Technical Communication Topics:
Writing and Communicating about Aquatic Resources Issues
GEO 7316 Remote Sensing and the Environment
GEO 7318 GIS and Environmental Geography
GEO 7334 Geographic Aspects of Water
HR 7375 Aquatic Health Ecology and Human Disease
POSI 7310 Resolution of Disputes Involving Aquatic Resources
Dissertation: 15 hours minimum
BIO 7399A Dissertation
BIO 7699A Dissertation
For students entering the program with a master’s degree, the Ph.D. in Aquatic Resources requires the completion of 20 hours of core courses and 40 hours of elective courses and dissertation (including a minimum of 15 hours of dissertation credit). For students entering the program with a bachelor’s degree, the Ph.D. in Aquatic Resources requires the completion of 27 hours of core courses and 63 hours of elective courses and dissertation (including a minimum of 15 hours of dissertation credit). The selection of core courses should be made in consultation with the student’s Ph.D. advisor and the Program Director. With approval of the Program Director, a core course beyond the minimum required hours can be counted as an elective course toward the total hours required for the degree.
Core Courses
BIO 7102 Seminar in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7302 Problems in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7303 Research
BIO 7310 Global Aquatic Resources
BIO 7312 Government Policy Impacts on Aquatic Resources
BIO 7322 Scientific Method and Aquatic Resources
BIO 7362 Environmental Impact Analysis
BIO 7401 Assessment Techniques for Aquatic Resources
BIO 7402 Molecular Field Techniques
BIO 7405 Statistics and Experimental Design I
BIO 7406 Statistics and Experimental Design II
PHIL 7323 Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Aquatic Resources
Elective Courses:
AG 7310 Agriculture and Sustainable Aquatic Resources
BIO 7114 Collaborative Research
BIO 7120 Population Biology Seminar
BIO 7214 Collaborative Research
BIO 7302 Problems in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7308 History of Vegetation and Climate
BIO 7314 Collaborative Research
BIO 7324 Natural History and Conservation of Large Mammals
BIO 7325 Wildlife and Recreation: Impacts and Management
BIO 7328 Integrated Waterbird Management
BIO 7336 Evolutionary Ecology
BIO 7346 Conservation Biology
BIO 7348 Aquatic Resources Economics
BIO 7350 Aquatic Resources Law
BIO 7353 Biogeography
BIO 7355 Plant-Water Relations
BIO 7356 Pollution of Aquatic Ecosystems
BIO 7360 Special Topics in Aquatic Resources
BIO 7362 Environmental Impact Analysis
BIO 7366 Integrated Water Resources Management
BIO 7367 Behavioral Ecology
BIO 7368 Introduction to Ecological Modeling
BIO 7407 Instrumentation for Water Quality Analysis
BIO 7408 Fish Ecology and Conservation
BIO 7410 Aquatic Microbial Ecology
BIO 7412 Environmental Hydrology
BIO 7415 Ichthyology
BIO 7419 Stream Ecology
BIO 7421 Landscape Dynamics
BIO 7422 Wetlands Ecology
BIO 7424 Phycology
BIO 7426 Ecology Management of Aquatic Macrophytes
BIO 7427 Principles of Population Biology I
BIO 7428 Principles of Population Biology II
BIO 7433 Population Genetics
BIO 7434 Herpetology
BIO 7440 Aquatic Toxicology
BIO 7447 Microbial Physiology and Genetics
BIO 7466 Phylogenetics
BIO 7468 Groundwater Resources
BIO 7470 Limnology
BIO 7471 Reservoir Ecology
BIO 7475 Restoration of Polluted Aquatic Resources
CHEM 7330 Environmental Chemistry
ENG 7314 Specializations in Professional and Technical Communication Topics:
Writing and Communicating about Aquatic Resources Issues
GEO 7316 Remote Sensing and the Environment
GEO 7318 GIS and Environmental Geography
GEO 7334 Geographic Aspects of Water
HR 7375 Aquatic Health Ecology and Human Disease
POSI 7310 Resolution of Disputes Involving Aquatic Resources
Dissertation: 15 hours minimum
BIO 7399A Dissertation
BIO 7699A Dissertation