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  • Dept. of Land, Air & Water Resources
    1152 Plant & Environmental Sciences Building
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-1669
    Fax: (530) 752-1552/752-5262
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Contact Graduate Studies

  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Hydrologic Sciences

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • General: Apr. 1
  • Final: May 31

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • Undergraduate preparation: one year each of calculus, physics with calculus, and chemistry; introductory geology; differential equations; and statistics

Degree Requirements

Administrative Bylaws

Hydrologic sciences involve the geologic, atmospheric and oceanic sciences as well as engineering and other applied physical sciences. The program has three degree options: hydrobiology, hydrology, and hydrochemistry. Specializations in surface hydrology, subsurface hydrology, irrigation and drainage systems, and water resources management are possible under the hydrology option. The core curriculum includes fluid dynamics, hydrobiology, hydrologic phenomena, hydrogeochemistry, hydrologic techniques, and hydrologic policy.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Hydrologic Sciences Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
Graham E Fogg Land Air & Water Resources (530) 752-6810
Academic Advisers
Graham E Fogg Land Air & Water Resources 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-6810
Peter J. Hernes Land, Air & Water Resources 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 530-752-7827
Carlos Puente Land Air & Water Resources 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-0689
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Merlyn Potters Land Air & Water Resources (530) 752-1669
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Shelly Archer Office of Graduate Studies (530) 754-5886