Initiation Date: Spring 2001

Coordinators:
Lawrence J. Rouse, Associate Professor and Chair, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Edward Laws, Professor and Interim Chair

Goal:
Give graduate students a strong background in wetland science and policy enhancing their understanding of ecosystem processes in wetland resource management.

Participating Departments:
Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Environmental Sciences

Curriculum:
The following are the course requirements for both Master’s and Ph.D students:

OCS students:
Must take one course from Group A, two courses from Group C, and at least three additional elective credit hours from any group for a total of at least 12 credit hours. OCS courses taken to meet the department’s core course requirement may not be counted toward the concentration.

ENVS students:
Must take one course from Group A and one from Group B, and at least six additional elective credit hours from any group for a total of at least 12 credit hours.

Group A
OCS 4166 Wetland Delineation and Functional Assessment 3
OCS4308 Plants in Coastal Environments 3
OCS4560 Wetland Loss, Restoration, and Management 3

Group B
OCS 7165 Biogeochemistry 3
OCS 4165 Environmental Chemistry of Wetlands 3
OCS 4128 Wetland Hydrology 3

Group C
OCS 4465 Seminar in Coastal Zone Management 3
ENVS 4149 Design of Environmental Management Systems 3
ENVS 7040 Environmental Planning/Management 3
ENVS 7041 Environmental Policy Analysis 3
ENVS 7950 Environmental Conflict Resolution 3
ENVS 7050 Spatial Modeling of Environmental Data 3
ENVS 7061 Water Quality Management and Policy 3
ENVS 7045 Land Use Law and Regulation 3
ENVS7335 Water Quality Modeling for Management 3

Group D
OCS 7124 Applied Coastal Plant Ecology 3
OCS 4040 Environmental Pollution and Transport Processes 3
OCS 4041 Salt Marsh Ecology 4
OCS 4164 Deltaic Processes 3
OCS 4372 Estuarine Ecology 3
OCS 4410 Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis 3

**For course descriptions please check respective deparmental websites: Oceanography, Environmental Sciences

In addition, all students:
· Must include at least one 7000 level course
· Must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade in all concentration courses
· No courses taken on a pass/fail basis may be applied to the concentration

New or existing courses may be substituted after approval by both the student’s committee and both departments.

Degree Recognition:

Thesis: Line on cover page denoting M.S/Ph.D degree with a “Concentration in Wetland Science and Management”
Degree Transcripts: Line denoting the completion of degree requirements for the “Concentration in Wetland Science and Management”