Doctor's Degree in Hydrology at Colorado School of Mines |
Colorado School of Mines
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Colorado School of Mines is a Public, 4-year or above Research Universities (high research activity) with 4,560 students in Golden, CO.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Bachelor degree, Masters degree, Doctor's degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Colorado School of Mines
Doctor's degree
Hydrology
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The Hydrological Sciences and Engineering program at Colorado School of Mines is an interdisciplinary graduate program comprised of faculty from several different Mines departments: Chemistry & Geochemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science & Engineering, Geology & Geological Engineering, Geophysical Engineering, Mining Engineering and Petroleum Engineering. The program offers fields of study in fundamental hydrologic science and applied hydrology with engineering applications. Our program encompasses ground-water hydrogeology, surface-water hydrology, vadose-zone hydrology, watershed hydrology, contaminant transport and fate, contaminant remediation, hydrogeophysics, hydrochemistry and water policy/law.
Our students typically accept jobs in areas such as contaminant characterization and remediation, ground-water or watershed modeling, water-resources assessment, ecologic restoration and environmental restoration. Ph.D. graduates often find employment in environmental consulting firms, colleges and universities, national research laboratories, federal agencies and self-owned consulting businesses.
Degree Program
All hydrology students are required to complete a core curriculum of four formal graduate courses and a field session. Programs of study are interdisciplinary in nature and the remainder of the coursework is obtained from multiple departments at Mines and is approved for each student by the student's advisor and thesis committee. The core curriculum consists of:
GEGN 467- Ground Water Engineering
GEGN 598 or ESGN 527 - Surface-Water Hydrology
ESGN 522 - Contaminant Fate and Transport
CHGC 505 - Environmental Chemistry
Students also are required to complete a hydrology field session. Students who plan to incorporate hydrochemistry into their research may elect to replace CHGC 505 with a two-course combination that includes an aqueous inorganic chemistry course (e.g., GEGN 509 or ESGN 500) and an aqueous environmental organic chemistry course (e.g., CHGC/ESGN 555).
Doctor of Philosophy
To achieve the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, students are expected to complete a combination of coursework and original research, under the guidance of a faculty advisor and doctoral committee, that culminates in a significant scholarly contribution to a specialized field in hydrologic sciences or engineering. Full-time enrollment is expected and leads to the greatest success, although part-time enrollment may be allowed under special circumstances. All doctoral students must complete two semesters of full-time, on-campus residency.
Ph.D.: 72 total credit hours, consisting of coursework (at least 15 hours), minor coursework (12 hours) and research (at least 24 hours). Up to 36 hours of transfer credit can be applied to the degree from a previous M.S. degree related to hydrology. Students must also successfully complete written and oral qualifying examinations, write and defend a dissertation proposal, write and defend a doctoral dissertation, and are expected to submit the dissertation work for publication in scholarly journals.
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