 | | Course ID: | CRSS(WASR) 1020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Water Resources | Course
Description: | An introduction to the science and policy related to managing
fresh water resources. Fundamental hydrologic processes, how the
United States has managed water through history, and the
environmental impact of water resources management will be included. | | Athena Title: | Introduction Water Resources | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR 3900. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Water and Soil Resources Internship | Course
Description: | Students will work with a business, government agency, or other
organization to gain professional experience related to the
Water and Soil Resources major. | | Athena Title: | Water and Soil Internship | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship. Students may receive one hour of credit for every
100 hours of work experience. Only three credit hours from
this course may be used towards graduation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR(FORS) 4000/6000-4000L/6000L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Soil Management | Course
Description: | Morphological, physical, and chemical soil properties affecting tree growth and forest productivity; evaluation of soils and site quality; preparation of forest sites for planting, diagnosis, and correction of nutrient limitations; use of forest soil systems for waste treatment. | | Athena Title: | FOR SOIL MANAGEMENT | | Nontraditional Format: | One Friday and one Friday-Saturday field trip are required. | | Prerequisite: | CRSS 3050-3050L or CRSS(FORS) 3060-3060L or CRSS(FANR) 3060-3060L | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR(FORS) 4110/6110-4110L/6110L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Forest Hydrology | Course
Description: | Multidisciplinary examination of the terrestrial components of the hydrologic cycle focusing on the qualitative analysis of precipitation, snowmelt, runoff generation, routing, infiltration, and subsurface flow and transport. Emphasis is on the definition of hydrologic processes, identification of hydrologic resources, development of environmental monitoring techniques, and application to hydrologic resources management. | | Athena Title: | Forest Hydrology | | Prerequisite: | ENVE 4435/6435 or CRSS(FANR) 3060 or GEOL 4220/6220 or GEOG 4030/6030 or ECOL 3520 or CRSS 3050 or CRSS 4600/6600 or CRSS 4600E/6600E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECOL(FISH)(WASR) 4310/6310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Freshwater Ecosystems | Course
Description: | Exploration of freshwater ecosystems (lakes, streams, wetlands), their biota, physical and chemical properties, and linkages between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. | | Athena Title: | Freshwater Ecosystems | | Prerequisite: | (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L) or (FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECOL(FISH)(WASR) 4310L/6310L. 1 hour. 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Freshwater Ecosystems Lab | Course
Description: | Students will learn research methods in aquatic ecology including, sampling techniques, water chemistry analysis, experimental design, and data analyses. Students will become familiar with approaches to assess the condition of freshwater systems and will develop written and oral communication skills through laboratory activities. | | Athena Title: | Freshwater Ecosystems Lab | | Prerequisite: | (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L) or (FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR 4400-4400L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Wetlands | Course
Description: | Introduction to wetland systems and regulation. Wetland geomorphology, hydrology, soils, chemistry, vegetation, animal communities, response to land management, functional description, and legal considerations. Practical training in measuring and characterizing wetland features as well as delineating wetland boundaries and assessing wetland function. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Wetlands | | Prerequisite: | CRSS(WASR) 1020 or CRSS(FANR) 3060 or FANR 3200W or ECOL 3500 or ECOL 3505H or ECOL 1000 or ECOL 1000E or ECOL 1000H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR 4500/6500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Quantitative Methods in Hydrology | Course
Description: | Advanced analysis of hydrologic processes to provide a theoretical understanding of precipitation, evapotranspiration, streamflow, groundwater occurrence and movement, and soil zone flow and transport. Emphasis is upon quantitative methods used in conjunction with field and laboratory data to identify flow and transport dynamics in hydrologic systems. | | Athena Title: | Quantitative Methods Hydrology | | Prerequisite: | ENVE 4435/6435 or CRSS(FANR) 3060 or WASR(FORS) 4110/6110-4110L/6110L or GEOL 4220/6220 or GEOG 4030/6030 or (CRSS 4600/6600 and CRSS 4600L/6600L) or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | CRSS(WASR) 4660/6660. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Environmental Field Sites | Course
Description: | Analysis of soils, sediment, rocks, water for important organic and inorganic contaminants. Chromatography, atomic adsorption, and plasma emission spectroscopy, field sampling and measurements. Quality assurance/quality control, data reporting, computer use in analysis. | | Athena Title: | ENVIRON MEASUREMENT | | Prerequisite: | CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L and CRSS(FANR) 3060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR(CRSS)(ECOL)(ENGR)(GEOG)(GEOL) 4700L/6700L. 3 hours. 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Hydrology, Geology, and Soils of Georgia | Course
Description: | This field course focuses on the physical environment of Georgia by examining the diverse geology, soils, and surface and subsurface hydrologic processes within the state. We will travel to all of Georgia's physiographic areas, visiting mines, farms, forests, wetlands, rivers, lakes, and estuaries to explore the influence of human activities on the physical environment. | | Athena Title: | HYDROLOGY FIELD LAB | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FORS(ENGR)(CRSS)(GEOL)(GEOG)(ECOL) 4170L/6170L | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a Maymester field course, with lectures and laboratories scheduled during the entire session. Students are expected to travel throughout the state. Class will begin Period 1 on Day 1, and will end on the last day of the session. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Permission of school | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FANR(COFA)(FISH)(FORS)(GISC)(PRTM)(WASR)(WILD) 5950. 1-4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Forestry and Natural Resources | Course
Description: | Special-interest or experimental courses offered on a one-time basis. Course content will vary with each offering. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in FANR | | Nontraditional Format: | Lecture/lab hours will be determined by course instructor as appropriate to topic and credit hours assigned. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR 7980. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Forest Soils, Hydrology and Environmental Systems Problems | Course
Description: | Individual student problems pertaining to forest soils, hydrology, and environmental systems at the masters level. | | Athena Title: | SOIL & HYDRO PROBS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 7983 | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal classes are not held. Faculty assist students as needed. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR 8200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Hillslope Hydrology Seminar | Course
Description: | Current concepts used to describe water and chemical movement on watersheds scales. Conceptual models of flow at watershed scales, saturated/unsaturated flow and transport processes, and techniques for measuring soil moisture, soil potential, and lateral surface and subsurface flow. | | Athena Title: | HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 8120 | | Prerequisite: | WASR(FORS) 4110/6110-4110L/6110L or FORS 4110/6110-4110/6110L or GEOL 4220/6220 or GEOG 4030/6030 or CRSS 4600/6600-4600L/6600L or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR 8600. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Topics in Soil Organic Matter | Course
Description: | Advanced class will explore the formation, storage, loss, and transformations of organic matter (OM) from physical, chemical, and biological perspectives. Lecture and discussions will cover linkages of OM dynamics with the atmospheric composition of greenhouse gases and their future climatic implications. | | Athena Title: | Soil Organic Matter | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR(GEOL) 8730. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Aquifer Mechanics | Course
Description: | Mechanics of flow through subsurface media, including flow in confined, water table, and leaky aquifers, delayed yield, partially penetrating wells, boundaries, multiple wells, dual porosity media, and fractured rock; use of aquifer tests to estimate aquifer hydraulic properties. | | Athena Title: | AQUIFER MECHANICS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 8730 | | Prerequisite: | FORS 4110/6110-4110L/6110L or WASR(FORS) 4110/6110-4110L/6110L or GEOL 4220/6220 or GEOG 4030/6030 or CRSS 4600/6600-4600L/6600L or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | GEOL(WASR) 8740. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Hydrologic Flow and Transport Modeling | Course
Description: | Solutions of surface and subsurface flow and transport problems including finite difference, finite element, and boundary integral methods. Analytic techniques include Laplace-, z-, and Fourier-transform, complex variable, and separation of variables methods. Application to problems commonly found in the environmental field, including capture zones, particle-tracking, advection-dispersion, and non-aqueous phase liquids. | | Athena Title: | HYDROLOGIC MODELS | | Prerequisite: | GEOL 8700 or FORS 4120/6120 or WASR 4500/6500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FANR(COFA)(FISH)(FORS)(GISC)(PRTM)(WASR)(WILD) 8950. 1-4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Forestry and Natural Resources | Course
Description: | A selected specialized area of forestry and natural resources. The focus is on current literature and ongoing research in cutting-edge areas. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in FANR | | Nontraditional Format: | Flexible format may include lecture, lab, and discussion, to be determined by the instructor as appropriate for the special topic. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | WASR 8980. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 36 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Forest Soils, Hydrology and Environmental Systems Problems | Course
Description: | Individual student problems pertaining to forest soils, hydrology, and environmental systems at the doctoral level. | | Athena Title: | SOILS & HYDRO PROBS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in FORS 8983 | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal classes are not held. Faculty assist students as needed. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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