Prerequisite(s): GEOS 1134, or consent of the instructor.
This class will introduce upper level earth and environmental science students to the study of hydrologic science. This course will provide a comprehensive treatment of modern conceptual and methodological approaches to answering hydrologic questions. The course combines (1) a qualitative, conceptual understanding of hydrologic processes; (2) an introduction to the quantitative representation of those processes; and (3) an understanding of approaches to hydrologic measurements and the uncertainties involved in those measurements. This course will cover the history and general scope of hydrologic science, basic hydrologic concepts and principles, the global hydrologic cycle, and individual components of the hydrologic cycle. This class will also cover water resource management.