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Areas of Emphasis Available

The current program allows for 4 areas of emphasis - engineering, environmental, socio-economic and managerial and computer applications, any one in which students can seek additional strengths. This would enable students to launch careers from a base in which they have excellent strengths. The WRM curriculum includes very innovative undergraduate courses such as Water Model Applications (WRM 401), Urban Water Problems (WRM 402) and Water Transportation Systems WRM (403). The basic curriculum enables the students to obtain an interdisciplinary focus on the issues related to water resources management.

Computer Applications Emphasis

As in many fields, computer applications in water resources management are important and students will enhance their studies by choosing classes in computer aided drafting, modern computer languages and concepts of geometric models. Students will also be taking a course in water model applications (WRM 401) that will emphasize the use of computer models used in the industry.
Internship Requirements for Water Resources Management

Students are expected to work on internships in a water related field before graduating.. In the past students have engaged in internship at water treatment plants, wastewater treatment facilities, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Ohio EPA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Goddard Space Flight Center of National Air and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Morgan State University, Alabama A & M University and Kent State University among other places. Many of these internships are engineering based.
Student Success

Graduates of the program have found careers in industry, government and universities. Of particular importance is the fact that the Department actively engages in research. Many of the undergraduate student researchers present their findings in the Willie J. Washington Annual Science Symposium held at Central State University during April which is a popular forum for undergraduate researchers from the colleges in the area. Student enrollment in the program has varied over the past years and typically correlates to the total enrollment in the University. The Department has generated articulation agreements with near by community colleges to attract additional students. The Department expects growth in students enrolled in engineering and computer applications areas. Students receive extensive attention in the Center and have typically performed well. The Department enjoys a retention rate of 87% and with its interdisciplinary curriculum has graduated 100% of all African -American students in the State of Ohio under the category of "physical sciences - other areas". About 38% of the graduates have gone on to graduate school and 60% of those who went on to graduate school, pursued higher studies in civil/ environmental engineering.Back

Engineering Emphasis

Students emphasizing the engineering aspects will take courses in physics, mathematics including courses in multivariate calculus and differential equations, statics, dynamics and strength of materials addition to engineering based courses in water supply (WRM 206), wastewater systems (WRM 301), drainage systems design (WRM 304), and irrigation technology (WRM 303). Back

Environmental Emphasis

Students who would like to obtain special skills in the environmental areas will take advanced courses in chemistry and biology. Suitable for students seeking careers in environmental science, emphasis is placed on quantitative chemical analysis, advanced organic chemistry and ecology. Students seeking this emphasis will also take classes in water supply (WRM 206), wastewater systems (WRM 301), Soil and Water Pollution (WRM 307).Back

Socio-economic and Managerial Emphasis

In this stream students emphasize policy, economic and legal issues of water resources management in addition to seeking strengths in management, finance and information systems areas related to water resources management. Students will take water resources policy (WRM 302), socio-economic issues in water resources management (WRM 306), water law (WRM 308) and economics of water resources management (WRM 311) for this stream.Back