该学位旨在为学生提供全面而全面的水科学和水文学知识以及研究方法方面的培训。博士 可以在硕士课程之后的大约30至40个学分的基础上获得学位，再加上额外的论文研究学分，而在BS学位以外的课程中至少要获得75个学分。该部门还联合提供理学硕士和博士学位水科学与管理-一种跨学科计划，专为希望学习不只是一门学科的学生而设计，由农业经济学和农业商业系，动物与山脉科学系，地理系，土木工程系以及植物与环境科学系。提高农业用水效率。需要减少含水层的脆弱性。改善社区供水的流域管理。经济实惠的城市和农业保护措施。利用丰富的咸淡地
This degree program will train researchers to meet current and emerging water challenges, including:<br><br>Improved agricultural water use efficiency<br>The need to reduce aquifer vulnerability<br>Improved watershed management for community water supplies<br>Affordable urban and agricultural conservation measures<br>Increased economic development from use of abundant brackish groundwater<br>Greater flexibility for adapting water use patterns to drought and climate change<br>Five fields of study offered in the program are:<br><br>Agricultural water resources<br>Watershed, riparian, and aquatic systems<br>Water quality and treatment<br>Water economics and policy<br>Water informatics