The University of Idaho has developed and is offering a Water Science Certificate that is entirely web-based. This certificate program is developed for people who have already completed a college degree and consists of 12 credits of course work. This program is specifically designed for currently employed professionals working in areas that deal with environmental issues and resource management. This certificate program can also be used to introduce prospective students to a potential graduate degree program. As the state’s land grant institution, the University of Idaho has a reputation of having outstanding programs that support natural resources (soil, water, air, minerals, biodiversity) teaching, research, and outreach. The UI Water Science Certificate provides background and depth in the concepts and tools currently used in water science, including an emphasis in water quality, surface water, and water management and policy. This program allows professionals to keep up-to-date in this rapidly changing field. This program is administered by Environmental Science, the largest interdisciplinary academic program at the University of Idaho. Prior to working on the Water Science Certificate, students must have completed an undergraduate degree in a related field. Course credits earned as an undergraduate student may not be applied toward a certificate. Several departments at the University of Idaho provide coursework for this certificate program. The certificate program is interdisciplinary and is supported by many academic units on campus. The Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Forest Resources, and Soil Science academic units provide hydrology-related coursework for the program. Water management and policy coursework is provided by the Conservation Social Science, Geography, Political Science, and Agricultural Economics departments. The Geology, Soil Science, Environmental Science, and Agricultural Systems Management units provide the water quality coursework. The web-based course offerings have been developed in the last three years and have identical content to their live counterpart classes on campus. This is an excellent educational opportunity for professionals to enhance their water science skills. The Water Science Certificate consists of 12 credits selected from the following courses. A minimum of 3 credits is required in each of the following areas: (1) water quality, (2) hydrology, and (3) water management and policy. Refer to the University of Idaho General Catalog at http://www.uidaho.edu/catalogs for course descriptions and prerequisite requirements.

Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Coordination Project Partners Land Grant Universities Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Contact Fred Sorensen: 907-786-6311 http://www.uaf.edu/ces/water/index.html University Publications: http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/ces/publications/ Idaho University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System Contact Bob Mahler: 208-885-7025 http://www.uidaho.edu/wq/wqhome.html University Publications: http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/Catalog/catalog.html Oregon Oregon State University Extension Service Contact Mike Gamroth: 541-737-3316 http://extension.oregonstate.edu/ University Publications: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/ Washington Washington State University WSU Extension Contact Bob Simmons: 360-427-9670 ext. 690 http://wawater.wsu.edu/ University Publications: http://pubs.wsu.edu/ Northwest Indian College Contact Michael Cochrane: 360-392-4299 mcochrane@nwic.edu or http://www.nwic.edu/ Water Resource Research Institutes Water and Environmental Research Center (Alaska) http://www.uaf.edu/water/ Idaho Water Resources Research Institute http://www.boise.uidaho.edu/ Institute for Water and Watersheds (Oregon) http://water.oregonstate.edu/ State of Washington Water Research Center http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/ Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Region 10 The Pacific Northwest http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/ Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Laboratory http://www.epa.gov/wed/ For more information contact Jan Seago at 206-553-0038 or seago.jan@epa.gov
	Water Quality (min. of 3 credits)		Credits
	ASM 430	Water and Wastewater Operations Management	3
	EnvS 546	Drinking Water and Human Health	3
	Geol 564	Geochemistry of Natural Waters	3
	Geol 578	Advanced Geochemistry of Natural Waters	3
	Hydrology (min. of 3 credits)		Credits
	BAE 450	Environmental Hydrology	3
	For 462	Watershed Science and Management	3
	Soil 415	Environmental Soil Physics	3
	Water Management and Policy (min. of 3 credits)		Credits
	AgE 404	Western US Water Res Policy and Env Equity	3
	Geog 524	Hydrological Applications of GIS & Remote Sensing	3
	PolS 562	Natural Resource Policy	3
	CSS 404	Plan/Dec. Making Processes for Water Management	3
	For more information and the details on the Water Science Certificate program contact Chris Dixon in the Environmental Science Program at the University of Idaho (208-885-6113); envs@uidaho.edu, or cdixon@uidaho.edu.
	National Water Quality Program Areas The four land grant universities in the Pacific Northwest have aligned our water resource extension and research efforts with eight themes of the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System. Animal Waste Management Drinking Water and Human Health Environmental Restoration Nutrient and Pesticide Management Pollution Assessment and Prevention Watershed Management Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Management Water Policy and Economics
	CSREES is the Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension Service, a sub-agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, and is the federal partner in this water quality program.

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