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Current Bachelors Degrees: GEOGRAPHY (NEW!)
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The Department of Watershed Sciences offers comprehensive educational opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students in hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry, water quality, watershed management, fisheries, aquatic ecology, remote sensing, and geographic modeling. Faculty members provide expertise in fisheries, the hydrologic cycle, conservation biology, restoration and management of aquatic and riparian ecosystems, and the remote sensing and geographic analysis of the earth's landcovers. Graduates of departmental programs become scientists and managers for natural resource agencies, professionals with consulting and nonprofit environmental firms, and teachers and researchers at major universities.
Students attaining the BS in Watershed and Earth Systems will have strong quantitative skills, be versed in geographic information analysis; and have an understanding of the interactions of the physics, chemistry, and biology inherent in earth ecosystems. Graduates will be well-prepared o take positions in state and federal natural resource agencies; to enter graduate programs in the biophysical and natural resource disciplines; and to take positions working with consulting firms, nongovernmental organizations, and earth science industries.
Student Club
American Fisheries Society - Student Chapter
- Academic Service Center
- Link to Utah State University Scholarship information
- Out of State Students - Scholarship program available for the Western Undergraduate Exchange - Apply by December 1st for Priority selection - scholarships are highly competitive - early applications have better success rates! (The student must be a legal resident of a participating state. Participating states include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming -see websites for complete details - USU Link WUE Link)
- Link to College of Natural Resources Scholarship Information