| Required Courses | ||
| BRAE 340 | Irrigation Water Management | 4 |
| NR/CRP 408 | Water Resource Law and Policy | 4 |
| SS 120 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 |
| Emphasis Area | ||
| Select one emphasis area: | 13-16 | |
| Irrigation Emphasis | ||
Select 13 units from the following: | ||
| Introduction to Engineering Surveying | ||
or BRAE 239 | Engineering Surveying | |
| Landscape Irrigation | ||
| Water for a Sustainable Society | ||
| Chemigation | ||
| Drainage | ||
| Drip/Micro Irrigation | ||
| Agricultural Irrigation Systems | ||
| Water Wells and Pumps | ||
| Irrigation Project Design | ||
| Water Policy Emphasis | ||
| Select 15 units from the following: | ||
| Issues Affecting California Agriculture | ||
| Agricultural Policy | ||
| Advanced Agricultural Policy | ||
| Wetlands | ||
| Water for a Sustainable Society | ||
| Environmental Law | ||
| Watershed Processes and Management | ||
| Environmental Policy Analysis | ||
| World Food Systems | ||
| Public Policy and Administration | ||
| Watershed Management Emphasis | ||
| Select 16 units from the following: | ||
| Wetlands | ||
| Soil Erosion and Water Conservation | ||
| Applied Environmental Groundwater Hydrology | ||
| Applied Environmental Contaminant Transport | ||
| Natural Resource Ecology and Habitat Management | ||
or NR 305 | Forest Ecology and Silvics | |
| Watershed Processes and Management | ||
| Watershed Assessment and Protection | ||
| Forest and Range Soils | ||
| Total units | 25-28 | |
Water Science Minor
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