Help Preserve and Better Utilize Our World’s Water
Water appears as a vast resource. In fact, it covers most of the world’s surface area. Yet, only a small percentage is suitable for human consumption. Healthy water resources are precious.
Considering this, sustainability is an essential component of water resource management. Water resources engineers play a crucial role in analyzing these sources. These professionals develop the skills necessary to provide engineering solutions to secure water supplies for human and environmental uses under changing climate conditions.
Clarkson University’s water resources engineering professional concentration is open to Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering students. Students opting for this path graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a certificate of professional concentration in water resources engineering.
Why Study Water Resources Engineering at Clarkson?
Take advantage of your elective requirement to gain a specialization in this crucial subfield. Grow your knowledge of hydrology, infrastructure design and water treatment solutions.
Professionals develop new solutions or update existing systems. Learn to:
Reduce damage, contamination and related costs.
Ensure that the finite amount of water on Earth is preserved for consumptive and environmental uses.
Assist with managing the environmental impacts of wastewater.
Repurpose wastewater.
Help design more efficient water treatment plants.
Protect communities against the effects of climate change
This skill set becomes essential for flood control, managing excess amounts of water and developing or upgrading infrastructure to support a population, even in the event of a natural disaster.
What You'll Learn
Water and wastewater treatment processes
Engineering hydrology
River restoration
Geology
Sustainable development and environmental engineering
Groundwater hydrology and geochemistry
Solid and hazardous waste management
Environmental policy
Review the full curriculum and structure below.
To obtain a professional concentration in water resources engineering, a student must choose required and professional electives in order to complete the following seven courses:
Four required courses include:
CE430 Water Resources Engineering II
CE470 River Restoration
CE479 Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
CE490/491 Senior Design with Water Resources Focus
Choose any two from the following:
CE315 Geology for Engineers
CE340 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CE380 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
CE434 Sustainable Development Engineering
CE435 Groundwater Hydrology and Geochemistry
CE478 Solid Waste Management and Landfill Design
CE481/581 Hazardous Waste Management and Engineering
CE482/582 Environmental Systems Analysis and Design
And choose at least one from the following:
BY/CE/EV313 Biogeochemical Earth Systems Science
BY330/EV330 Great Lakes Water Protection
BY431 Limnology
CE316 Earth's Dynamic Climate: Science and Impacts
CE317 Geologic Hazards
COMM428 Environmental Communication
ES436 Global Climate Change: Science, Engineering and Policy
EV305 Sustainability and the Environment
POL374 Environmental Political Theory
POL375 Environmental Law
POL470/SOC470 Environmental Policy
Theories lay the groundwork for hands-on learning in the classroom through your Professional Experience requirement. Explore these and other opportunities that highlight what water resources engineers do in the real world:
Civil engineers specializing in water resources engineering embark on careers in consulting. These professionals assist industries or businesses with reducing contamination and improving water quality. Or, they find themselves in a government or private organization. These professionals oversee infrastructure restoration, building treatment facilities or improving flood control efforts.
Our water resources engineering students start their careers with an average salary of $64,384. In recent years, our students have made a difference with:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Email:cee@clarkson.edu Phone: 315-268-6529
Interested in learning more about earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a professional concentration in water resources engineering? Contact the Department today with your questions.
Professor Erik Backus gives an overview of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s undergraduate programs, including unique, hands-on learning opportunities that lead to our students having the skills and experience employers want and need.
Think about how your interests and skills can improve our world for future generations. If you see yourself studying water resources engineering at Clarkson University, take the next step now:
