• Contact Person
• Jenny Yearwood
• Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
• yearwood@uga.edu
• (706) 542-0947
• Visit the Water Resources website

Description of the Program

The Water Resources Certificate Program prepares students for related careers in environmental science and management. Protecting the long-term ecologic health of our rivers and streams is an important national goal. Yet our society has ever-increasing demands for inexpensive supplies of high-quality water. The purpose of the program is to train students to manage our scarce water resources for the maximum benefit of the world's population, while at the same time preserving the ecologic integrity of our aquatic resources.

Career Opportunities

Water Resource careers combine monitoring of environmental systems with sustainable resource management. Employment opportunities are growing. Positions are increasing rapidly with local, state, and federal agencies as well as with private sector and non-governmental organizations. One reward of a water resources career is having the outdoors as your office.

Certificate Requirements

The Water Resources Certificate Program provides a common curriculum to meet the educational needs of the next generation of environmental scientists and managers. Many of the courses provide hands-on experiences in an outdoor setting to learn about water resources.

The Certificate is awarded upon completion of at least one course from each of following categories: Water Resource Foundations; Water Quality Foundations; Hydrologic Processes; Biological Interactions; and Water Resource Applications.

The program combines the expertise of over seventy faculty from twelve academic units, providing excellent opportunities for scientific research and discussion.