Spring 2027

Hydrology

CIVENGR 415 covers the water cycle, physics-based hydrological processes, and basics of hydrologic modeling including calibration and validation.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.15 GPA, 30.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.61 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.69 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Differentiate between representations of runoff, streamflow, evapotranspiration, precipitation, infiltration, soil moisture, and snowpack based on physical principles and empirical simplifications

  • Derive quantitative relationships describing terrestrial water and energy fluxes

  • Formulate mathematical models of the water terrestrial water cycle at point and watershed scales

  • Identify the strengths and weaknesses of hydrologic predictions for addressing real-world water resources challenges, including in a changing climate

  • Contrast water resources engineering methods with more complex hydrologic and hydraulic methods

  • Identify the geophysical conditions under which specific hydrologic assumptions are valid

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MATH 221, 217, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

    • MATH 221
    • 217
    • graduate/professional standing
    • member of Engineering Guest Students
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    • MATH 221
    • 217
    • graduate/professional standing
    • member of Engineering Guest Students

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.15 GPA, 30.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.61 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.69 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Water cycle components: air mass properties, precipitation, evaporation, snowmelt, infiltration, streamflow, watershed dynamics, and hydrologic extremes
  • Physics-based representations of hydrological processes
  • Hydrologic modeling, calibration, and validation
  • Terrestrial water and energy fluxes

Skills

  • Hydrologic modeling, calibration, and validation
  • Differentiating hydrological process representations
  • Deriving quantitative relationships for water and energy fluxes
  • Evaluating hydrologic predictions for water resources challenges

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