{"id":808,"date":"2023-01-25T09:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels-draft\/?page_id=808"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:45:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:45:05","slug":"wetland-watershed-and-ecosystem-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/wetland-watershed-and-ecosystem-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Wetland, Watershed, and Ecosystem Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"fullwidth wp-block-heading\">Master of Environmental Science and Management<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"mesm\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-mesm\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-762\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-762\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-18900\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18900\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-761\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-761\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-884\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-884\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/affiliated-faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-894\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-894\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/mesm\/student-opportunities\/\">Student opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wetland, Watershed, and Ecosystem Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This specialization focuses on the science and management of ecosystems at all scales from landscape to interstitial. Students may concentrate studies in the ecology, management, and conservation of inland or coastal wetlands; in watershed science and management, particularly land use-water quality interactions, in the ecology and management of forests for human use and biodiversity, or in soil ecology, including bioremediation of organic pollutants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students take courses from four key areas: ecosystem science and management; earth science, soils, and spatial analysis, statistics, and environmental planning, policy, law, and economics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduates find employment with federal and state resource management and regulatory agencies, municipal government, nongovernmental conservation organizations, and private environmental consulting firms.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core courses&nbsp;<\/strong>(21-25 credits), including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Natural Sciences<\/strong>\u00a0(12-16 credits)<ul><li>Watersheds (at least 3 credits)<\/li><li>Wetlands (at least 3 credits)<\/li><li>Ecosystems (at least 3 credits)<\/li><li>Earth science, soils, or spatial analysis (at least 3 credits)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Social Sciences<\/strong>\u00a0(6 credits)<\/li><li><strong>Quantitative Methods<\/strong>\u00a0(3 credits)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elective courses<\/strong>&nbsp;(6-10 credits)<br><strong>Culminating Experience<\/strong>&nbsp;(3 credits: EVS 505, 597, or 598)<br><strong>Graduate seminar<\/strong>&nbsp;(2 credits)<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/soni-pradhanang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Soni-Pradhanang.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Soni Prandhanang, Department of Geosciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Soni-Pradhanang.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Soni-Pradhanang-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Soni-Pradhanang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Soni-Pradhanang-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/soni-pradhanang\/\">Soni Prandhanang<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Coordinator, Wetland, Watershed, and Ecosystem Science<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2265<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:spradhanang@uri.edu\">spradhanang@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/brett-still\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Brett-Still.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brett Still, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Natural Resources Science, URI\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Brett-Still.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Brett-Still-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Brett-Still-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Brett-Still-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/brett-still\/\">Brett Still<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">MESM Co-Director, Clinical Assistant Professor; 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