
Clinical Assistant Professor; Director, Center for Survey Research
Always complicated, the issue of water is becoming even more complex and controversial as world population increases and climate changes. The water resources concentration gives you the problem-solving skills needed in this increasingly important field. You’ll learn about biological and physical aspects of water in the environment through courses including wetland ecology and management, stream ecology, groundwater-flow and water-quality modeling, and fisheries management.
You’ll develop a wide range of skills, including modeling, pollution prevention, watershed assessment, wetland restoration, and wastewater treatment. You’ll add training in environmental management and policy to ensure that you can translate your science to the public and policymakers. Graduate well-positioned for careers with government, nonprofit organizations, consulting firms, industry-based departments of environmental management at international or national levels, or fast-growing and often innovative state and municipal organizations.
7MSES STUDENTS FOCUSED ON WATER RESOURCES (Spring 2021)
1:1FACULTY: STUDENT RATIO (2021)
100%O’NEILL PLACEMENT RATE (2018)
The water resources concentration emphasizes scientific principles of water quantity and quality. Courses provide information and problem-solving skills using biological, chemical, and physical descriptions of water in the environment. MSES students choosing the Water Resources concentration are required to take three course (9 credit hours) from the Water Resource core (at least one course in both the Physical and Chemical Aspects of Water and in the Ecological Aspects of Water area) and three course (9 credit hours) from Water Resources Electives.
*Please work with an advisor when taking courses outside of O’NEILL.
Ecological Aspects of Waters (at least one course)The above are examples of your course options. For a complete listing, see the official Indiana University Graduate Bulletin and work with your advisor as you make your schedule.
O’Neill gave me technical knowledge in wetland delineation and environmental regulations that I use at my current job.
—Samantha Beaupre, MSES’17, Environmental Biologist, Lochmueller Group, Indianapolis
The O’Neill MSES program offers far more than traditional lectures and lessons. You'll benefit from experiential leaning, typically through an approved internship. What's more, your concentration's course work will culminate in a project-oriented course—an O’Neill Capstone—that lets you apply the knowledge you gained throughout the program, gaining practical career experience before you graduate.
O’Neill’s dedicated Career Hub will assist you as you seek an internship or post-graduate employment, and our alumni community is an excellent lead source.
Check out the CDO’s Explore Careers & Outcome page.
You can join the Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Association, one of many professional student organizations that offer networking and current information on events in the industry.
Clinical Assistant Professor; Director, Center for Survey Research
Professor; Paul H. O'Neill Chair; Fischer Faculty Fellow; Director, Ph.D. Program in Environmental Sciences
Professor; Faculty Chair for Environmental Science; Director, Royer Laboratory