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Water creates paths down mountains, through creek beds, and under the ground. How do pollutants, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides end up in our water supply? Learn about natural processes and human activity that both play a role.

Why study watershed science at Sewanee?

The watershed science certificate is designed to give you a better understanding of the interactions among the physical, chemical, and biological factors that affect our watersheds and wetlands. In addition to hydrology, you’ll take watershed science courses as well as courses in disciplines like biology, forestry, geology, and environmental studies.

You’ll complete the certificate with the watershed science capstone course, a multidisciplinary, project-oriented course in which students address issues related to topic areas like the interaction of biological processes and watershed function, chemical processes in streams and watersheds and the relationship between forested landscapes and hydrologic systems.

A Sampling of Courses

Forest Watershed Measurements
Forestry

A field and analysis course in which students learn the techniques of stream and watershed evaluation through active participation in a watershed monitoring project. Activities focus upon stream and watershed sampling procedures, analytical laboratory techniques, and the synthesis, analysis, and reporting of data.

FORS 260
Watershed Contaminant Hydrology
Geology

This is a field and project-based course that investigates the movement of natural and man-made contaminants through the ground-water and surface-water systems of watersheds.

GEOL 315
Hydrology
Forestry

A quantitative examination of the chemical processes that occur in aquatic environments, including precipitation, gas exchange, acid-base, redox, complexation, and adsorption reactions. Emphasis is on equilibrium and steady-state calculations as a tool for understanding the distribution and fate of inorganic chemical species in natural waters. Examples address a variety of water types (e.g., lakes, oceans, rivers, estuaries, groundwaters, and wastewaters), pollutant fate, and geochemistry.

FORS 314

Watershed Science

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Contact

SARAH C. SHERWOOD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGIST

sherwood@sewanee.edu

Snowden Hall 220, Ext. 3396

C. Ken Smith
Professor and Assistant Dean of the Environment 

ksmith@sewanee.edu

Snowden Hall 209, Ext. 3219

The Domain: An Immersive Experience

Integrated Program in the Environment
6 Majors, 6 Minors, 13,000 Acres

Sewanee's Integrated Program in the Environment is one of the premier collections of environmental offerings in the country. A working farm, a 13,000-acre forest, and well-funded internships offer opportunities to apply your classroom learning. An expansive curriculum—including natural and social sciences as well as the humanities and fine arts—offers students multiple pathways for gaining an understanding of the ecological complexity and wonder of the earth we inhabit.

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Stewardship & Sustainability
Hands-on Experience

The Office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability offers students myriad opportunities to engage with the outdoors. Whether your passions are natural resources management, food production, animal care, field research, or sustainability, there's a place for you to get your hands dirty on the Domain!

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The University Farm
Where Growth Happens

The University Farm offers students a transformative experience through the immersive and intimate practice of restorative agriculture. At the farm you'll find many opportunities to enhance your education and connect with the history of agriculture. And if you’re lucky, there will be some baby goats around during finals.