This is the first version of the 2024–25 General Catalog. Please check back regularly for changes. The final edition and the historical PDF will be published during the fall semester.
The graduate Certificate in Sustainable Water Development requires 15 s.h. of credit, including at least 9 s.h. earned at the University of Iowa. The courses numbered 5000 and above required for the certificate must be taken at the University of Iowa. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.50 in work for the certificate. The certificate is open to graduate students currently enrolled at the University of Iowa who are completing a degree program.
The Certificate in Sustainable Water Development requires the following coursework.
Required Courses
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| All of these: | ||
| CEE:5096 | Water, Energy, and Food Nexus Seminar (taken for two semesters) | 0 |
| CEE:5350 | Watershed Hydrology and Ecosystem Processes | 3 |
| CEE:5410 | Politics and Economics of the Food, Energy, Water Nexus | 3 |
| URP:6209/SDG:6000 | Sustainable Communities Lab I | 3 |
Electives
Students take two elective courses selected from the following list. For more information about approved certificate electives, contact the Sustainable Water Development Program coordinator.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| At least two of these for at least 6 s.h.: | ||
| CEE:4102 | Groundwater | 3 |
| CEE:4104/EES:4660 | Groundwater Modeling | 3 |
| CEE:4107/CBE:4410 | Sustainable Systems | 3 |
| CEE:4118 | Statistical Methods in Water and the Environment | 3 |
| CEE:4158/OEH:4920 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes | 3 |
| CEE:4187/OEH:4540 | Statistics for Experimenters | 3 |
| CEE:4370 | Open Channel Flow and Sediment Transport | 3 |
| CEE:4385 | Water Scarcity in Rural India | 3 |
| CEE:5156 | Physical and Chemical Environmental Processes | 3 |
| CEE:6253 | Environmental Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CEE:6255 | Environmental Biotechnology and Bioremediation | 3 |
| ABRD:3445 | India Winterim | arr. |
| ACCT:4300 | Accounting Ethics and Law | 3 |
| ANTH:3110/CBH:4200/GHS:3110/NAIS:3110 | Colonialism and Indigenous Health Equity | 3 |
| BIOL:3663 | Plant Response to the Environment | 3 |
| CBE:5140/CEE:5513/ME:5113 | Mathematical Methods in Engineering | 3 |
| CBE:5415/IGPI:5415 | Satellite Image Processing and Remote Sensing of Atmosphere | 3 |
| CBE:5425/CEE:5115 | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 3 |
| CBH:5305 | Evaluation: Approaches and Applications | 3 |
| CBH:6205 | Designing and Implementing Interventions | 3 |
| CHEM:4760 | Radiochemistry: Energy, Medicine, and the Environment | 3 |
| CHEM:4873 | Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| CPH:3500/GHS:3500 | Global Public Health | 3 |
| ECE:5630 | Sustainable Energy Conversion | 3 |
| ECON:3345 | Global Economics and Business | 3 |
| ECON:3625/URP:3135 | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| ECON:3800 | Law and Economics | 3 |
| ECON:4090 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| ECON:4140 | Labor Economics | 3 |
| EES:3390 | Integrated Watershed Analysis | 3 |
| GEOG:3070/GHS:3070 | Hungry Planet: Global Geographies of Food | 3 |
| GEOG:3780/GHS:3780/HIST:3240/POLI:3431 | U.S. Energy Policy in Global Context | 3 |
| GEOG:4150/GHS:4150/IGPI:4150 | Health and Environment: GIS Applications | 3 |
| GEOG:4500/IGPI:4500 | Advanced Remote Sensing | 4 |
| GEOG:4520/IGPI:4520 | GIS for Environmental Studies: Applications | 3 |
| GEOG:4580/IGPI:4581 | Introduction to Geographic Databases | 3 |
| GEOG:4750/URP:4750 | Environmental Impact Analysis | 3 |
| LAW:8433 | Environmental Law | 2-3 |
| LAW:8622 | International Environmental Law | 3 |
| LAW:8992 | Water Law | arr. |
| MATH:4740/CS:4740/IGPI:4740/STAT:4740 | Large Data Analysis | 3 |
| ME:4048 | Energy Systems Design | 4 |
| OEH:4240 | Global Environmental Health | 3 |
| OEH:4260/GHS:4260 | Global Water and Health | 3 |
| OEH:5620 | Occupational Health | 3 |
| OEH:6460 | Quantitative Exposure Assessment: Study Design and Evaluation | 3 |
| OEH:6710 | Human Toxicology and Risk Assessment | 3 |
| PHYS:5811 | Classical Electrodynamics I | 3 |
| PHYS:5812 | Classical Electrodynamics II | 3 |
| URP:6205/PBAF:6205 | Economics for Policy Analysis | 1,3 |
| URP:6225/PBAF:6225 | Applied GIS for Planning and Policy Making | 1-3 |
| URP:6233/PBAF:6233 | Public Finance and Budgeting | 3 |
| URP:6242 | Planning and City Administration | 1 |
| URP:6253/PBAF:6253 | Designing Sustainable and Healthy Cities | 1-3 |
| URP:6256/PBAF:6256 | Environmental Policy | 3 |
| URP:6258/PBAF:6258 | Systems and Scenario Thinking | 3 |
| URP:6273/PBAF:6273 | Community Development Through Creative Placemaking | 3 |
| URP:6295/PBAF:6295 | Economic Development Policy | 3 |
Students must:
- be in a relevant science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field;
- submit their University of Iowa transcript;
- have a graduate grade-point average (GPA) higher than 3.00 if in a doctoral program or a GPA higher than 2.75 if in a master's program;
- submit their résumé or curriculum vitae;
- provide a statement of purpose of 500 words or less about their core research and training program, and why the certificate program will benefit their training and goals for career placement; and
- provide a letter of endorsement from their advisor.
Admission to the certificate program is competitive. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and are reviewed by the Sustainable Water Development Program; applications can be submitted online along with pertinent materials. Students receive an email after an admission decision has been made.