Wis. Admin. Code Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists GHSS 3.04 - Education
(1) In satisfaction of the education
requirement under s. 470.04(3) (b),
Stats., the professional hydrologist section shall accept a bachelor degree in
hydrology or water resources, or a degree reflecting that the applicant has
completed at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course credits in
hydrology or water resources of a variety and nature sufficient to constitute a
major in hydrology or water resources, granted by a college or university
accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the state board of
education in the state in which the college or university is located, or
accredited by a Canadian accrediting agency satisfactory to the
board.
(2) If the degree is from an
educational institution not meeting the requirements of sub. (1), the applicant
shall provide an official evaluation by a transcript evaluation service
acceptable to the professional hydrologist section which shows that the degree
is equivalent to a bachelor degree in hydrology or water resources or a
bachelor degree with a major in hydrology or water resources meeting the
requirements under sub. (1).
(3) In
order to be considered a major in hydrology, the applicant must have completed
at least 12 semester hours or 18 quarter hours of course credits in hydrology
or water resources in at least 3 of the following areas:
(a) Contaminant surface and subsurface water
hydrology.
(b) Field methods in
surface and subsurface water hydrology.
(c) Fluid mechanics or dynamics.
(d) Fluvial geomorphology.
(e) Open channel flow and
hydraulics.
(f) Stochastic
hydrology.
(g) Subsurface water
hydrology.
(h) Subsurface water and
well hydraulics.
(i) Surface or
subsurface water modeling.
(j)
Surface water hydrology.
(k)
Unsaturated zone hydrology.
(L)
Water resource management.
(4) In addition to the coursework required
under sub. (3), other hydrology or water resource related coursework that may
be used to satisfy the 30 semester hour or 45 quarter hour requirement include,
but are not limited to, courses in the following areas:
(a) Aquatic biology.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Environmental health and
toxicology.
(d) Forestry.
(e) Geography.
(f) Geology.
(g) Limnology.
(h) Meteorology.
(i) Natural resources.
(j) Soil science.
(k) Water chemistry.
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