ProgramCIP 40.0605

Hydrology and Water Resources Science

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the occurrence, circulation, distribution, chemical and physical properties, and environmental interaction of surface and subsurface waters, including groundwater. Includes instruction in geophysics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, chemical physics, geomorphology, mathematical modeling, hydrologic analysis, continental water processes, global water balance, and environmental science.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Hydrogeology.