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Floodplain Management Minor

This is a national certification administered by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (www.floods.org).  This certification is widely recognized by communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and by companies involved in watershed modeling and flood mapping. 

Required Courses (13 semester hours):

CE 160/161 

Fundamentals of Surveying and Surveying Lab     

CE 300

Floodplain Management      

GEOG 318

GIS for Engineers

CE 461 or GEOG/GEOL 310

Hydrology

*Geography or geology students can substitute GEOG 317 for GEOG 318.

 

Elective Courses (Choose at least 8 semester hours):

GEOG 121

Meteorology        

3 hours

GEOG 207

 Hurricanes

1 hour

GEOG 208

Floods and Droughts                       

1 hour

GEOG 209

Natural disasters                   

1 hour

GEOG 391

Data analysis and interpretation                               

3 hours

GEOG 414

Introduction to Remote Sensing             

4 hours

GEOG 416

Remote Sensing      

3 hours

GEOG 417

GIS Analysis and Modeling     

3 hours

GEOG 419

 GIS Application Development

3 hours

GEOG/GEOL 420

Geomorphology  

4 hours

GEOG 422

Physical Climatology

4 hours

GEOG 424

Weather Analysis and Forecasting

3 hours

GEOG 426

Applied Meteorology/Climatology  

3 hours

GEOG 427

Water Resources

3 hours

GEOG 431

Dynamic Meteorology       

3 hours

GEOL 445

Aqueous Geochemistry     

3 hours

GEOG 455

Global Environment Change             

3 hours

GEOG 474

Environmental Planning     

3 hours

GEOG 477

Special Topics in Geographic Information Systems†

3 hours

CE 351

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

3 hours

CE 378/379

Boundary Surveying and Lab

4 hours

CE 380/381

Route Surveying and Lab

4 hours

CE 380/381

Hydraulic Engineering Systems

3 hours

†Requires project in floodplain related area

Note:  At least 6 hours must taken outside the major.

 

 

For more information contact:

C.Warren Campbell, Ph.D., P.E.,C.F.M.

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Department of Engineering

Engineering and Biological Science Building Room 2124

Western Kentucky University

(270) 745-8988

warren.campbell@wku.edu

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