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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Hydrogeology, Certificate


College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics  > Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences  > Hydrogeology, Certificate

The Hydrogeology Certificate offered by the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is available to both graduate students and non-degree seeking professionals. This certificate is designed for professionals who wish to be recognized as obtaining a broad background in the area of hydrogeology without completion of an advanced degree. This may include geologists currently working in the petroleum industry who wish to obtain positions in the environmental industry, as well as those with hydrogeology positions but lacking formal course work in that area. Classes for certification are part of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences regular course offerings and thus are generally offered once every two years.

For additional information regarding the certificate program and new elective course options for the certificate, please visit: http://www.uh.edu/nsm/earth-atmospheric/graduate/hydrogeology-certification/.

Admission Requirements


  • Must have completed a bachelor’s degree in geosciences or civil engineering with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 (A=4.00) in the last 60 hours of all course work.
  • Must have completed undergraduate course work equivalent to that required for a Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Geophysics, or Environmental Sciences (Environmental Geosciences Option only) at the University of Houston, or additional course work to make up undergraduate deficiencies may be required.
  • Deficiencies will be noted at the time of admission.
  • Transcripts are required.
  • GRE scores are not required.
  • For students enrolled in a graduate program, courses used for certification can also be used towards a graduate degree.

A student can be admitted either:

  1. to a graduate program in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston, or
  2. to the Hydrogeology Certificate program as a “non-degree seeking” graduate student.

For Admission information, visit www.uh.edu/graduate-school/admissions/.

Certificate Requirements


Credit hours required for this certificate: 15.0

Core Course Requirements


12.0 Credit Hours

Course substitutions may be allowed on an individual basis, with prior approval from the Hydrogeology Certificate faculty advisor.

Elective Course Options


3.0 Credit Hours