The Cosumnes, American, Sacramento, and Feather River basins, as well as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta wetlands are located all within a short driving distance. The Napa Valley wine country lies one hour to the west and the Historic Mother Lode country of the Sierra foothills is located one hour to the east. Point Reyes National Seashore and other scenic points along the spectacular northern Pacific Coast are also within a two or three hour drive of the city. No limit has been imposed in the number of undergraduate students in the hydrologic science program. The program is presently designed to accommodate about forty hydrologic science majors.
All students can work directly with the master advisor.
Additional faculty advisors will be available as needed. The program is structured to enable students to complete the degree requirements in four years, but it is advisable to begin completing the program requirements early in the college career. Except for some freshman chemistry and calculus courses, all classes in the program are readily available and have relatively low enrollments. In addition to courses needed to fulfill general university requirements, students intending to enter the hydrologic science program should have a strong high school background in mathematics and science, including courses in pre-calculus or calculus, physics, chemistry, and biology. Additional coursework in the earth sciences would be helpful.