The interdisciplinary Master of Science in Land Rehabilitation degree offers advanced study in rehabilitation of disturbed lands. Site revegetation, soil remediation, riparian zone restoration, stream channel restoration, investigation of impacted geologic resources and remediation of contaminated sites are included in areas of study.
Emphasis is placed on developing a broad understanding of soil, plant and hydrologic processes.
Students may focus in a subject area of direct importance to land rehabilitation, such as plant ecology, soil science, hydrology, geology, geography, biology, or range science. Participating faculty are from the departments of Animal and Range Sciences, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Civil Engineering, and Biology. Students pursuing M.S. degrees in Land Rehabilitation may select academic advisors from a list of participating faculty, but must have research projects pertaining to land rehabilitation. Students are exposed to broad aspects of land rehabilitation via a required core curriculum and a variety of recommended upper division and graduate level classes in soil science, plant science, land rehabilitation science, range science, geology, water resources, engineering or ecology. The actual course programs are developed in consultation with the student's graduate committee.