FEW Admission Requirements

Admission to the FEW Graduate Certificate program will require that the student (a) has completed a 4-year undergraduate degree or has been accepted by the Graduate School for admission to a graduate degree program at Kansas State University, and (b) has completed at least 3 upper-division (junior-level or higher) undergraduate courses in technical areas consistent with topics included in FEW subject matter electives. The FEW Program Director will determine if the required qualifications have been met by each applicant.

Framework

General Requirements: Students must be enrolled in a graduate degree program at Kansas State University, and complete a minimum of 12 hours of prescribed coursework:

• Complete 2 semesters of DEN 892 FEW Seminar (0 credit hours);
• Core courses:  all students must the two core courses:
  • GENAG 670 - Introduction to Agricultural Resources and Environmental Management  Credits: 1
  • GENAG 870 - Capstone for Agricultural Resources and Environmental Management  Credits: 2
• Complete 9 hours of selected elective courses (lists below).

If a student is enrolled in a graduate degree program, no more than six credits may be taken from the student’s home department. In addition, the decision about which FEW courses may count toward graduate program degree requirements is left to the student and his/her supervisory committee in accordance with home departmental policy.

Natural/Technology Systems Electives

Minimum of 3 credits required.

• AGRON 615 - Soil Problems Credits: 0-18
• AGRON 635 - Soil and Water Conservation Credits: 3
• AGRON 835 - Nutrient Sources, Uptake and Cycling Credits: 3
• ATM 661 - Watershed Assessment and Management Credits: 3
• BAE 560 - Hydrology for Biological Systems Credits: 3
• BAE 665 - Ecological Engineering Design Credits: 3
• BAE 669 - Watershed Modeling Credits: 3
• BAE 865 - Advanced Ecological Engineering Design Credits: 3
• BAE 869 - Advanced Watershed Modeling Credits: 3
• CE 550 - Water Resources Engineering Credits: 3
• CE 565 - Water and Wastewater Engineering Credits: 3
• CE 625 - Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering Credits: 3
• CE 751 - Hydraulics of Open Channels Credits: 3
• CE 752 - Advanced Hydrology Credits: 3
• CE 766 - Wastewater Engineering: Biological Processes Credits: 3
• CE 816 - Selected Topics in Civil Engineering / Adv. Finite Element Modeling of Structures Credits: 1-18
• CE 854 - Analysis of Groundwater Flow Credits: 3
• CE 866 - Advanced Wastewater Treatment Credits: 3
• CHE 862 - Advanced Transport Phenomena I Credits: 3
• GEOG 535 - Global Climatology and Climate Change Credits: 4
• GEOG 840 - Advanced Environmental Geography Credits: 3
• ME 523 - Thermodynamics II Credits: 3
• ME 721 - Thermal Systems Design Credits: 3
• ME 820 - Intermediate Topics in Thermal and Fluid Mechanics Credits: 0-18

Social/Human System Electives

Minimum of 3 credits required.

• AGCOM 610 - Crisis Communication Credits: 3
• AGCOM 810 - Scientific Communication Credits: 3
• AGED 786 - Topics in Agricultural Education Credits: 1-3
• AGRON 502 - International Experience in Agronomy Credits: 0-6
• AGEC 525 - Natural Resource And Economics Credits: 3
• AGEC 610 - Current Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Issues Credits: 3
• AGEC 810 - Price, Income and Trade Policies in Agriculture Credits: 3
• AGEC 823 - Production Economics II Credits: 3
• AGEC 825 - Natural Resource Policy Credits: 3
• AGEC 925 - Advanced Resource and Environmental Economics Credits: 3
• GEOG 761 - Human Impact on the Environment Credits: 3
• GEOG 765 - Geography of Natural Hazards Credits: 3
• GEOG 770 - Perception of the Environment Credits: 3
• SOCIO 532 - Our Communities, Our Futures Credits: 3
• SOCIO 533 - Society, Food, and Agriculture Credits: 3
• SOCIO 536 - Society and Natural Resources Credits: 3
• SOCIO 831 - Sociology of Agriculture Credits: 3
• SOCIO 832 - Sociology of Community Credits: 3
• SOCIO 835 - Environment and Society Credits: 3
• SOCIO 842 - Technology and Society Credits: 3
• SOCIO 934 - Sociology of Rural Development Credits: 3