Master of Science (Groundwater Hydrology)

at Flinders University

You will gain a wide understanding of hydrological processes and phenomena, including but not limited to groundwater. Topics cover areas such as public health aspects of water quality, ecohydrology, and fundamentals of groundwater. Other associated topics teach you the critical interrelationships groundwater has with surface water hydrology and vegetation, among others.

Year 1

Core

• Hydrochemistry GE
• NCGRT Australian Groundwater School
• Field Methods in Hydrology
• Physical Hydrogeology GE
• Groundwater Modelling
• Contaminant and Tracer Hydrology GE
• Ecohydrology, Soil and Climate GE
• Integrated Water Management
   

Year 2

Core

• Research Methods and Professional Skills

Applicants for the masters must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification in any relevant discipline of science or engineering from an approved tertiary institution.
 

International students must satisfy our English language proficiency requirements for admission. If your first language is not English you will need to have:
 

• Achieved the required test score for the course you are applying for. The IELTS and equivalent scores to meet the various levels #. IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and Cambridge tests must be taken in a registered testing centre.; or
• Successfully completed an approved secondary or tertiary qualification, taught in the English language in a country where English is the official language or the main language spoken (for up to an overall IELTS of 6.0) with evidence no more than five years old on the proposed date of commencement of the course; or
• Successfully completed a pre-course English program from an approved ELICOS Provider*.

Annual fees: $38,000

Groundwater hydrology is a major growth area for employment worldwide and trained professionals in this area are in demand. Graduates have found jobs in natural resource and environment agencies of government, environmental consultancies and in industry sectors such as agriculture, mining, aquacultures and water resource planning and management.
 

Potential occupations include:

• groundwater modeller

• environmental scientist/GIS

• senior natural systems officer

• water engineer.
   

Potential employers include:

• natural resource and environment agencies of government (local, state and federal)

• environmental consultancies

• industry sectors such as agriculture, mining, aquaculture, water resource planning and management.