Water Policy Institution Internship

Catalog description

This course provides students opportunity to serve in a supervised capacity at an institution legally responsible for managing or regulating water resources, or at an institution that advocates on behalf of citizens or professionals on water resource matters. Students will be involved in a variety of substantive roles in actual practice of significance to the institution, while under the direction of a university faculty member and an on-site supervisor/mentor. This course allows students to take their educational experience beyond theories of policy formation and water science. They become personally and professionally involved in actual application of techniques in policy development, technical analysis and evaluation, advocacy and stakeholder processes, and regulatory challenges affecting water resources today. Upon completion of the course, students will understand the complex environment within which water resource management and public policy operates, including the roles of science, managers, and stakeholders.