The expertise and research interests of the CWSP faculty cover a broad range of topics and incoporate applied hands-on, field-oriented learning to take full advantage of the unparalleled array of environmental resources, technologies, and world class research institutions in our region. Working individually, collaboratively and in organized research groups like the Sea Floor Mapping Laboratory and the Watershed Institute, students and faculty apply science, technology, and policy to real-world problems in the coastal zone.
Appropriate thesis topics with the CWSP program could address:
- Marine protected areas
- Seafloor mapping
- Agricultural and urban water quality
- Marine ecology
- Environmental policy
- Restoration geomorphology
- Restoration ecology
- Watershed assessment
- Ecosystem services
- Marine and terrestrial habitat mapping
- Remote sensing (visual, thermal, sonar, radar)
- 3D Visualization
- GIS / GPS
- Interpretive science & technology
- Landscape ecology
- Hydro-ecology of lagoons, sloughs, wetlands, streams,
and vernal pools
- Sedimentology
- Total Maximum Daily Load studies
- Environmental survey & monitoring
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