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Department of Hydrology and Water Resources (589)
Track Hydrology and Water Resources – Cross-Faculty Major program-Research Master's track (6044)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
1st Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
70820
Seminar for Graduate Students in Earth and Environmental Sciences
2
9
2
589
84827
CLASSIC PAPERS IN EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
2
589
Total Compulsory Points: 4
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose 3 credits from this list .
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
589
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
589
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70352
Surface Water Hydrology: Processes, Observations and Models
2
1
589
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
589
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
1
589
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
589
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
589
71612
WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RECLAMATION
3
1
589
71622
PHYSICS OF SOIL WATER
4
2
589
71625
ISRAEL WATER RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGMENT
3
1
589
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
2
1
589
89301
Water and the Environment
4
2
589
68804
field method in groundwater hydrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
2
3
589
76701
RED SEA PLANKTON
4
2
589
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
589
76713
Biology and Ecology of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Eilat
4
2
589
76715
Biology and Systematics of Marine Invertebrates
4
2
589
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
589
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
589
76750
Statistical Methods in Marine Ecology
4
2
589
76750
Statistical Methods in Marine Ecology
4
2
589
76752
Advanced methods in undrwater research
6
1
589
76752
Advanced methods in undrwater research
6
1
589
76758
Coral Biology and Conservation (international)
7
2
589
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
589
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
589
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
589
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
76716
Marine Microbiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
589
76716
Marine Microbiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
589
76754
Quantitative methods for the analysis of marine communities
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
589
76754
Quantitative methods for the analysis of marine communities
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
589
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
1
589
84890
Supervised research in Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
3
589
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
589
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70316
THE GEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
2
1
589
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
589
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
589
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70334
GEOCHEMISTRY OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
3
2
589
70712
THERMODYNAMICS OF NATURAL PROCESSES
2
1
589
70920
Introduction to Seismology
3
2
589
83517
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION
3
2
589
83535
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LAB
2
2
589
69661
GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOSSIL FUELS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
589
70523
Introduction to methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70707
Precambrian crustal evolution in Eilat - mapping
3
1
589
70721
JUDEA MOUNTAINS - FIELD TRIP
1
2
589
70328
FIELD TRIP Carmel
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
589
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
589
70570
Quaternary Field Methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
589
70918
Field trip tp the Troodos ophiolite’ Cyprus
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40422
Different approaches to environmental policies
2
1
589
69625
CONCEPTS OF GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
4
1
589
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
589
70302
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
4
1
589
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
589
70650
SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY LABORATORY
1
2
589
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
2
3
589
70821
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY - To Dead Sea
3
1
589
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
1
589
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
589
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
589
70920
Introduction to Seismology
3
2
589
70920
Introduction to Seismology
3
2
589
70938
Machine learning in earth and environmental sciences
3
1
589
70938
Machine learning in earth and environmental sciences
3
1
589
71103
AGRICULTURAL MICROMETEOROLOGY
4
1
589
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
589
71615
SOIL FORMATION
2
2
589
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
589
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
589
76704
-
4
1
589
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
589
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
589
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
589
77742
Advanced Data Analysis
4
2
589
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
589
82304
Weather systems of the mid-latitudes
5
1
589
82309
RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
5
2
589
82508
Global Warming Science
3
2
589
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
589
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
589
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
589
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
589
82851
Workshop on English Usage for Graduate Students in Science
2
2
589
82901
Selected chapters from the intergovernmental panel on climate change report (IPCC report)
2
2
589
82901
Selected chapters from the intergovernmental panel on climate change report (IPCC report)
2
2
589
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
589
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
589
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
589
68809
Aquatic Chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
589
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
589
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
589
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70660
APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70660
APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70719
SOILS OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
589
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
70916
The magic U radioactive decay-series
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70921
Earthquake geology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70941
Seminar in Igneous petrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
76716
Marine Microbiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
589
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
82856
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
1
589
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
589
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
589
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
89787
Environmental Organic chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
89788
Organic geochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
70820
Seminar for Graduate Students in Earth and Environmental Sciences
2
9
2
589
74442
FINAL M.SC EXAMINATION
0
3
2
589
74443
M.SC THESIS
0
3
2
589
Total Compulsory Points: 2
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose 3 credits from this list .
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
589
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
589
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70352
Surface Water Hydrology: Processes, Observations and Models
2
1
589
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
589
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
1
589
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
589
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
589
71612
WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RECLAMATION
3
1
589
71622
PHYSICS OF SOIL WATER
4
2
589
71625
ISRAEL WATER RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGMENT
3
1
589
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
2
1
589
89301
Water and the Environment
4
2
589
68804
field method in groundwater hydrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
2
3
589
76701
RED SEA PLANKTON
4
2
589
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
589
76713
Biology and Ecology of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Eilat
4
2
589
76715
Biology and Systematics of Marine Invertebrates
4
2
589
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
589
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
589
76750
Statistical Methods in Marine Ecology
4
2
589
76750
Statistical Methods in Marine Ecology
4
2
589
76752
Advanced methods in undrwater research
6
1
589
76752
Advanced methods in undrwater research
6
1
589
76758
Coral Biology and Conservation (international)
7
2
589
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
589
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
589
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
589
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
76716
Marine Microbiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
589
76716
Marine Microbiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
589
76754
Quantitative methods for the analysis of marine communities
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
589
76754
Quantitative methods for the analysis of marine communities
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
589
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
1
589
84890
Supervised research in Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
3
589
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
589
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70316
THE GEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
2
1
589
70525
SOIL SCIENCES
2
2
589
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
589
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70334
GEOCHEMISTRY OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
3
2
589
70712
THERMODYNAMICS OF NATURAL PROCESSES
2
1
589
70920
Introduction to Seismology
3
2
589
83517
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION
3
2
589
83535
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LAB
2
2
589
69661
GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOSSIL FUELS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
589
70523
Introduction to methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
70707
Precambrian crustal evolution in Eilat - mapping
3
1
589
70721
JUDEA MOUNTAINS - FIELD TRIP
1
2
589
70328
FIELD TRIP Carmel
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
589
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
589
70570
Quaternary Field Methods
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
589
70918
Field trip tp the Troodos ophiolite’ Cyprus
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40422
Different approaches to environmental policies
2
1
589
69625
CONCEPTS OF GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
4
1
589
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
589
70302
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
4
1
589
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
589
70650
SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY LABORATORY
1
2
589
70812
RESEARCH PROJECT FOR M.SC STUDENTS
2
3
589
70821
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY - To Dead Sea
3
1
589
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
1
589
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
589
70910
Groundwater Hydrology
3
1
589
70920
Introduction to Seismology
3
2
589
70920
Introduction to Seismology
3
2
589
70938
Machine learning in earth and environmental sciences
3
1
589
70938
Machine learning in earth and environmental sciences
3
1
589
71103
AGRICULTURAL MICROMETEOROLOGY
4
1
589
71148
INT. TO ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
3
1
589
71615
SOIL FORMATION
2
2
589
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
589
76703
Periodicity and Rhythmicity in Marine Ecosystems
6
1
589
76704
-
4
1
589
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
589
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
589
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
589
77742
Advanced Data Analysis
4
2
589
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
589
82304
Weather systems of the mid-latitudes
5
1
589
82309
RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
5
2
589
82508
Global Warming Science
3
2
589
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
589
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
589
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
589
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
589
82851
Workshop on English Usage for Graduate Students in Science
2
2
589
82901
Selected chapters from the intergovernmental panel on climate change report (IPCC report)
2
2
589
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
589
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
589
89520
INTERREL. BETWEEN MICROORG. & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
2
2
589
68809
Aquatic Chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70332
Mount Sedom diapir: geology and geomorphology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
2
589
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
589
70513
LUMNESCENCE DATING: PRICIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
589
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70543
EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70660
APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70660
APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70705
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70719
SOILS OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
589
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70724
PALEOMAGNETISM
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
70897
Modeling Environmental Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
70916
The magic U radioactive decay-series
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70921
Earthquake geology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
70941
Seminar in Igneous petrology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
76716
Marine Microbiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
2
589
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
82856
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
84840
Campus in coastal geology and gephysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
589
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
7
1
589
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
589
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
1
589
89400
DEAD SEA FIELD CAMP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
589
89787
Environmental Organic chemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
589
89788
Organic geochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
589
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Hydrology and Water Resources
( 589)
Compulsory in the teaching program
6
Compulsory elective
3
Elective in the teaching program
23
Total for the degree (minimum)
32
years for the degree
2
Total percentage of tuition for the degree
200
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