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The Water Resources Engineering specialization within the Civil Engineering MS program addresses the extensive scope of this discipline, covering the planning, development, and improvement of sustainable infrastructure for communities. The curriculum emphasizes water resources simulation, fluid mechanics, and water cycle studies. Those pursuing the Master of Science in Civil Engineering (M.S.) degree may opt for the Water Resources Engineering concentration, preparing graduates to oversee water utilization, retention, distribution, and its interplay between urban and natural settings. Professionals in this field design and maintain pipelines, channels, pumping systems, reservoirs, embankments, vegetative roofing, transportation networks, and other hydraulic structures. Their work integrates ecological considerations, environmental impacts, global warming effects, extreme weather events, and large aquatic systems including streams, coastal inlets, and marine environments.