• The M.Sc. program is a two-year program.

  • The chairperson of the teaching committee is: Prof. Roy Bernstein.

  • Students are required to complete the following courses during the two-year program:

 

SubjectCredits

Courses within the track of study

A.  Mandatory courses (2 credits)  

B. Core courses (10 credits)

C. Departmental and student seminars   (1 credit )

D. Mandatory Core Courses Within the Track of Study (7 credits)

E. Elective courses  (8 credits)

F. General courses (2 credits)

30
Thesis Writing12
Total42


 A. Mandatory Courses:

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-0153Dr. Scott Hansen and Dr. Christopher J. Arnusch

Writing a Scientific Paper

2

B.    Core Courses:

Students are required to complete all courses from the list below*.

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-0003

Prof. Oded Nir

Chemistry of Water3
001-2-0016Prof. Roy Bernstein

Physicochemical Technologies for Water Treatment

2
001-2-5024Prof. Ofer Dahan

Groundwater Hydrology

2
001-2-5059Prof. Osnat Gillor

Water Microbiology

3

+Nonmicrobiologists may take the course:

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-5159Prof. Osnat Gillor​Introduction to Microbiologists1

* Students who previously completed courses that were similar/equivalent to certain courses listed above are required to complete the remainder of the required core course credits by enrolling in courses either from the list of Mandatory Core Courses (C) or from the list of Elective Courses (D) or from a combination of both (with the approval of the student's supervisor and the chairperson of the teaching committee).

 

C. Seminars and Thesis Writing - Mandatory Courses:

Students are required to attend 4 Departmental Seminars (one seminar per

semester)

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-5555Please check the university course file

Departmental Seminar

 

 

0

 

Students are required to present two seminars (one student seminar per

year).

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-9995Please check the university course file

Student Seminar (first year)

0.5
001-2-9996

Student Seminar (second year)

0.5

 

In the third and fourth semesters, students must register for Thesis Writing.

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-9991 

Thesis Writing A

6
002-2-9992 

Thesis Writing B

6

Students who have completed the above Thesis Writing courses and who

continue their studies for a fifth semester must register for the following

course:

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-1000 

Thesis Writing – Continuation

0

 

 D. Mandatory Core Courses Within the Track of Study:

Students are required to complete at least 7 credits*.

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-0004Prof. Noam Weisbrod​Vadose Zone Hydrology2.5
001-2-5005Prof. Amit Gross, Prof. Zeev Ronen​Laboratory Methods for Environmental Studies3
001-2-5011Prof. Zeev Ronen​Environmental Microbiology3
001-2-5060

Prof. Moshe Herzberg

 

​Biological Processes in Wastewater Treatment2
001-2-5062Prof. Edo Bar-Zeev​Microbial Sociology: From a Single Bacterium to Biofilm and Biofouling3
001-2-5069​Prof. Amit Gross​Water & the Environment: Current Challenges and Solutions​3

* Mandatory Core Courses can be also selected as Elective Courses

(on top of the required 7 credits).

 

E.   Elective Courses:

This is a partial list. The student is allowed to select other courses that are related to the area of his/her research with the approval of the supervisor.

Students are required to complete at least 8 credits.

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-0009Prof. Avraham Be'er

Physics of Bacterial Communities

3
001-2-0015

Prof. Roy Bernstein

Membrane Preparation and Characterization 3
001-2-0017Prof. Roni Kasher

Polymer Science and Polymeric Membranes

2
001-2-0021

Dr. Christopher Arnush

Biomimetic Innovation Approaches2
001-2-0022Dr. Anat Bernstein

Stable Isotope Application in Contaminant Hydrology

2
​001-2-0027​Prof. Shai Arnon
​Flow and water quality in streams: Theory and practice
​2
001-2-2015Prof. Dina Zilberg, Prof. Amit GrossIntroduction to Aquaculture3
001-2-3086

Prof. Hadas Hawlena

 

​Microbial Ecology from the Ecologist Point of View

3
​001-2-5006​Dr. Tuvia Turkeltaub​Flow and Contaminant Transport modelling in the unsaturated zone​3
001-2-5010Prof. Zeev Ronen

Groundwater Microbiology

2
001-2-5012Prof. Zeev Ronen

Biodegradation Process of Synthetic Organic Compound in Water Soil

2
001-2-5028Prof. Moshe HerzbergMicrobial Biofilms in Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes (prerequisite: Introduction to Microbiology)2
001-2-5029Prof. Noam Weisbrod

Rural Water Development 

2
001-2-5034

Prof. Yoram Oren

Environmental Oriented Electrochemistry2
​​001-2-5036​Dr. Avner Ronen
​Environmental micropollutants & emerging contaminants​2
001-2-5038Prof. Amit Gross

Water Sanitation

3
001-2-5063Prof. Edo Bar-Zeev

Lab-course: New Methods in Biofilm Characterization

3
001-2-5065Prof. Shai Arnon

Transport Processes in Streams: Theory and Practice

2
001-2-5066Dr. Scott K. Hansen

Introduction to Scientific Computing with Python

3
001-2-5067

Dr. Scott K. Hansen

Introduction to Contaminant Hydrology3
001-2-5068​Prof. Oded Nir​Aqueous Chemistry Modeling with PHREEQC​2
001-2-5070

Dr. Scott K. Hansen

Practical Data Science and Machine Learning3
001-2-5071​Prof. Gideon OronManagement and Optimization of Natural Resources and Water Systems​​2
001-2-5074Dr. Elad Levintal
​​​Envirotech - do it yourself sensors for environmental research​3
001-2-5129

Prof. Noam Weisbrod

 

Rural Water Development (field trip) Prerequisite: Course # 001-2-50292

 

 

F.   General Courses:

Students are required to complete 2-3 credits.

Course #LecturerSubjectCredits
001-2-1200​Prof. Simon Barak & Dr. Buzi Raviv
BGU Radio Academy – Podcast production
course​
​2
001-2-3001​Prof. Ariel Novoplansky​​Evolutionary Ecology of Phenotypic Plasticity​3
001-2-3021​Prof. Itamar Giladi​Biostatistics​3
001-2-4028​Prof. Arnon Karnieli​Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Rangelands, and Forestry (no prerequisites required)​3
001-2-4029Prof. Yosef Ashkenazi

Introduction to Statistics and Probability

 

3
001-2-4031​Prof. Isaak Rubinstein ​Topics in Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics and Electrodiffusion - A​2
001-2-4033​Prof. Isaak Rubinstein ​Topics in Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics and Electrodiffusion - B​2
001-2-4047​Prof. Iris Visoli-Fisher​Surface Science for the Environment​3
001-2-4049​Dr. Arik Yochelis​Nonlinear Dynamical Aspects of Electrochemical  Systems​3
001-2-5040​Dr. Eli Zaady​Soil Microbial Ecology ​2
001-2-6002 ​Dr. Aviva Peeters​Theory and Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (limited to 15 students)​3

 

 

 

 

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