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GG4071: ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

This course aims to introduce students to key concepts and approaches used to understand, monitor and model rivers and river basins. It focuses on understanding the movement of water through river basins and the links between river flow regimes, habitats and ecosystems. Students are introduced to a number of important approaches used in modern day hydrology and the insights that these provide into how river basins are structured and function, both hydrologically and ecologically.  The course involves a mixture of traditional lectures, dealing with state-of-the-art knowledge, and hands-on computer based exercises.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Jamie Stevenson

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will be delivered through a series of lectures, extending from background theory and concepts to the application of sophisticated, modern day monitoring and modelling approaches used to understand catchment hydrological behaviour. The course will also involve discussion sessions and practicals. It will draw upon wide a range of case study material, underpinned by staff research projects in the UK, across the Northern Hemisphere, Latin America and in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using practical applications to address water management issues (such as drought, floods) we will explore how water moves at and below the surface, and the interlinkages with land use and water management.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Hydrology and land management practical/data response report

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
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Hydrological modelling practical/data response report

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Formative Assessment

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Course Learning Outcomes

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