CVEN40830 Applied Hydrology

Academic Year 2022/2023

Water is one of the critical natural resources that is essential for life and is key to most of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Especially to Goal 2: Zero Hunger; Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, in particular Target 3.9; Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production; Goal 13: Climate Action; Goal 14: Life Below Water; and Goal 15: Life on Land.
Hydrology aims captures the occurrence, distribution and movement of water on earth, i.e. the hydrological cycle while applied hydrology use scientific understand to solve water related problems in society, especially related to quantity and quality.
This module will explore the concepts of hydrology and the varying methods and techniques to analyse the hydrological cycle from precipitation to discharge.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, student will be able to:
1) Describe the hydrological cycle and the major processes
2) Analyse the relevant data to understand catchment behaviour
3) Quantify the impact of climate change on hydrology
4) Model the hydrological process using rainfall-runoff models and analyse the outputs
5) Apply relevant techniques to estimate design flows (drought and floods)

Indicative Module Content:

Hydrological Cycle and processes
Hydrometry - measurement of relevant drivers
Statistical Methods to analyse hydrological data
Climate Change and its impacts on hydrological processes
Catchment/ Process based modelling
Environmental concerns

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

35
Autonomous Student Learning

90
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures
Critical Writing
Student Presentations
Pre-recorded videos
Online Quizzes 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
CVEN40220 - Intro to Water Resources Eng 1, CVEN40700 - Water Engineering


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Class Test: Class Test Unspecified n/a Graded No

40
Assignment: One large individual assignment with a number of presentations and report. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Formative feedback will be provided at different stages during the assignment and with the first presentation. The final presentation and the report will be graded feedback given via Brightspace

Name Role
Dr Md Salauddin Lecturer / Co-Lecturer