General Hydrology

Duration

20h Th, 4h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Aurore Degré

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is conceived as a dialogue between future jobs of the 3 groups of students who follow it (bioscience engineers in science and technology of the environment, bioscience engineers in forestry and natural ressources management and landscape architecs).
In the beginning of the course, basic concepts are presented as well as important issues like energy production, water ressources protection, people and settelments protection against floods. On this basis, and trough case studies, quantitaive hydrology is learned using reverse classes, presentations and discussions.
 
At the end of the course, the three groups of students need to master the vocabulary of hydrology, water flow quantification at the watershed scale, they also have to be able to analyse the hydrologic behavior of a watershed using hydrologic records.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course contributes to the development of the following abilities :
- measure the variables and parameters of the environment in view to monitor it
- Identify and understand the flows (energy, water, nutrients, gases) exchanged between the compartments
- quantify the threats to natural ressources
- conceive and use the databases in order to analyse a problem
Furthermore, the courses certifies the following ability :
- analyse the behaviour of a natural system.
More specifically, after completing the course the student is expected to -define main hydrological terms -describe technical measurement tools -discuss about main measurements pros and cons -calculate the terms of water cycle within a watershed -analyse observed time series (flow, rain, ...) -make a preliminary interpretation of hydrological data -explain different simple modelling systems, their principles and limitations

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General mathematics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Magistral lectures reversed classes
case studies, discussions and debates

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face to face

Recommended or required readings

Syllabus available

Assessment methods and criteria

group work 50% (the mark is adapted depending on the peer evaluation)
Oral examination 50%

 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Different learning materials are available on the eCampus portal
attendence is mandatory

Contacts

Aurore Degré aurore.degre@ulg.ac.be