COURSE UNIT TITLE

: KARST WATER RESOURCES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5144 KARST WATER RESOURCES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜRKAY BARAN

Offered to

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES

Course Objective

The river basins with significant karst spring effluents represent special deterministic models especially during the recession period. Hence, the main purpose of this lecture is to introduce the karst hydrogeology and hydrology which karstic spring contribute significantly one third to streamflow in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to collect, interpret, apply, and evaluate the data.
2   To be able to solve the problems by using appropriate research methods.
3   To be able to have a critical approach to the gained knowledge and skills at the level of his expertise field.
4   To be able to have a systematic way to export the current developments and his/her work to the groups in and out of the field as written, oral and visual communication effectively.
5   To be able to gain high-level skills in using research methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Systems Approach
2 Hydrometric Data
3 Water Budget
4 Infiltration, Percolation, Ground Water Flow, Tracers
5 Rainfall-runoff relationships
6 Precipitation yields - catchment area relationships
7 Hydrographs, Unit Hydrographs
8 Modeling of Surface Flow
9 Differentials Methods, Matrix Methods and Numerical Methods
10 Modeling of Recession Hydrographs
11 Base Flow
12 Modeling of Sub-surface Flow
13 Simulation Theory in Hydrology
14 Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): White, William B., 1988, Geomorphology and Hydrology of Karst Terrains, Oxford University Press, New York, 464 p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + Assignment + Translation + Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE *0.35 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE *0.35 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1 and LO 2 : Mid Term and Final Exam
LO 3 and LO 4: Assignment and Presentation
LO 5: Final Exam and Presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

turkay.baran@deu.edu.tr, 0.232.3017030

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.12222
LO.22222
LO.33333
LO.44444
LO.55444

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