COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GROUNDWOTER

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4063 GROUNDWOTER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZGENÇ AKSOY

Offered to

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to investigate flow in confined-unconfined and homogeneous-heterogeneous aquifers

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge about Darcy Law
2   Skill to understand basic groundwater equations
3   Classification of the aquifers
4   Implementation of numerical solutions
5   Interpretation of the measurement and computed values

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, course objective, references
2 Groundwater storage
3 Darcy law and basic differential equations
4 Determination of hydraulic conductivity
5 Flow in unconfined aquifers
6 Flow in confined aquifers
7 Flow in homogeneous aquifers
8 Flow in heterogeneous aquifers
9 well hydraulics
10 Groundwater recharge
11 Finite differences method for computing steady flow
12 Finite differences method for computing unsteady flow
13 MIDTERM
14 General assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

FREEZE, R.A.; CHERRY, J.A.; Groundwater, Prentice hall, 1979.

WANG, P.A.; ANDERSON, M.P.; Introduction to Groundwater Modeling, Academic Press, 1982 .

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The topics involved in the text book related to the course objective are treated.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-5 are evaluated with mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sukru.guney@deu.edu.tr
aysegul.ozgenc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.55