COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GROUNDWOTER

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4263 GROUNDWOTER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZGENÇ AKSOY

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to investigate flow in confined-unconfined and homogeneousheterogeneous
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 Solved problems
8 Flow in homogeneous aquifers
9 Flow in heterogeneous aquifers
10 well hydraulics
11 Groundwater recharge
12 Finite differences method for computing steady flow
13 Finite differences method for computing unsteady flow
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


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)

aysegul.ozgenc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced after the course schedule is determined.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1433
LO.24
LO.34
LO.453
LO.5555