Program Overview

Experimental Hydrology Module

Introduction

The Experimental Hydrology module is a 5 ECTS project module that focuses on the groundwater system and its essential properties and parameters. The module aims to provide students with knowledge, skills, and competences in experimental methods for property and parameter estimation of the groundwater zone.

Learning Objectives

Knowledge

• The groundwater system and its essential properties and parameters
• Experimental methods for property and parameter estimation of the groundwater zone
• Uncertainty and limitations of the applied methods

Skills

• To select, design, and conduct suitable in-situ tests for estimating saturated hydraulic properties
• To select, design, and conduct suitable laboratory tests for estimating hydraulic saturated hydraulic properties
• To analyze and evaluate test results and methods regarding suitability and reliability
• To organize documentation and presentation of measured data

Competences

• To describe, analyze, and evaluate a specific part of the groundwater system, regarding its composition and its properties through a planned investigation of the system
• To structure and plan the project and the work in a group
• To produce technical documentation of complex problems, methods, and results in group cooperation
• To communicate findings and solutions graphically as well as orally to the relevant target audience

Type of Instruction

The module includes lectures, project work, workshops, presentation seminars, and lab tests.

Extent and Expected Workload

The workload for this 5 ECTS module is expected to be 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exam Details

• Name of Exam: Experimental Hydrology
• Type of Exam: Written or oral exam, individual exam based on presentation seminar and mini-project report
• ECTS: 5
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale
• Type of Grading: Internal examination
• Criteria of Assessment: Stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts About the Module

• Danish Title: Eksperimentel hydrologi
• Module Code: B-VM-K1-2
• Module Type: Course
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Autumn
• ECTS: 5
• Language of Instruction: English
• Location of Lecture: Campus Aalborg
• Responsible for the Module: Per Møldrup

Organisation

• Study Board: Study Board of the Build Environment
• Department: Department of the Built Environment
• Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Science

Related Information

The Experimental Hydrology module is used in the following programs:

• Master of Science (MSc) in Technology (Environmental Science), 2017
• Curriculum for The Master's Programme in Water and Environmental Engineering, 2019
• Master of Science (MSc) in Technology (Environmental Science), 2019
• Curriculum for The Master's Programme in Water and Environmental Engineering, 2017, version 2