Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501915 Environmental Sciences | OT | 4 | 0 |
It is recommended to attend the Environmental Engineering course before attending the present one
The course will serve as an introduction to the treatment and management of urban wastewater and drinking water. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the operation and to design the main elements of a water treatment plant. During the course, a visit to a wastewater treatment plant or a water purification plant is planned.
This course is divided in nine parts:
1. Introduction to the problem of wastewater
2. Water purification
3. Pipes and pumping
4. Pretreatment
5. Primary treatment
6. Secondary treatment
7. Sludge management
8. Treatment of odours
9. Tertiary treatment and potabilization
Guided and supervised activities: Theory classes on the contents of the syllabus; Problems classes: Resolution of problems related to the subject; Group work with the students and debate about the strategies to approach and solve different problems; Elaboration of works. Group activity. Students will have to prepare a report on topics related to the subject that will be presented and defended in public; Tutorials. The teacher will be available to answer the doubts that may arise during the course.
The proposed teaching methodology may undergo some modifications depending on the restrictions imposed by the health authorities
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Problems and cases resolution in the classroom | 13 | 0.52 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 13, 15, 11, 16, 12, 14, 19, 18, 21, 20, 17 |
Seminars and presentations | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 3, 7, 5, 15, 11, 16, 19, 1, 20 |
Theory classes | 30 | 1.2 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 6, 13, 15, 9, 8, 11, 16, 12, 14, 19, 18, 1, 21, 17 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Development of theory works in group about the subject | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 13, 15, 9, 8, 11, 16, 12, 19, 18, 1, 21, 20 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Documents research | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 9, 16, 12, 18, 1, 21 |
Mentoring | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 15, 9, 8, 11, 16, 19, 18, 1, 17 |
Problems resolution and development of works | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 13, 15, 11, 16, 12, 14, 19, 21, 20 |
Reading of books, articles and cases | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 3, 15, 16, 12, 14, 19, 21, 17 |
Study | 49.5 | 1.98 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 6, 15, 9, 11, 16, 12, 14, 19, 18, 21, 17 |
The evaluation of the course will consist of two parts:
- Two partial examinations (35% each partial) that can include a part of theory and one of problems.
A minimum mark of 3.5 is needed in each one of the partial tests to be able to make an average among them. Otherwise, it will be necessary to recover the failed partial in the recovery exam.
- Written work that will have to be presented orally (30%) in which some of the main units of a sewage treatment plant will be designed.
To participate in the recovery exam the students must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities whose weight equals to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the subject
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Partial 2, which includes theory and problems. Mandatory minimum of 3.5 out of 10 to make average between partials | 35% | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 6, 13, 15, 8, 10, 11, 16, 12, 14, 19, 18, 1, 21, 17 |
Written work and oral presentation (individual or in pairs): design of different units of a wastewater treatment plant | 30% | 3.5 | 0.14 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 15, 9, 11, 16, 12, 19, 1, 20 |
Partial 1, which includes theory and problems. Mandatory minimum of 3.5 out of 10 to make average between partials | 35% | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 6, 13, 15, 8, 10, 11, 16, 12, 14, 19, 18, 1, 21, 17 |
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