2022/2023
Hydrogeology
Code: 101066 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500254 Geology | OT | 3 | 1 |
| 2500254 Geology | OT | 4 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Joan Estalrich Lopez
- Email:
- juan.estalrich@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- Yes
Teachers
- Joan Estalrich Lopez
Prerequisites
No previous courses needed
Objectives and Contextualisation
Understanding the components of the water cycle
Competences
- Geology
- Process, interpret and present field data using qualitative and quantitative techniques, and suitable computer programmes.
- Process, interpret and present laboratory data using qualitative and quantitative techniques, and suitable computer programmes.
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate and process laboratory data corresponding to environmental issues.
- Identify and process the value and the sources of field data with environmental implications.
- Interpret relief dynamics on different time-space scales in terms of risk and land-use planning.
- Synthesise and select field data and process it qualitatively and quantitatively using different computer programmes.
Content
- The natural cycle of water
- Precipitation
- Runoff
- Hydrographs
- Infiltration
- Evapotranspiration
- Water in the subsoil
- Darcy's Law
- Water quality
Methodology
Lectures a practical case work
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Field work | 7 | 0.28 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Practicum | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Theory | 24 | 0.96 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal work | 81 | 3.24 | 2, 1, 4 |
Assessment
Total final exam for students with a normal course fail grade.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 mid-term exams | Each exam 30% of final evaluation | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 1, 3, 4 |
| Field work | 5% | 3 | 0.12 | 3, 4 |
| Pop quiz | 35% of final degree | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 3 |
Bibliography
Same as in catalan version
Software
No one