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Undergraduate Course: Environmental Engineering and Sustainability 2 (CIVE08023)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course presents a broad introduction to Environmental Engineering and Sustainability, covering the Hydrological Cycle, how to assess the quantity of water available for use (potable water supply, irrigation, etc.), how to ensure the required water quantity is sustainably met and what challenges are currently faced by Engineers. Furthermore, transport contamination in water will also be covered through Transport Phenomena Principles. Environmental sustainability will be examined in an Engineering context, including basic concepts such as life cycle analysis and environmental impact assessment. This course will encourage students to think in an interdisciplinary way, make judgements and decisions to solve environmental problems in an integrated way.
Course description Module 1: Environmental Engineering

1.Introduction
2.The Hydrological Cycle, Water Demand, Water Use and Water Resources and Systems
3.Mass Balance Concepts
4.Precipitation
5.Evaporation and Evapotranspiration
6.Flow Measurements
7.Reservoir Storage and Yield
8.Catchment Modelling

Module 2: Environmental Sustainability

A.Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
B.Environmental Impact Assessment
C.Coursework project on environmental sustainability

Module 3: Environmental Engineering

9.Urban Runoff
10.Pollution in Natural Water Resources and the Sag Curve


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 68 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Written Exam %: 70%
Practical Exam %:
Coursework %: 30%

The School has a 40% Rule for 1st and 2nd year courses, i.e. you must achieve a minimum of 40% in coursework and 40% in written exam components, as well as an overall mark of 40% to pass a course. If you fail a course you will be required to resit it. You are only required to resit components which have been failed.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)1:30
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Recognize the challenges faced by Engineers when interacting and exploiting our natural resources (e.g. flooding, pollution, sustainability issues).
  2. Understand and describe the major components of the hydrological cycle, appreciating the interactions between them, as well as describe and apply different techniques commonly used to measure different water and mass fluxes (e.g. precipitation, evaporation, river discharge, pollution spreading).
  3. Understand sustainable engineering and relevant concepts in terms of economical, technical and environmental aspects.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsEnvironmental Engineering,Sustainability,Hydrological Cycle,Pollution,Transport,Env Impact Assessmen
Contacts
Course organiserDr Andrea Correia Semiao
Tel: (0131 6)50 5792
Email: Andrea.Semiao@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Paulina Wisniowska
Tel:
Email: pwisniow@ed.ac.uk
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