Undergraduate Course: Environmental Engineering 3 (CIVE09020)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course presents a broad introduction to Environmental Engineering and explores different ways in which engineers are responding to the climate emergency. This course will explore the influence of climate change on the water cycle, identify some of the environmental challenges that arise in the built and natural environment and identify potential solutions. The course will focus around river basins, exploring changes to water resources, and the implications of changing natural hazards in the context of future water security for society. |
| Course description |
Topics covered in the class will include:
1. Climate change; impacts and future considerations (Lecture 1)
2. Implications of climate change on people with a focus on river basins: floods, droughts, changes to sediment transport/morphology and ecological considerations (Lecture 2-6)
3. Implications of (2) on urban and rural landscapes: considering resilience; and adaptation engineering (Lecture 7-8)
4. Adaptation measures ¿ nature based solutions (Lecture 8-9)
5. Guest lecture: Scottish Water Catchment Flood Management Team
6. Research connections:
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
76 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework |
| Feedback |
Formative, mid-semester, end of course |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- describe the role of Civil/Environmental Engineers in the face of the Climate Emergency;
- describe environmental challenges and identify solutions;
- describe and explore climate impacts in the built and natural environments
- evaluate design solution alternatives within the water environment;
- analyse an environmental problem and define the problem characteristics
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Reading List
| Suggested throughout the course |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course contributes to knowledge and understanding of:
* The underpinning principles and theories of all main aspects of the discipline of Civil Engineering.
* The role of the engineer in the infrastructure project cycle, and their responsibilities in promoting environmentally sustainable solutions, and in ensuring safe working practices.
* Environmental processes and their interaction with the natural and built environment.
This course develops intellectual skills so that on completion students will be able to:
* Identify and apply appropriate analytical tools for the analysis and solution of engineering problems.
* Approach problems and design holistically, and work to an appropriate level of detail for the stage of analysis or design that is required.
* Learn new theories, concepts, methods, etc and how to apply them in environmental assessments.
Practical skills developed in this course include the ability to
* Apply a range of software tools in design.
* Improve presentation, reading (reports and scientific papers) and writing skills.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Lindsay Beevers
Tel: (0131 6)50 7209
Email: L.Beevers@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lorna Couttie
Tel:
Email: lcouttie@ed.ac.uk |
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