Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Lismore |
Unit description
Develops a student's understanding of the water cycle and shows how to perform quantitative hydrologic analyses. Provides students with the knowledge to determine total and peak runoff from catchments for a variety of design calculations.
Unit content
The Australian hydrologic cycle
Measurement of hydrologic parameters
Statistical analysis of hydrologic data
Rainfall-runoff modelling
Hydrologic analysis in modern engineering practice
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand and describe the global distribution of water on the earth's surface and how it moves through the hydrologic cycle | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | understand and apply probabilistic methods for quantitative analysis of rainfall variability and flood frequency analysis | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 3 | understand, analyse and interpret stream hydrographs and hydrograph components, and implement techniques for calculating runoff from a catchment | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 4 | undertake a detailed literature review to locate, identify and critically assess knowledge development in the discipline of hydrology | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 5 | produce a written technical report based on proficient application of techniques for quantitative hydrologic analysis. | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- understand and describe the global distribution of water on the earth's surface and how it moves through the hydrologic cycle
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- understand and apply probabilistic methods for quantitative analysis of rainfall variability and flood frequency analysis
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- understand, analyse and interpret stream hydrographs and hydrograph components, and implement techniques for calculating runoff from a catchment
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- undertake a detailed literature review to locate, identify and critically assess knowledge development in the discipline of hydrology
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- produce a written technical report based on proficient application of techniques for quantitative hydrologic analysis.
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 2 hours (10 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 3 hours (9 weeks) |
| Laboratory session 3 hours (1 week) |
| Assessment | |
| Quiz | 10% |
| Literature review | 20% |
| Calculations | 20% |
| Report | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
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International
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