Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The module adds to the knowledge obtained in Limnology, Hydrodynamics, Marine Pollution, Time Series Analysis.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Objective:    

Students who complete the module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Advanced understanding of the physics of freshwater recipients, the coastal zone and estuaries including currents, waves, sediment transport.
• Basic understanding of the ecological conditions in natural waters, including streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters. Understanding the effect of various types of pollution on flora and fauna in these areas.

Skills

• Identify the hydrological, chemical and biological processes that are central for the analysis and evaluation in the aquatic environment.
• Explain the environmental impact of selected compounds on aquatic environments.
• Evaluate toxicological effects on an aquatic ecosystem.
• Use impact assessment methods.
• Build and analyse numerical water quality models.
• Apply advanced hydrodynamic and water quality models.
• Evaluate methods for the analysis of changing impacts on aquatic environments.

Competences

• To plan and design structures for various types of discharges to freshwater recipients, the coastal zone and estuaries.
• To model numerically the importance of necessary treatment for obtain specified demands on the water quality in the system
• To be able to conduct experimental, empirical and/or theoretical investigations which are necessary for the solution of one or more identified problems.
• To perform water quality assessment studies for different types of impacts on different recipients.
• Must be able to communicate the results of the project work in a project report.
• Must be able to teamwork within the problem area and make a common presentation of the result of the project work.

Type of instruction

Project work with supervision supplemented with instructions, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests, etc.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 15 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 450 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Marine and Freshwater Pollution
Type of exam	Oral exam based on a project Oral exam based on presentation seminar and project rapport.
ECTS	15
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	External examination
Criteria of assessment	As stated in the Joint Programme Regulations. http:/​/​www.engineering.aau.dk/​digitalAssets/​332/​332984_faellesbestemmelser_230617.pdf