Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• On fundamental hydrogeology.
• On the basic principle of numerical groundwater modelling.
• On chemical transport, dispersion, sorption/retardation and degradation in the groundwater zone.
• On evaluating the uncertainty of the model results.

Skills

• To collect, analyse and visualise the various data that forms the basis for the conceptual model.
• To construct, calibrate and validate groundwater models.
• To simulate water and contaminate transport.
• To evaluate and quantify modelling uncertainty.

Competences

• To evaluate and handling hydrological data that forms the basis for groundwater modelling.
• To structure and produce technical documentation of complex problems, methods and results.
• To communicate problems, findings and solutions graphical as well as oral to the relevant target audience.

Type of instruction

Lectures, etc. supplemented with project work, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams