WATR401-11S1 (C) Semester One 2011

Advanced Water Resources

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2011
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 May 2011

Description

Freshwater resource definition, characterisation, use, and impacts of exploitation and their management or mitigation. Topics will include; perspectives/values (including cultural) associated with water bodies, anthropogenic stresses and their effects on resources, key aquatic and ecosystems processes, methods of characterisation and impact assessment, hazards, NZ legislative frameworks relating to water and environmental resource, and catchment management approaches. Will include a compulsory one-day fieldtrip.

Prerequisites

(1) Entry is subject to approval by the programme director (2) BSc, BE(Hons), BEMP (LU) or equivalent qualification or experience in a field of relevance in water resource management

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 40%
Fieldtrip assignment 10%
Tutorial participation 10%
Written assignment 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $717.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management on the departments and faculties page .

All WATR401 Occurrences

  • WATR401-11S1 (C) Semester One 2011
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