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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
INS 593	APPLIED GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELING	3 + 0	1st Semester	7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Master's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	The main objective of this course is to provide graduate students with ground water flow modeling knowledge that can prove valuable in water resources management, environmental impact assessment studies, contaminated site characterizations and design of facilities to remediate contaminated ground water.
Course Content	Week 1: Introduction to mathematical modeling and groundwater hydrology Week 2: Physical and mathematical principles of ground water flow process (1) Week 3: Physical and mathematical principles of ground water flow process (2) Week 4: Derivation of groundwater flow equations Week 5: Conceptual model design and boundary types Week 6: Finite-difference method and application to groundwater flow problems Week 7: Numerical solutions of steady-state groundwater flow equations (1) Week 8: Numerical solutions of steady-state groundwater flow equations (2) Week 9: Numerical solutions of transient groundwater flow equations Week 10: Mid-term exam Week 11: Time discretization, explicit, implicit and mixed methods, stability issues Week 12: Model calibration, sensitivity and error analyses Week 13: Case study applications using MODFLOW-2005 (1) Week 14: Case study applications using MODFLOW-2005 (2) Week 15: Case study applications using MODFLOW-2005 (3)
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To be able to define concepts related to hydrogeology
2	To be able to calculate hydraulic heads and groundwater flux
3	To be able to derive governing equations for groundwater flow
4	To be able to develop finite-difference equations for groundwater flow problems
5	To be able to discern groundwater flow equations
6	To be able to numerically solve groundwater flow problems
7	To be able to analyze modeling case studies
8	To be able to use groundwater modeling software for simple case studies

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

	PO 01	PO 02	PO 03	PO 04	PO 05	PO 06	PO 07	PO 08	PO 09	PO 10	PO 11
LO 001	1	2		3
LO 002	2	2	2		3				4
LO 003	2	3	2	2	3					2	5
LO 004	3		2		4						4
LO 005	2				2	4
LO 006	3				4				5	4
LO 007	3	4	5	4	3	5					5
LO 008	5	3	4	5	4			2	5	5
Sub Total	21	14	15	14	23	9		2	14	11	14
Contribution	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	2

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Assignments	2	30	60
Mid-terms	1	25	25
Final examination	1	26	26
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			195 7,5

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