Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
5CE371Hydrology3+0+03529.07.2024
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Civil Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To provide an introduction to hydrology, including a study of the most important hydrological processes operating in the environment, and to hydrological ways of thinking.
Course Content The course serves as an introduction to the field of engineering hydrology. It covers fundamentals such as the hydrological cycle, catchment, losses, hydrographs and hyetographs. Design topics covered will be selected from: flood frequency analysis, determination of design rainfall intensity and hyetographs, peak flow estimation, design hydrograph estimation, groundwater process and modelling, and drought risk analysis/yield hydrology.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Asist Prof.Dr. Amin Gharehbaghi
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Lecture notes
Course Notes Hydrology in practice (Shaw, M.E. 1993),Ç.Ü. Hidroloji Ders Kitabı 1996 (Prof.Dr. Kazım Tülücü), Hidroloji Ders Notları(Prof.Dr. Nizamettin Çiftçi)

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %40
Engineering %60

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 13 3 39
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 7 98
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4,5 141

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Analyze precipitation records
2 measure groundwater flows
3 Learns the importance of hydrological cycle and design of water structures.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Definition of hydrology, importance, scope, hydrological cycle and basic equations
2 Analysis of precipitation records
3 Evaporation and perspiration, measurement of evaporation, factors causing evaporation
4 Definition of infiltration, factors affecting infiltration and measurement
5 Definition and calculation of infiltration indices
6 Groundwater formation, groundwater
7 Free and pressurized aquifer, groundwater flow
8 Midterm exam
9 Surface flow
10 Definition of hydrograph, direct flow, base flow and unit hydrograph
11 Extraction of unit hydrograph
12 Level and flow measurements in rivers
13 Watershed hydrology
14 Importance of hydrology in agricultural production

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
All 5 5 5
C1 5 5 5
C2 5 5 5
C3 5 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant