Water Resources Management

Course: Water Resources Management
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Prerequisites: Elective
Credits: ECTS 2
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COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
DEPARTMENT Forestry and Management of the Environment and of Natural Resources
LEVEL OF STUDIES Level 7
COURSE CODE   SEMESTER 5th
COURSE TITLE Water Resources Management
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures 3 2
 
 
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
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TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:
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  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The students learn how to deal with water resources management problems (national and prefecture scale). In addition, students learn to implement several water systems management techniques using different computational methodologies.
General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.      Introduction to water resources management – terminology

2.      Integrated & Sustainable Water Resources Management

3.      Institutional framework for water resources protection – Part 1

4.      Institutional framework for water resources protection – Part 2

5.      Water demand

6.      Agricultural water resources – Part 1

7.      Agricultural water resources – Part 2

8.      Surface water potential – Part 1

9.      Surface water potential – Part 2

10.   Water resources Management model – Part 1

11.   Water resources Management model – Part 2

12.   Management methodologies – Part 1

13.   Management methodologies – Part 2
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Use of e-Media: Power point
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Independent study 11
Total Course 50
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

 Written final exam with questions (knowledge, conclusion, problem solving).

Students with identified dyslexia problems are examined orally.

The topics of the written final exam include the points with which each question is evaluated. The students’ grades are announced on the electronic platform. The student can see his writing.

 

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.      Μ. Μιμίμου. 2006. «Τεχνολογία Υδατικών Πόρων», Εκδόσεις: Παπασωτηρίου.

2.      Γ. Τσακίρης. 1995. «Υδατικοί Πόροι: Τεχνική Υδρολογία». Εκδόσεις: Συμμετρία

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): George Papaioannou
Contact details: Email: gpapaio@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1)
Evaluation methods: (2) Written examination with remote methods

Written assignment and/or exercises
Implementation Instructions: (3)

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.