CIVIL ENGINEERING (Hydrology)

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1 CIVIL ENGINEERING (Hydrology) 3 years degree. The total time of taught classes and practical training is 2225 hours. Estimated student workload is 1800 hours per year. The program is distributed as follows: 132 credits of core subjects (1,320 hours) 52,5 credits o compulsory subjects (525 hours) 18 credits of optional subjects (180 hours) Professional activities in this field are regulated by law and are supervised by he Official College of Public Works Engineering Technicians. This qualification enables the holder to carry out multiple activities in the field of construction and public works; management, planning and exploitation of both surface and underground hydraulic resources, their use, regulation and applications for irrigation and energy, as well as associated public works. Can carry out studies, reports, technical controls and engineering projects, as well as plans for health and safety at work and environmental impact. The holder may carry out activities for public administration and private companies, as well as in teaching FIRST YEAR PRIMER CURSO ECTS Physical Fundamentals of Engineering Fundamentos Físicos de la Ingeniería 8.5 Mathematical Fundamentals of Engineering Fundamentos Matemáticos de la Ingeniería 8.5 Applied Chemistry Química Aplicada 5.0 Technical Drawning Dibujo Técnico 5.0 Statistics Estadística 3.5 Geology Geología 5.0 Surveying Topografía 4.5 Representation Systems Sistemas de Representación 5.0 Science and Technology of Materials Ciencia y Tecnología de los Materiales 5.0 Advanced Mathematics Ampliación de Matemáticas 6.0

2 SECOND YEAR SEGUNDO CURSO ECTS Electric Technology Tecnología Eléctrica 5.0 Groundwater Hydrology Hidrología Subterránea 5.0 Theory of Structures Teoría de Estructuras 6.0 Geotechnics Geotecnia 5.0 Hydraulics Hidráulica 6.0 Hydrology Hidrología 6.0 Hydraulic Structures Obras Hidráulicas 5.0 Hydraulic Structures Technology Tecnología de Estructuras Hidráulicas 5.0 Water Desalination Techniques Técnicas de Desalación de Aguas 3.5 Economics Economía 5.0 THIRD YEAR TERCER CURSO ECTS Environmental and Sanitary Engineering Ingeniería Ambiental y Sanitaria 5.0 Projects Proyectos 5.0 Hydraulic Resources Aprovechamientos Hidráulicos 6.0 Water Resources I Recursos Hídricos I 6.0 Construction Sites Management Organización de Obras 6.0 Water Resources II Recursos Hídricos II 6.0 Final Degree Project Proyecto Fin de Carrera 5.0 Environmental Impact Impacto Ambiental 3.5 OPTIONAL OPTATIVAS ECTS Water Quality Calidad de Aguas 4.0 Quality Control, Pathology and Strentghning of Concrete Structures Control de Calidad, Patología y Refuerzo de Estructuras Computer-Assisted Design Dibujo Asistido por Ordenador 4.0 Exploration and Construction of Water Wells Exploración y Construcción de Captaciones 4.0 Computing Fundamentals Fundamentos de Informática 4.0 Models in Hydraulics and Hydrology Modelos en hidráulica e hidrología 4.0 Maritime Structures Obras Marítimas 4.0 Water Economic Policies Políticas económicas del agua 4.0 Protection of the Environment Protección del Medio Ambiente 4.0 Applied Surveying Topografía Aplicada 4.0 Remote Sensing and Land Management Teledetección y ordenación del territorio 4.0 Transport and Territory Transporte y Territorio

3 FIRST YEAR PHYSICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING 1. Magnitudes and measures 2. Particle kinematics 3. Particle dynamics 4. Work and energy 5. Centroids 6. Moments of inertia 7. Rotation of the rigid solid 8. Equivalent systems of forces 9. Statics of the rigid solid 10. Wave phenomena 11. Hydrostatics 12. Temperature and heat 13. First and second thermodynamic laws 14. Electric field and potential 15. Conductors and dielectrics 16. Electric current and electric fields 17. Electric current and magnetic fields MATHEMATICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING 1. General concepts. Algebraic structures. 2. Matrices and determinants 3. Systems of linear equations 4. Vectorial spaces 5. Linear applications. 6. Diagonalization of endomorphisms and matrices. 7. Real functions of real variable. 8. Unidimensional Riemann integral. Improper integral 9. Introduction to functions of several variables. Continuity. 10. Diferentiability of functions of several variables 11. First-order differential equations 12. Integrals of several real variables. APPLIED CHEMISTRY I. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 1. Physical states of matter. 2. Types of solids: metallic, ionic, covalent and molecular.

4 3. Defects and nonstoichiometry. 4. Agglomerating materials: plasters, limes and cements. II. CHEMISTRY OF THE WATER 5. Properties of water 6. Principle of mass conservation in waters 7. Chemical balance and energy 8. Acids and bases: alkalinity and ph 9. Solution and precipitation in aqueous systems 10. Acquisition and control of alkalinity in waters 11. Oxidation-reduction TECHNICAL DRAWNING I. GEOMETRIC DESIGN: 1. Geometric constructions used in engineering 2. Polygons 3. Proportional means 4. Surface equivalences 5. Tangencies 6. Homology. II. NORMALIZATION 7. Formats 8. Scales 9. Lines 10. Views 11. Dimensioning 12. Sections 13. Civil regulations. III. SKETCHING STATISTICS 1. General concepts. 2. Descriptive data analysis. 3. Introduction to probability theory. 4. Random variables and probability distributions I. 5. Random variables and probability distributions II. 6. Samples and sampling distributions. 7. Introduction to Estimation Theory. 8. Introduction to hypothesis testing. 9. Parametric tests for normal populations or large sample sizes

5 GEOLOGY 1. Geomechanical characteristics of rocks. 2. Disposition of sedimentary rocks: Stratigraphy 3. Deformations of the rocky massif and its matrix (I). Tectonics: folds, joints and faults 4. Deformations of the rocky massif and matrix (II) Thrust-outlier and diapirism. 5. Igneous rocks: use and behavior. Plutonic rocks (I). 6. Igneous rocks: use and behavior. Volcanic rocks (II). 7. Sedimentary rocks: use and behavior. 8. Metamorphic rocks: use and behavior. 9. Geologic risks (I). Risks of internal origin. 10. Geologic risks (II). Risks of external origin. 11. Geology of the Region of Murcia. SURVEYING I. INTRODUCTION. BASIC CONCEPTS. 1. Concept of topography. 2. Notions of geodesy and astronomy. 3. Cartography notions. 4. Theory of errors. II. TOPOGRAPHICAL INSTRUMENTS. 5. Elements of topographical instruments. 6. Measurement of angles and distances. 7. The theodolite. The tacheometer. 8. The level III. TOPOGRAPHICAL METHODS AND UPLIFTS. 9. Planimetric methods. 10. Altimetric methods. 11. Planning of a topographical uplift. IV. APPLICATIONS. 12. Earth-work. 13. Setting out.. V. PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND G.P.S. 14. Photogrammetry principles. 15. Space REMOTE SENSING. 16. Introduction to GPS. REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS 1. Dihedral projection system. Point, straight line and plane. 2. Intersections of straight lines and planes

6 3. Parallelism, perpendicularity, minimum distances 4. Direct and inverse rabatment of straight lines and planes 5. Dimensioned drawing system. Point, straight line and plane 6. Intersections of straight lines and planes 7. Parallelism, perpendicularity, minimum distances 8. Direct and inverse rabatment of straight lines and planes 9. Representation of topographical land. 10. Earthworks of platforms and roads SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS I. THEORETICAL FUNDAMETALS 1. Crystalline and amorphous structures. Defects in materials. 2. Alloys. 3. Transformations of systems. Phase diagrams. 4. Thermal properties. Diffusion. Solidification. 5. Deformation and fracture processes in solids. II. CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING OF MATERIALS 6: Microscopy and macroscopy. 7. Thermal analysis. 8. Mechanical testing. 9. Non-destructive evaluation of materials. III. TREATMENTS OF MATERIALS 10. Treatments of materials: classification and types. 11. Treatments of steels and irons. 12. Treatments of non-ferrous alloys. IV. ENGINEERING MATERIALS: PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS. DETERIORATION OF MATERIALS. 13. Steels and irons. 14. Non-ferrous alloys. 15. Polymers. 16. Ceramics. 17. Composites. 18 Corrosion. Degradation of non-metallic materials. ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1. First order partial differential equations: Equations of separate variables. Exact equations. First order linear equations. Applications. 2. Linear differential equations of arbitrary order: Structure of the set of linear equations solutions. Linear differential equations of constant coefficients:

7 homogeneous equation. Non-homogeneous linear differential equations. Systems of linear equations. Applications: linear oscillators 3. Curvilinear integrals: Curvilinear integrals of scalar functions. Curvilinear integral of vectorial functions. Potential functions. Green s theorem and the divergence theorem in the plane. 4. Surface integrals: surface integral of scalar functions. Surface integrals of vectorial functions. Theorem of Green. Applications SECOND YEAR ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY 1. Fundamentals of electricity. 2. Analysis of continuous current circuits 3. Voltage and alternating currents 4. Analysis of alternating current circuits 5. Power in alternating current. Resonance 6. Polyphasic circuits 7. Magnetic circuits GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY 1. Introduction. History of Hydrogeology. 2. The hydrological cycle. Pluviometry. 3. Evaporation and Evapotranspiration. Useful rain. 4. Underground hydraulics. 5. Permeable and impermeable rocks. Structures holding underground waters. 6. Aquifers. Hydrogeologic unit. Hydrogeologic Management Unit (H.M.U.). 7. Inventory of water points. 8. Piezometry. 9. Feeding of an aquifer. 10. Discharge of an aquifer. 11. Resources. Hydric balance. 12. Underground water reserves. 13. Chemical quality of groundwaters. Aquifer pollution. 14. Hydrogeologic maps. Hydrogeologic cross sections and hydrogeologic schemes. 15. Exploration and exploitation of groundwaters. 16. Valving and pumping tests. 17. Criteria for the correct installation of a borehole for groundwater exploitation. 18. Hydrogeology of karstic aquifers. Karst in carbonated rocks. Karst in gypsum. 19. Groundwater in civil works.

8 20. Coastal aquifers. Aquifer overexploitation. 21. Groundwater in the Segura river basin. THEORY OF STRUCTURES I. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 1. Basic concepts of elasticity 2. Static Equilibrium Equations 3. Bending moment and axial forces 4. Shear force and Torsion 5. Deflection of beams 6. Statically indeterminate structures 7. Buckling II. ANALISYS OF STRUCTURES 8. Basic concepts of the theory of structures 9. Graphic Statics III. TRUSSES 10. Statically determinate trusses. Calculation of internal forces 11. Trusses. Calculation of displacements 12. Statically indeterminate trusses IV. FRAMED STRUCTURES 13. Internal forces in a beam 14. The moment distribution method (Hardy Cross method) V. MATRIX ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES 15. Introduction to matrix analysis of structures 16. Coordinate systems. Elementary stiffness matrices 17. The stiffness method. 18. Non- nodal loads GEOTECHNICS 1. Origin and composition of the ground. 2. Classification of soils for engineering purposes. 3. Basic physical properties of soils. 4. Water in soils: presence and effects. 5. Mechanics of rocks. 6. Stress and deformations in soils. 7. Resistance of soils to shear. 8. Compressibility and settling of soils 9. Land survey. Field work 10. Load capacity of foundations 11. Stability of slopes

9 12. Earth thrust (walls) 13. Road Geotechnics 14. Expanding clay and collapsible soils. HYDRAULICS I. INTRODUCTION TO HYDRAULICS 1. Presentation of the subject. 2. General notions: properties of fluids. 3. Applications. II. HYDROSTATICS 4. Fundamental equation. 5. Hydrostatic pressure on submerged surfaces. 6. Applications. III. KINEMATICS OF FLUIDS 7. Description of the flowing movement. 8. Continuity. Applications. IV. HYDRODYNAMICS: 9. Conservation of quantity of movement and of mechanical energy. 10. Applications. V. FLUID FLOW IN FORCED DUCTS 11. Internal flow: load losses. 12 Conduction through gravity and impulse. 14. Fluid transportation networks. 15. Non-stationary incompressible flow: flow-disturbing phenomena. VI. INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID MACHINES 16. Generalities about fluid machines: centrifugal pumps. 17. Installation of centrifugal pumps. 18. Hydraulic turbines. VII. STATIONARY FLOW IN FREE SHEET: 19. Channels: uniform and varied flow. HYDROLOGY 1. The hydrological system 2. Climatology 3. Precipitation 4. Evaporation 5. Evapotranspiration 6. Infiltration and unsaturated zone flow 7. Hydromorphometry 8. Statistical analysis

10 9. Hidrographs analysis 10. Hydrometry 11. Rainfall-Runoff Analysis 12. Propagation of surface runoff 13. Hydrological modelling and new technologies HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES I. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES 1. Water as a resource 2. Functional analysis of regulation structures 3. Functional analysis of transport structures II. GENERAL QUESTIONS ON DAMS 4. The conception of the dam 5. Previous survey studies III. PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION OF MASONRY DAMS 6. Typology of masonry dams 7. Calculation of masonry dams 8. Construction of masonry dams IV. EVALUATION OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES PROJECTS 9. Economic analysis of the investment 10. Optimum dimensioning of projects V. CONDUCTION UNDER PRESSURE: PIPES 11. Technical-economic calculation 12. Project and construction of piping networks VI. OPEN CHANNEL FLOW 13. General characteristics 14. Project and construction of channels HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY I. CONCRETE STRUCTURES 1. Introduction to reinforced and pre-stressed concrete 2. Characteristics of concrete and steel for reinforcement 3. Deformations of concrete: shrinkage and creeping 3. Prestressed Concrete Elements 4. Serviciality Limit State of deformation and creeping 5. Ultimate Limit State: normal stress and buckling 7. Ultimate Limit State: shear and punching 8. Ultimate Limit State: torsion. 9. Strut and tie models 10. Spread footing and pile cap

11 II. METALLIC STRUCTURES. 11. Strength of seccions and bars 12. Bolted and welded connections III. CONSTRUCTIVE MATERIALS AND METHODS IN HYDRAULIC WORKS. 13. Constructive phases 14. Dosage, pouring of concrete, curing and removal of formwork. WATER DESALINATION TECHNIQUES 1. Pre-treatments. 2. Filtration of water. 3. Chemical correction and conditioning of water. 4. Existing technologies for water desalination: ionic exchange, condensation and evaporation, electrodialisis, inverse osmosis. 5. Analysis of technical and economic viability of desalination projects. 6. Practical design examples. 7. Legislative aspects related to desalination, the supply of desalinated waters and the environment. ECONOMICS 1. Recent evolution of Spanish economy. 2. Main problems and challenges facing Spanish economy 3. The framework directive of water of the European Union. Economic effects of the enlargement. 4. Demand and supply exercises. 5. Exercises of production costs and profit maximization. 6. Problems of perfect competition and analysis of practical cases of imperfect competition and resolutions of the Fair Competition Court 7. Cost-profit analysis. Comments and debates on hydrological policies. THIRD YEAR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITARY ENGINEERING I. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 1. Water pollution 2. Pollutants of the aquatic medium: origin and behavior 3. Determination of water quality parameters 4. Water pollution control 5. Introduction to atmospheric pollution 6. Measurement and control of atmospheric pollution

12 7. Administration and treatment of urban residuals 8. Inert and dangerous residuals II. SANITARY ENGINEERING 1. Characteristics of residual waters. 2. Sewer systems networks. 3. Contribution flows to a network. 4. Design of sewers and collectors. 5. Sewers materials and construction. 6. Introduction to water purification. 7. Biologic purification mechanism. 8. Pre-treatments of a water purification station. 9. Physical purification: decantation. 10. Active sludge. PROJECTS 1. Scope and typologies of projects. 2. Legislation applicable to projects and works. Administrative recruiting. 3. Preliminary studies to the writing of the project. 4. Preliminary design. Project. Documents. 5. Memory. Annexes. 6. Charts. 7. Sheet of specific technical prescriptions 8. Budget. 9. Basic study of security and health. 10. Study of environmental impact. 11. Steps. Approval. Modifications. 12. Bid and award. Works contract. 13. Administration and control of the project. 14. Administrative procedure: the execution of works. 15. Management and construction of works. HYDRAULIC RESOURCES I. FALL AND PUMPS 1. General questions 2. Pumping stations 3. Hydroelectric uses II. PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION OF EARTH AND ROCKFILL DAMS 4. Typology of earth and rockfill dams 5. Calculation of earth and rockfill dams 6. Construction of earth and rockfill dams

13 III. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF DAMS 7. Spillways 8. Discharge under pressure 9. Deviation of the river IV. EXPLOITATION OF DAMS 10. Monitoring 11. Norms of exploitation 12. Repair works and maintenance V. IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS 13. Irrigation technique: water, plant and ground 14. Irrigation and drainage systems 15. Irrigation infrastructures project IV. STRUCTURES AGAINST NATURAL AGENTS 16. Fender against erosion 17. Fender against floods WATER RESOURCES I I. INTRODUCTION 1. Engineering of Hydric Resources II. TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES OF INFORMATION ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT 2. Information management phases 3. Types of data and analysis 4. SAIH and GIS Systems. 5. Processing of information supplied through remote sensing 6. Advanced Statistics III. EVALUATION OF HYDRIC RESOURCES 7. Deterministic and stochastic hydrological models. 8. Underground waters and shared use. IV. HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES 9. Floods. Droughts CONSTRUCTION SITES MANAGEMENT 1. Integrated Management of Projects: Systems Engineering and Integrated Administration of Projects. Strategic approach. 2. Economic analysis of projects: Viability Study of the Investment (VAN, TIR systems). 3. Bid, Formalization and Execution of works contracts. 4. Work Startup. Phases of the Construction Process. Characteristics of the Technical Inspection of Works.

14 5. Planning and Control of Works. PERT, GANTT, ROY Systems. 6. Relationships with Contractors, Subcontractors and Suppliers 7. Quality in Construction: fundamental objectives. Norms and Regulation. 8. Security in Construction: Evaluation of labor risks, casuistry of the most frequent accidents. Norms and Regulation. 9. Regulation as regards the environment in Construction Works. Norms and Regulation. 10. Human resources in Construction. Education, Professional Qualification and Application of the Work Factor in Construction activities. WATER RESOURCES II I. OBJECTIVES OF HYDROLOGICAL PLANNING 1. Introduction. General and specific objectives of hydrological planning II. DEMANDS AND THEIR SATISFACTION 2. Evaluation of the demand. Usage: urban, agricultural, industrial, ecological, etc. 3. Evaluation methodologies III. LEGISLATION CONCERNING WATERS 4. Consolidated text of the Water Law 5. Hydrological plan of Cuenca (PHC). National hydrological plan (PHN) 6. European framework directive on water IV. GUARANTEE OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS. REGULATIONS 7. Risk, guarantee, resilience and vulnerability. 8. Practical criteria of guarantee. 9. Unique reservoir system. Study of regulations and preliminary techniques V. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, OPERATIVE RESEARCH AND SSD IN HYDRIC RESOURCES 10. Optimization of hydric resources. PL AND PD. 11. SSD in planning and administration of hydric resources VI. IRRIGATION 12. National Hydrological Plan and National Plan of Irrigation 13. Water Law and Irrigation. Irrigation systems of the Segura River basin VII. WATER POLLUTION 14. Measurement of water quality. Measurement Networks. SAICA. VIII. INTRODUCTION TO RIVER HYDRAULICS. 15. Hydrological-forest correction works. Field tour. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT I. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. PREVENTION. 1. Basic concepts. Antecedents. Programs of action as regards the environment.

15 2. Predictive tools for studying environmental impact: Strategic Environmental Evaluation; Integrated Environmental Authorization, Evaluation of Environmental Impact and Environmental Rating. II. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: LEGISLATION 3. Legislation as regards environmental impact. Projects subjected to EIA. 4. Procedure. Sections. III. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: EVALUATION AND CORRECTION 5. Project analysis and alternatives. Environmental inventory. Identification and valuation of impacts. Methods of valuation. Types of valuation. Environmental impact correction: preventive, correcting and compensatory measures. Environmental Surveillance Program. Synthesis document. OPTIONAL WATER QUALITY 1. Water protection and management 2. Ecosystems: perturbation and pollution 3. Classification of water quality. Quality indices 4. Agricultural pollution of hydric resources 5. Water quality and self-purification of rivers 6. Matter and energy balances in masses of water 7. Oxygen models 8. Water quality in lakes and reservoirs 9. Quality of underground water 10. Marine systems 11. Water quality simulation models I. AQUATOX 12. Water quality simulation models II. WASP 13. Authorizations regarding dumpings QUALITY CONTROL, PATHOLOGY AND STRENTGHNING OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES I. QUALITY CONTROL. 1. General background of quality control. 2. Tests of concrete. Quality control of concrete 3. Characteristics of reinforcements bars. Quality control of steel. 6. Control of the execution. II. PATHOLOGY AND REINFORCEMENT OF STRUCTURES. 7. Evaluation of damages and residual resistant capacity. 8. Damages in structures.

16 9. Corrosion of reinforcements. 10. Information tests. 11. Repair materials and reinforcement. 12. Pathology and repair of foundations. 13. Pathology and Strengthening of columns 14. Pathology and Strengthening of beams 15. Pathology and Strengthening of suspended floors 16. Load tests 17. Treatments in hydraulic structures. Practical cases: Waterproofing of dams. Treatments in channels. Water reservoirs. Marine structures. COMPUTER-ASSISTED DESIGN 1. The computer as a drawing tool. 2. Draughting in 2D. Environment, utilities and help. 3. Primitives and graphic attributes. Representation of primitives. 4. Dimensioning in 2D. 5. Geometric transformations in 2D. 6. Engineering design. Isometric drawing. 7. Advanced primitives. Cells and curves. 8. Introduction to modelling. Geometry of solids for construction. 9. Geometric transformations in 3D. 10. Dimensioning and shading in 3D. 11. Visualization and printing of engineering drawings. EXPLORATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF WATER WELLS 1. Introduction 2. Different methods of geophysical prospecting 3. Different methods of drilling for water sounding 4. Introduction to the design of sounding equipment 5. Selection of materials for sounding construction 6. Pumping tests, appraisal. 7. Sounding monitoring and maintenance. 8. Electromagnetic methods. 9. Methods of geophysical exploration in soundings. 10. Drilling system by percussion with cable. 11. Drilling system by rotation with tricone. 12. Drilling system by rotary percussion with OTH. 13. Drilling system by rotary percussion with DTH. 14. Casing, cementation and equipment of soundings. 15. Project of soundings.

17 16. Systems of mechanic development. 17. Systems of physical-chemical development. 18. Equipment of level and flow measurement. 19. Selection of pipes and equipment for pumping. 20. Pumping and measurement programs. 21. Corrosion and encrustation. 22. Inspection of soundings. COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS I. INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE OF A COMPUTER. 1. Outline of computer operation. 2. Concept of mother board, memory, CPU, bus. II. PERIPHERALS. 3. Presentation of the most usual peripherals and their basics. 4. Interconnection of peripherals with the computer. III. OFFICE AUTOMATION. 5. Concept and utility of a spread sheet. 6. Concept and utility of a relational database. IV. NETWORKS. 7. Concept of Network. Client-server. Intranet. V. INTERNET AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 8. What Internet is. Browsers. Search engines. 9. Electronic mail. 10. Html code. Protocols: ftp and http. File transfers. MODELS IN HYDRAULICS AND HYDROLOGY I. MODELS IN ENGINEERING 1. Introduction 2. Mathematical (numeric) models 3. Simplified physical models II. STUDY AND APPLICATION OF SEVERAL COMPUTER PROGRAMS 4. Study of pressure networks for supply and irrigation (EPANET programs) 5. Study of the fluid transients in pipelines (DYAGATS programs) 6. Study of collectors and sewer systems networks (SewerCAD programs) 7. Study of structures of traverse drainage (CulvertMaster programs) 8. Study of flow in open channels and rivers (HEC-RAS programs) 9. Study of lamination infrastructures of floods (PondPack programs) 10. Study of floods (HEC-HMS programs) III. SIMPLIFIED PHYSICAL MODELS 11. Principles of dimensional homogeneity

18 12. Criteria of dynamic similarity 13. Rayleigh s Method. Pi (Buckingham s) Theorem 14. General Hydraulics equation 15. Mechanical similarity, hydraulics and dynamics 16. Laws of similarity. Inspectional analysis 17. Rules of hydraulic models 18. Non-distorted models with own ruggedness 19. Non-distorted models with any ruggedness 20. Laws of similarity for laminate flow with free surface 21. Similarity of flow in pipes 22. River models of mobile bed MARITIME STRUCTURES 1. Atmosphere and ocean 2. Seawaves 3. Generation, propagation and extinction of seawaves 4. Currents and coast processes 5. Ports 6. Maritime works for shelter 7. Interior maritime works 8. Offshore maritime works 9. Legislation 10. The port of Cartagena WATER ECONOMIC POLICIES 1. Water Economics. 2. Current overview of policies and management of water resources. 3. Water management policies affecting its supply. 4. Water management policies affecting its demand. 5. Debate on economy and policies of water management in Spain. PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT I. FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY. 1. The concept of ecosystem and biological complexity. 2. Natural selection and adaptation of organisms to the environment. 3. Relationships between organisms and their environment. 4. Populations' dynamics in time and space II. PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. 5. Structures and functioning of biological communities. Diversity. 6. Preservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

19 III. ALTERATIONS OF BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL PLANNING. 7. Biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems. 8. Carbon and global climatic change. 9. Nitrogen and eutrophication of the water. 10. Phosphorus, sulfur and heavy metals. IV. TOOLS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF NATURE. 11. European, national and regional strategies for the protection of the environment. 12. Legal tools for environmental protection and management. APPLIED SURVEYING 1. Introduction 2. Spread sheets (Excel) 3. Total station: Knowledge of the instrument; gathering and treatment of data 4. Level: Knowledge of automatic and digital levels; gathering and treatment of data 5. GPS: Knowledge of the instrument; gathering and treatment of data 6. Adjustment of nets 7. Topographical applications: topographical plane; surface measurements; earthwork; setting out: digital land models REMOTE SENSING AND LAND MANAGEMENT I. REMOTE SENSING 1. Introduction 2. Physical basis of remote sensing 3. Systems of image acquisition. 4. Visual interpretation of images 5. Corrections and enhancement 6. Digital classification 7. Verification of results II. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS 8. Introduction. Definition and types 9. Basic operations with a GIS 10. Statistical analysis. Space analysis III. APPLICATIONS 11. Integration of remote sensing data in a GIS for land use planning 12. Applications of remote sensing in Hydrology. TRANSPORT AND TERRITORY 1. Transport and territory. Interrelation, disciplines and basic concepts 2. Evolution and development of transport systems

20 3. Historical evolution of the city. Urbanization process 4. Urban transport. Problems and solutions 5. Territorial systems and transport networks 6. Intermodal transfer. Infrastructures 7. Territorial Analysis Instruments. Cartography. Remote Sensing. 8. Transport and environment. 9. Leading areas and trip generating areas. 10. Introduction to management and organization of transports. 11. Transport models. 12. Introduction to the study of alternatives.