Design of Flood and Drainage Systems

Course aim

To enable students to conduct flood assessment tasks, assess associated risk and devise appropriate flood mitigation strategies

Course content

This course covers three modules:

• Module 1 – Floodplain and Risk Management,
• Module 2 - Flood Routing and Hydraulic structures 
• Module 3 – Design of Urban Stormwater Management Systems

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

CIVE 3009 or experience in the field of hydrology.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	3 days x N/A
Tutorial	1 day x N/A
Practical	N/A x N/A
Computer Practical	1 day x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Catchment Modelling Project, Design Project, Problem Solving task

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.