CIV E 321 - Principles of Environmental Modeling and Risk

Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3.8
Approved Hours 3-0-3/2
Fee index 8
Faculty Engineering
Department Civil & Environmental Eng
Typically Offered either term

Description
Introduction modeling environmental processes to predict the movement of water and fate of contaminants in the hydrologic cycle. Principles of mass transfer, conservation of mass, environmental transformations, nutrient enrichment and depletion are developed. Introduction to storm events, rainfall, runoff, stream discharge and stormwater management. Applications of modeling results to the quantification of risk using examples from hydrology, water pollution and health protection and development of environmental regulations. Prerequisite: CIV E 221. Corequisite: CIV E 330.