General information
Course structure
Participants complete the course in a period of 4 months with a workload of 140 hours. A participant is expected to spend about 8 hours a week on average through reading, discussion and assignments. The course is sub-divided into 4 subjects and a written assignment. Within the course, each subject starts and ends on a specified day. Each subject takes 2-4 weeks. Within this period, the participant is free to study in his or her own time. Questions with regard to the subject can be posted on the discussion forum, eliciting responses from fellow participants. The teachers also regularly comment on the questions posted on this forum. After completion, participants will receive a 'Certificate of attendance’ issued by UNESCO-IHE.
Course content
1. Introduction to this online course (Week 1-2)
Who are my lecturers and fellow participants? What is the purpose of this course? What can we do with it? How does the I-Learning Environment work?
2. Water Quality (Week 3-5)
What are the main water quality and pollution characteristics in rivers and lakes; which main processes will affect these?
3. Water Quality monitoring and assessment (Week 6-9)
How can we apply the different steps of the monitoring cycle in rivers and lakes? What are the main factors in groundwater pollution and monitoring?
4. Data handling and presentation (Week 10-12)
How can we use statistical techniques in handling monitoring data? How can we present our monitoring results adequately?
Individual paper; Conclusion (Week 13-17)
Design of a sustainable water quality monitoring programme for a specific region.Rounding off, evaluation and follow-up.
Upon completion, the participant should be able to:
- understand and apply concepts of water quality and pollution processes in rivers and lakes
- understand and apply the different steps of the monitoring cycle in rivers and lakes
- understand the basic concepts of groundwater quality and monitoring
- apply common statistical techniques for water quality data evaluation
- design sound and sustainable freshwater quality monitoring and assessment programmes under specified conditions.
This course aims at integrating the different steps in the monitoring cycle, from the information needs, monitoring network design, field and laboratory procedures up to data collection and processing.
Content
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Venue
Delft, Netherlands
UNESCO-IHE (Online course)
Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft
Application
Click here to apply: http://www.unesco-ihe.org/application-form-unesco-ihe-regular-short-courses-and-...
Cost:
<p>725€ </p>
Prerequisites:
You should at least have a Bachelor Degree in a relevant field of study, some years of working experience and a good command of the English language. The course is designed for professionals actively involved in water quality monitoring and management. They may be working e.g. for environmental agencies, consultants, as environmental or water management officers in local, regional or national governments, as staff of NGOs, or as junior university lecturers, and may not have the time to undertake a course that lasts several weeks abroad.
Application Procedure:
Apply using the online application form. Please note that there is a strict first come, first served policy. It might be the case that a course is fully booked before the registration deadline at UNESCO-IHE passes. Therefore we advise you to register and pay for the course as early as possible. Students will be registered as online course participants after payment of the required tuition fees.
Application Deadline: 1st September 2015
Grant Opportunities:
Most of the UNESCO-IHE online courses are eligible for NFP fellowships, and candidates from NFP countries are always encouraged to apply for one (Deadline NFP: 26 January 2015). Discounts on the tuition fees are also available and apply to the following:
- 30% for UNESCO-IHE alumni
- 30% for UNESCO-IHE G-PoWER partners
- 10% for UN family staff members
- 10% for groups of 5 or more (provided that the course starts at the same time and a group application has been sent)
Qualification
Assessment:
Each subject ends with a tutor assignment for which participants have to use their newly acquired knowledge and interact with the teacher and the other participants using the discussion platform of the online learning environment. The final mark for the course is based on tutor assignments, contribution to discussion assignments and the final paper.
Credits:
Course structure
Participants complete the course in a period of 4 months with a workload of 140 hours. A participant is expected to spend about 8 hours a week on average through reading, discussion and assignments. The course is sub-divided into 4 subjects and a written assignment. Within the course, each subject starts and ends on a specified day. Each subject takes 2-4 weeks. Within this period, the participant is free to study in his or her own time. Questions with regard to the subject can be posted on the discussion forum, eliciting responses from fellow participants. The teachers also regularly comment on the questions posted on this forum. After completion, participants will receive a 'Certificate of attendance’ issued by UNESCO-IHE.
Course content
1. Introduction to this online course (Week 1-2)
Who are my lecturers and fellow participants? What is the purpose of this course? What can we do with it? How does the I-Learning Environment work?
2. Water Quality (Week 3-5)
What are the main water quality and pollution characteristics in rivers and lakes; which main processes will affect these?
3. Water Quality monitoring and assessment (Week 6-9)
How can we apply the different steps of the monitoring cycle in rivers and lakes? What are the main factors in groundwater pollution and monitoring?
4. Data handling and presentation (Week 10-12)
How can we use statistical techniques in handling monitoring data? How can we present our monitoring results adequately?
Individual paper; Conclusion (Week 13-17)
Design of a sustainable water quality monitoring programme for a specific region.Rounding off, evaluation and follow-up.
Apply using the online application form. Please note that there is a strict first come, first served policy. It might be the case that a course is fully booked before the registration deadline at UNESCO-IHE passes. Therefore we advise you to register and pay for the course as early as possible. Students will be registered as online course participants after payment of the required tuition fees.
Application Deadline: 1st September 2015
Each subject ends with a tutor assignment for which participants have to use their newly acquired knowledge and interact with the teacher and the other participants using the discussion platform of the online learning environment. The final mark for the course is based on tutor assignments, contribution to discussion assignments and the final paper.
Upon completion, the participant should be able to:
- understand and apply concepts of water quality and pollution processes in rivers and lakes
- understand and apply the different steps of the monitoring cycle in rivers and lakes
- understand the basic concepts of groundwater quality and monitoring
- apply common statistical techniques for water quality data evaluation
- design sound and sustainable freshwater quality monitoring and assessment programmes under specified conditions.
This course aims at integrating the different steps in the monitoring cycle, from the information needs, monitoring network design, field and laboratory procedures up to data collection and processing.
You should at least have a Bachelor Degree in a relevant field of study, some years of working experience and a good command of the English language. The course is designed for professionals actively involved in water quality monitoring and management. They may be working e.g. for environmental agencies, consultants, as environmental or water management officers in local, regional or national governments, as staff of NGOs, or as junior university lecturers, and may not have the time to undertake a course that lasts several weeks abroad.
