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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

CVEN4000 (v.1) Water Systems and Structures

Area: Department of Civil Engineering
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.5
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Science Laboratory: 2 x 2 Hours Semester
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 302799 (v.1) Water Engineering 465
Prerequisite(s):     302791 (v.2) Water Engineering 361 or any previous version
    OR
    CVEN3000 (v.1) Pumps and Open Channel Flow or any previous version
AND
    308883 (v.2) Water and Environmental Engineering 362 or any previous version
    OR
    WSEN3000 (v.1) Hydrology and Environmental Engineering or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Part 1: Urban Water Engineering. Water distribution system planning and design. Water distribution system operation and maintenance (introduction). Wastewater collection system planning and design. Wastewater collection system operation and maintenance (introduction). Part 2: Water Resources Engineering. Hydraulic structures: Dams, Weirs, Spillways, Culverts, Stilting basins.
Field of Education: 030999 Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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