This Option is for students interested in the development, management, and protection of water resources. Students are prepared for careers with consulting firms or regulatory agencies. They acquire the background to design and evaluate hydraulic structures, pollution control schemes, and water management systems. They are also exposed to the social and environmental aspects of use of water resources. A minimum of seven courses is required. However most students in Civil Engineering will probably wish to take more.
The Option in Water Resources is not available to students in Environmental Engineering/Civil Specialization.
There are four required courses:
| CIVE 280 (or equivalent) |
Fluid Mechanics |
| CIVE 375 |
Water Quality Engineering |
| CIVE 381 |
Hydraulics |
| CIVE 486 |
Hydrology |
A minimum of three elective courses is required to be taken from the following list, subject to timetable constraints.
Surface Water
| CIVE 483 (W) |
Design of Urban Water Systems |
| ENVE 473 (W) |
Contaminant Transport |
Treatment
| CHE 32 (W,S) |
Introductory Biotechnology |
| CHE 574 (W) |
Treatment of Aqueous Inorganic Wastes |
| CIVE 472 (S) |
Wastewater Treatment |
| or |
| ENVE 472 (F) |
Wastewater Treatment |
Groundwater
| EARTH 458 (F,S) |
Physical Hydrogeology |
| EARTH 459 (W) |
Chemical Hydrogeology |
Management
| ENVE 320 (W) |
Environmental Resource Management |
| ENVE 477 (W) |
Engineering for Solid Waste Management |
| SYDE 533 (F) |
Conflict Analysis |
Mathematics
| EARTH 456 (F) |
Groundwater Modelling |
| ENVE 321 (W) |
Advanced Mathematics |
| ME 303 (W,S) |
Advanced Engineering Mathematics |
| ME 559 (F,S) |
Finite Element Methods |
| SYDE 311 (S) |
Engineering Optimization |
| SYDE 312 (S) |
Numerical Analysis and Computer Methods |
| SYDE 511 (F) |
Probabilistic Modelling |
Remote Sensing
| GEOG 276 |
Air Photo Interpretation |
| GEOG 376 |
Environmental Remote Sensing |
| GEOG 471 |
Remote Sensing - Project |
| SYDE 534 (W) |
Remote Sensing Systems |
Air Pollution
| CHE 572 (W) |
Air Pollution Control |
| ME 571 (W) |
Air Pollution |
Fluids
| ME 362 (F,W) |
Fluid Mechanics 2 |
| ME 566 (F,S) |
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineering Design |
Other courses may be substituted with permission of the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies and the Option Co-ordinator. Course offerings are subject to change; check with theappropriate department to ensure course availability.