Unit of Study ENGN4005 Engineering for Resilient Catchments and Floodplains (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

AGR00215 - Water and Catchment Management AND ERTH3001 - Coastal and Fluvial Hydrodynamics
Anti-requisites

CIVL3004 - Hydraulic Engineering

Enrolment information

There will be a 4 day compulsory residential for all students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Integrates technical knowledge with other contextual factors to develop solutions to complex catchment and floodplain engineering and management problems using a multidisciplinary systems approach. Extends and applies technical knowledge of hydrodynamics and geomorphology to understand and analyse the dynamic interactions between human activities, catchments and the fluvial landscape. Students develop advanced modelling and analysis skills needed to predict the behaviour of complex catchment and floodplain systems and design appropriate engineering infrastructure and management strategies.

Unit content

A systems approach to catchment and floodplain engineering

Impacts of vegetation on catchment and floodplain hydraulics and geomorphology

Human impacts on catchments and floodplains

Urban stormwater management

Hydraulic modelling of streamflow and floods

Engineering design for catchment and floodplain management

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

use a systems approach to identify the environmental, social, legal and planning context associated with complex catchment and floodplain systems

quantify impacts of urban development on stormwater quantity and quality as part of a team using industry-standard modelling software

construct one- and two-dimensional numerical hydraulic models of water movement in rivers and across floodplains using industry-standard software and evaluate and interpret the results

derive and communicate appropriate solutions to catchment and floodplain engineering problems by using a multidisciplinary systems approach to integrate technical knowledge with other contextual factors.

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