ECTS
9 credits
Training Structure
School of Pharmacy
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Issues, Stakeholders, Regulation, and Challenges in Water Management
Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Water lies at the heart of multiple and conflicting issues, visions, and interests. The interplay of these various elements raises questions about integrated water resources management (IWRM) and regulation (particularly through public policy), the balance between collective and private values, and decision-making processes concerning collective issues—in short, governance. Decentralization, water and sanitation services, basin-level management, the European Water Framework Directive, and financial flows, in particular, illustrate various facets of governance.
Water and Agriculture: Challenges and Scientific Questions
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
How Aquatic Ecosystems Function
Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
This course unit is designed to enable students to gain in-depth knowledge of how aquatic ecosystems function and to identify threats and vulnerabilities in the face of local pressures and climate change.
It will also enable students to 1) understand the specific characteristics of how benthic ecosystems function and the ecological roles of their components, 2) acquire in-depth knowledge of how aquatic ecosystems function, 3) gain knowledge about the impact of chemical and biological contaminants (toxic and pathogenic microalgae), climate change, and human activities on aquatic ecosystems, their functioning, and their components, including the associated socioeconomic repercussions. This course unit will develop monitoring networks for the marine environment and the health of harvested marine animals by addressing mortality issues.
The Water Cycle and Watersheds
Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Time of year
Fall
The EU curriculum is organized into three parts:
1) The Water Cycle and Water Balance
• The Main Water Reservoirs
• The Mechanisms of the Water Cycle
• Water Circulation: From the Global Scale to the Watershed Scale
• Humans: Their Impact on the Water Cycle
2) The Atmospheric Phase of the Water Cycle – Hydrology
• The watershed
• Atmospheric circulation and precipitation
• Evapotranspiration
• Infiltration
• Runoff
3) The underground phase of the water cycle – Hydrogeology
• Porous media and their hydrodynamic properties
• Different types of aquifers
• Piezometric levels and maps
Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate
Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Time of year
Fall
The “Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate” module aims to present the fundamental principles of atmospheric dynamics and ocean dynamics and offers a critical and well-documented perspective on climate change. The course is based on the analysis of official documents describing global change, well-documented discussions of key issues, and case studies applied to various global contexts.
How Hydrosystems Work
Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
This course is divided into two parts: one focusing on surface water and atmospheric water, and the other on groundwater. This course builds on the “Water Cycle” course from the first semester and lays the essential foundation for the specialized courses in hydrodynamics and physical hydrology that will be offered in the second semester. It therefore serves as a transitional course between fundamental knowledge of the water cycle and specialized knowledge related to the study and characterization of surface and groundwater resources.
Lectures combined with integrated tutorials are supplemented by practical exercises in the lab using computers and hydrogeological maps.