Sveučilište u Splitu - Fakultet građevinarstva, arhitekture i geodezije University of Split - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy

Academic staff:

• Damir Jukić Ph.D., Full Professor with tenure - Head of Department
• Ognjen Bonacci Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
• Vesna Denić-Jukić Ph.D., Full Professor
• Ana Kadić Ph.D., Senior Assistant

Learning Outcomes:

Undergraduate University Study of Civil Engineering
Hydrology - a student will be able to:
- explore and analyse components of the hydrological cycle;
- apply and integrate the basic computational principles and concepts in hydrology;
- distinguish methods for measuring hydrological and meteorological parameters;
- evaluate the basic characteristics of rainfall and discharge;
- apply statistical methods to estimate discharge curve, duration curveand peak flows;
- apply synthetic unit hydrograph methods to estimate peak flows.

Graduate University Study of Civil Engineering
Irrigation and Drainage - a student will be able to:
- determine the water balance elements for the design of irrigation and drainage systems based on up-to-date theoretical-practical principles;
- determine the evapotranspiration and explain the factors that  influence  the potential and actual evapotranspiration;
- understand the sources of water for irrigation and how water quantity and quality effects irrigation methods;
- determine the crop water requirements;
- evaluate different methods of irrigation with respect to soil conditions and crop types;
- distinguish advantages of surface and subsurface drainage;
- design of water delivery and distribution systems;
- organize irrigation process. 

Engineering Hydrology - a student will be able to:
- evaluate the key concepts in catchment hydrology;
- apply probability and statistics methods for hydrological description;
- estimate water balance;
- conceptualize catchment runoff to estimate peak flows;
- predict flood hydrograph using the unit hydrograph;
- apply flow routing methods to rivers and reservoirs.

Stream Regulation  – a student will be able to:
- evaluate hydrologic, hydraulic and morphologic characteristics of streams, as well as meteorological, climatologic, geographic and geologic characteristics of catchment;
- formulate mathematical description of stream flow and to evaluate critically possibilities of practical application in numerical modelling;
- estimate friction and effects of friction on stream flow;
- determine physical properties of sediment;
- estimate balance of sediment and evaluate streambed stability;
- predict possible deformation of streambed and to select technical solution;
- create plans for stream regulation and to select type of construction works;
- select streambed geometry, materials, constructive elements and type of regulation structures.

Karst Hydrology - a student will be able to:
- identify and recognize karst landforms;
- analyse hydrological processes in karst;
- estimate water balance in karst;
- determine basic hydrological characteristics of karst water resources;
- discuss human impacts on karst water resources.

Surface Water - Quality Modelling -  a student will be able to:
- estimate relevant physical, chemical and biological processes in surface water ecosystems influenced by pressures from land;
- select appropriate mathematical descriptions of processes of transfer and assimilation of pollution;
- evaluate possibilities of practical application of mathematical descriptions for water quality modelling;
- calibrate and verify mathematical models;  
- validate results of mathematical modelling.

Urban Hydrology - a student will be able to:
- comprehend the relevant hydrological knowledge on urban catchments;
- explore and analyse components of urban water cycle;
- define  basic data requirements for urban catchment description;
- provide  design storms;
- evaluate methods for urban catchment runoff modelling;
- estimate flood hydrographs and peak flows for urban catchments.

Postgraduate Doctoral Study of Civil Engineering
Water Resources in Karst - a student will be able to:
- to synthesize the specifics of the karst area for the purposes of proposing and dragting water protection measures;
- to formulate a model for assessing the condition of water resources in karst;
- to predict the effects of pressures on water resources in the karst;
- to link and to improve the various solutions offered to the many practical and theoretical problems related to water management in karst areas.

Ecohydrology - a student will be able to:
- to link the main principles of ecology and hydrology in solving various engineering problems in ecohydrology;
- to formulate the main interaction between the ecological system and the hydrological cycle and to predict their resilience with respect to anthropogenic effects and other pressures on both systems;
- to organize regulatory relations of hydrological and ecological processes based on the integral system approach (integrated river basin management);
- to predict the availability of water in the future and the level of stress generated to the living world due to the lack of it.

Hydrological Modelling in Karst - a student will be able to:
- evaluate the existing data and knowledge of research area;
- select optimal type of hydrological model;
- develop hydrological model;
- implement the model calibration and verification procedure;
- validate the obtained results.

Selected Chapters in Karst Hydrogeology - a student will be able to: 
- to organize the characteristics of morphological phenomena in karst and to link them with the groundwater flow;
- to evaluate different terrain features depending on water permeability; 
- to synthetize knowledge of karst morphology and field water permeability for the purpose of suggesting sanitary protection zones;
- to formulate and to present the hydrodynamic zone in karst;
- to perform calculating procedures for evaluating water losses from accumulation in karst.

Analyses of Hydrological Time Series - a student will be able to:
- investigate hydrological time series by descriptive techniques;
- create time series models in the time domain;
- forecast the future values of hydrological time series;
- analyse hydrological time series in the frequency domain;
- describe linear systems in the time and frequency domain.

Selected Chapters in Karst Hydrogeology - a student will be able to:
- to organize the characteristics of morphological phenomena in karst and to link them with the groundwater flow; 
- to evaluate different terrain features depending on water permeability;
- to synthetize knowledge of karst morphology and field water permeability for the purpose of suggesting sanitary protection zones;
- to formulate and to present the hydrodynamic zone in karst;
- to perform calculating procedures for evaluating water losses from accumulation in karst.

Graduate University Study of Architecture and Urban Planning
Integrated Environmental Protection -  a student will be able to:
- analyze interactions between human activities in urban areas and processes in environment;
- identify pressures from urban areas;
- anticipate possible impacts of pressures on urban areas and their environment;
- recommend measures and activities in environmental protection;
- comment results of environmental impact assessment;
- create plans of urban areas following the principal of sustainable development.

Undergraduate University Study of Geodesy and Geoinformatics
Selected Hydrological Topics  - a student will be able to:
- explore and analyse components of hydrological cycle;
- apply mathematical and statistical methods to solve hydrology problems;
- prepare elementary hydrological calculations in hydrology;
- analyse the components of hydrograph;
- evaluate rainfall  and discharge characteristics; 
- apply concepts of rainfall losses and unit hydrograph theory;
- use frequency analysis in hydrology.

Undergraduate Professional Study of Civil Engineering
Hydrology - a student will be able to:
- explore and analyse components of the hydrological cycle;
- apply and integrate the basic computational principles and concepts in hydrology;
- distinguish methods for measuring hydrological and meteorological parameters;
- evaluate the basic characteristics of rainfall and discharge;
- apply statistical methods to estimate discharge curve, duration curveand peak flows;
- apply synthetic unit hydrograph methods to estimate peak flows.

Protection of Water Resources - a student will be able to:
- analyse relations between human activities and processes in water resources;
- identify pressures on water resources;
- asses possible impacts of pressures on quality of water resources;
- comment results of water quality analyses;
- comment required measures and activities in protection of water resources;
- anticipate necessary level and process of wastewater treatment;
- work out technical drawings of wastewater treatment plants and wastewater disposal systems.