IDENTIFYING DATA 2015_16
Subject (*) ANALYTICAL TOOLS APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Code 20675106
Study programme
Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Production (2011)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Compulsory First 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Enginyeria Química
Geografia
Coordinator
MATEO SANZ, JOSEP MARIA
SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID
E-mail josepmaria.mateo@urv.cat
david.serrano@urv.cat
Lecturers
MATEO SANZ, JOSEP MARIA
SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID
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General description and relevant information Students will learn to treat scientific data in a statistically reliable by applying basic and multivariate statistical tools to use and applicable to the environment, such as GIS and modeling.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
  Professional
  AP1 A1.1. Formulate strategies to collate data for the design and application of conceptual and calculation models aimed at improving understanding of complex systems of engineering and environmental management.
  AP2 A1.2. Analyze the dynamic interactions in complex systems in the environment and general surroundings.
  AP3 A1.3. Provide scientific evaluations for developing policies and taking decisions that are sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  Professional
  BP1 B1.1. Communicate and discuss proposals and conclusions in a clear and unambiguous manner in specialized and non-specialized multilingual forums.
  BP2 B1.2. Adapt to a changing environment.
  BP3 B2.1. Influence and guide others to improve performance.
  BP4 B2.2. Provide guidelines to define and achieve objectives.
  BP6 B3.1. Work in a team with responsibilities shared among multidisciplinary, multilingual and multicultural teams.
  BP7 B4.1. Show commitments to an attitude of continuous learning
  BP8 B4.2. Learn autonomously and with initiative.
  BP9 B5.1. Work autonomously, responsibly and with initiative in a research and innovation context.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  Common
  CC1 Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English
  CC3 Be able to manage information and knowledge
  CC4 Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV
  CC5 Be committed to ethics and social responsibility as citizens and professionals
  CC6 Be able to define and develop their academic and professional project

Learning aims
Objectives Competences
Apply environmental data processing techniques. Representing data graphically. AP1
AP2
AP3
BP1
BP2
BP3
BP4
BP6
BP7
BP8
BP9
CC1
CC3
CC4
CC5
CC6

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Processing and statistical analysis of data in Environmental Engineering.
Application of GIS to data processing.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours Hours outside the classroom (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
0.5 0 0.5
 
Lecture
9 13.5 22.5
Problem solving, classroom exercises
10 15 25
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms
10 15 25
 
Personal tuition
0 1 1
 
Practical tests
1 0 1
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introduction of the course explaining the contents, the objectives to evaluate, the methodology used and the method of evaluation.
Lecture Combination of lectures and case studies by introducing basic concepts, the discussion of examples and doing joint exercises in classroom. Includes discussions in group or individually to clarify concepts and methodologies. It includes the work individual student.
Problem solving, classroom exercises Students solve problems under the supervision of teachers, individually or in groups. It includes the work individual student.
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms Realization of practices in group to transfer the theoretical knowledge to informatic tools and to introduce the knowledge and use of specific software. It includes the work individual student.
Personal tuition

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Description
Advice for students to develop their work in the field. This advice may be in person, in the offices of the professors who teach the subject and in the office hours available for each teacher and/or by email where the teacher will answer emails sent by students.

Assessment
  Description Weight
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms Realization of exercises done individually or in groups using the informatic tools. 70%
Practical tests Individual tests where there are problems of practical application of content covered in the course. 30%
 
Other comments and second exam session

Sources of information

Basic Josep Maria Mateo, Apuntes de Estadística, ,
Burrough, P.A, Principales of geographical information system forland resources assessment, Oxford Unive, 1988
Santos Preciado, J.M.; Cocero Matesanz, D., Los SIG raster en el campo medioambiental y territorial. Ejercicios prácticos con IDRISI y MiraMon, UNED, 2009

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