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GEO4441 - Physical river processes

Course content

The course treats different river-scapes and how to classify, processes in channel patterns and deltas, erosion, sediment transport and accumulation, fluvial sediments and sedimentology, river ice and winter conditions, river restoration, floods and flood risk, flood zonation, water power regulation and consequences of different impacts incl. climate change, environmental runoff, Norwegian river management and fluvial processes in Holocene.

Learning outcomes

The course gives a necessary knowledge of physical processes in rivers in order to work with practical problems in watershed management. It gives introduction to advanced methods and routines in river management practices. It will also attain a scientific curiosity and respect for natural river processes in dealing with consequence analyses of different impacts.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

Recommended prior knowledge

GEG2110 - Geomorphological processes

Overlap

2 credits against GEO4440 - Water Resources Management. 2 credits against GEG2120 - Natural resource management.

Teaching

The course will have a theoretical part with lectures and seminars (4hours/week), and a 5 day obligatory excursion.

General information about excursions at the Department of geosciences

Exam information

Written report on fieldwork (30%) and final oral or written examination (70%).

Assessment and grading

Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. Read more about the grading system .

An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.

Explanations and appeals

Students can request an explanation of their grades, and can also appeal against their grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals

Possibility of make-up exams and re-takes

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam .

Withdrawing from exams and limits on re-takes

A student can sit for this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do this in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit for the exam.

Exam options for students with special needs

Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation of this course

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. As a student at the University of Oslo you will therefore be asked to participate in various types of evaluation of our courses, facilities and services. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of this course, a so called "periodic evaluation".

Periodic evaluation autumn 2009 and autumn 2010

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