Courses
| Program Core Courses | |||
| Credit | ECTS | ||
| IWR 500 | MS. Thesis | (0-1) NC | 26 |
| IWR 598* | Research Seminar and Ethical Issues | (0-2) NC | 7 |
| IWR 8XX | Special Studies | (8-0) NC | 4 |
| IWR 514 | Water Politics | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| IWR 515 | Water Legislation | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| CE 538 | Water Resources System Engineering | (3-0)3 | 7 |
| Code | Credit | ECTS | Name |
| IWR 510 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Advanced Hydrogeology |
| IWR 511 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Isotope Hydrology |
| IWR 512 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Sea Water Intrusion and its Control |
| IWR 513 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Hydrogeochemical Modeling |
| IWR 515 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Legislation |
| IWR 516 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Agricultural Water Usage |
| IWR 517 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Climate Change |
| IWR 518 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Chemistry of Hot and Cold Groundwater |
| IWR 519 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Flow Modeling |
| IWR 520 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Fate and Transport in The Subsurface |
| IWR 521 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Vadose Zone Hydrology |
| IWR 522 | (3-0)3 | 8 | GIS Applications in Water Resources Science |
| IWR 523 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Transport Modeling in The Subsurface |
| IWR 524 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Remediation Modeling |
| Code | Credits | ECTS | Name | Content |
| IWR 510 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Advanced Hydrogeology | Groundwater movement. Groundwater resources. Well hydrology. Pump testing. Improvement of catchments area. Management and improvement of aquifers. Water-rock interaction and fossil groundwater mining. |
| IWR 511 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Isotope Hydrology | Isotope techniques in hydrology. Natural and artificial radioactive isotopes. Application of environmental isotopes. |
| IWR 512 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Sea Water Intrusion and its Control | Saltwater and freshwater interaction in coastal aquifers. Dynamic equilibrium of saltwater intrusion. Bore holes in coastal aquifers. Effect of sea on coastal aquifers. Sources of saltwater. Management of salt aquifers. |
| IWR 513 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Hydrogeochemical Modeling | Mass balance. Mass distribution. Electrical balance. Phase balance. Hydrogeochemical models. Application and evaluation of PHREEQE, WACH, SOLMIN88, and AQUACHEM. |
| IWR 514 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Politics | Water resources problems. Law on water resources. Water sustainability for future generations. Improving water resources. Importance, law, and main global issues of transboundary waters. |
| IWR 515 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Legislation | Importance and future application of law on water resources. Surface and groundwater law. International water resources law. Gap in water law. Application |
| IWR 516 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Agricultural Water Usage | Importance of agriculture facilities. Future importance of water resources for agriculture. Irrigation techniques. Different types of agriculture and water uses. |
| IWR 517 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Climate Change | Climate data. Extreme climate change. Effect of natural and anthropogenic factors on climate change. International law on climate change |
| IWR 518 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Chemistry of Hot and Cold Groundwater | Physical properties of water. Major and minor elements. The resources of water. Evaluation of water resources chemistry with different methods. Geothermometer. |
| IWR 519 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Flow Modeling | Numerical modeling of saturated groundwater flow. Review of basic hydrogeology. Finite-difference method. Governing equations of groundwater flow. Steady-state and transient groundwater flow. Model calibration. Spatial and temporal discretization. Model reporting |
| IWR 520 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Fate and Transport in The Subsurface | Sources of subsurface contamination. Review of hydrogeology. Moments of concentration distributions. Mechanisms of fate and transport in porous media. The advection-dispersion equation. Reactive transport. Coupled transport. Modeling. |
| IWR 521 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Vadose Zone Hydrology | Review of hydrogeology and soil mechanics. Hydraulic conductivity in the vadose zone. Soil moisture. Water retention-pressure curves. Infiltration and percolation processes. |
| IWR 522 | (3-0)3 | 8 | GIS Applications in Water Resources Science | Introduction to geographical information systems. Spatial data. Map projections. Raster data. DEMs. Raster processing. Hydrology tools. |
| IWR 523 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Transport Modeling in The Subsurface | Darcy’s law and advective transport. Dispersive transport and mass transfer. Transport with chemical reactions. Analytical solutions to the contaminant transport equation. Numerical simulation of advective-dispersive transport. Simulation of nonequilibrium processes and reactive transport. Field applications. |
| IWR 524 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Remediation Modeling | Introduction to multiphase flow and remediation in porous media. Review of aquatic chemistry and hydrogeology. NAPLs. Chemical phase equilibrium. Kinetic interphase mass transfer of contaminants. Theory of multiphase flow. Capillary pressure functions. Remediation methods. Introduction to remediation modeling tools. Numerical formulations of multiphase flow. |
| IWR 500 | (0-1)NC | 8 | MS. Thesis | Students must write a thesis on an experimental and/or theorotical research topic. The thesis should fulfill the requirements set by the Izmir Institute of Technology Graduate Program. |
| IWR 598 | (0-2)NC | 8 | Research Seminar and Ethical Issues | Each student must give a seminar on her or his research area. A faculty member grades the seminar on a pass/fail basis. The student and her or his supervisor may decide on the topic of the seminar. |
| IWR 8XX | (8-0) NC | 4 | Special Studies | M.S. students choose to study a topic under the guidance of a faculty member, normally his or her advisor. |
Total credit (min): 21
Number of credit cources (min): 7
Total ECTS credit (min): 120
* All M.S. students must register to this course by the beginning of their fourth semester.
1. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 514* | Water Politics | Compulsory | (3-0)3 | 8 |
IWR 515* | Water Legislation | Compulsory | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
2. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
CE 538* | Water Resources System Engineering | Compulsory | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
IWR 598** | Research Seminar and Ethical Issues | Compulsory | (0-2) NC | 8 |
3. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
4. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 601 | Ph. D. Research Seminar | Compulsory | (0-2) NC | 8 |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
5. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
6. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
7. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
8. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
| Code | Credit | ECTS | Name |
| IWR 510 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Advanced Hydrogeology |
| IWR 511 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Isotope Hydrology |
| IWR 512 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Sea Water Intrusion and its Control |
| IWR 513 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Hydrogeochemical Modeling |
| IWR 515 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Legislation |
| IWR 516 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Agricultural Water Usage |
| IWR 517 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Climate Change |
| IWR 518 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Chemistry of Hot and Cold Groundwater |
| IWR 519 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Flow Modeling |
| IWR 520 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Fate and Transport in The Subsurface |
| IWR 521 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Vadose Zone Hydrology |
| IWR 522 | (3-0)3 | 8 | GIS Applications in Water Resources Science |
| IWR 523 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Transport Modeling in The Subsurface |
| IWR 524 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Remediation Modeling |
| Code | Credits | ECTS | Name | Content |
| IWR 510 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Advanced Hydrogeology | Groundwater movement. Groundwater resources. Well hydrology. Pump testing. Improvement of catchments area. Management and improvement of aquifers. Water-rock interaction and fossil groundwater mining. |
| IWR 511 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Isotope Hydrology | Isotope techniques in hydrology. Natural and artificial radioactive isotopes. Application of environmental isotopes. |
| IWR 512 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Sea Water Intrusion and its Control | Saltwater and freshwater interaction in coastal aquifers. Dynamic equilibrium of saltwater intrusion. Bore holes in coastal aquifers. Effect of sea on coastal aquifers. Sources of saltwater. Management of salt aquifers. |
| IWR 513 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Hydrogeochemical Modeling | Mass balance. Mass distribution. Electrical balance. Phase balance. Hydrogeochemical models. Application and evaluation of PHREEQE, WACH, SOLMIN88, and AQUACHEM. |
| IWR 514 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Politics | Water resources problems. Law on water resources. Water sustainability for future generations. Improving water resources. Importance, law, and main global issues of transboundary waters. |
| IWR 515 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Legislation | Importance and future application of law on water resources. Surface and groundwater law. International water resources law. Gap in water law. Application |
| IWR 516 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Agricultural Water Usage | Importance of agriculture facilities. Future importance of water resources for agriculture. Irrigation techniques. Different types of agriculture and water uses. |
| IWR 517 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Climate Change | Climate data. Extreme climate change. Effect of natural and anthropogenic factors on climate change. International law on climate change |
| IWR 518 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Chemistry of Hot and Cold Groundwater | Physical properties of water. Major and minor elements. The resources of water. Evaluation of water resources chemistry with different methods. Geothermometer. |
| IWR 519 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Flow Modeling | Numerical modeling of saturated groundwater flow. Review of basic hydrogeology. Finite-difference method. Governing equations of groundwater flow. Steady-state and transient groundwater flow. Model calibration. Spatial and temporal discretization. Model reporting |
| IWR 520 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Fate and Transport in The Subsurface | Sources of subsurface contamination. Review of hydrogeology. Moments of concentration distributions. Mechanisms of fate and transport in porous media. The advection-dispersion equation. Reactive transport. Coupled transport. Modeling. |
| IWR 521 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Vadose Zone Hydrology | Review of hydrogeology and soil mechanics. Hydraulic conductivity in the vadose zone. Soil moisture. Water retention-pressure curves. Infiltration and percolation processes. |
| IWR 522 | (3-0)3 | 8 | GIS Applications in Water Resources Science | Introduction to geographical information systems. Spatial data. Map projections. Raster data. DEMs. Raster processing. Hydrology tools. |
| IWR 523 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Transport Modeling in The Subsurface | Darcy’s law and advective transport. Dispersive transport and mass transfer. Transport with chemical reactions. Analytical solutions to the contaminant transport equation. Numerical simulation of advective-dispersive transport. Simulation of nonequilibrium processes and reactive transport. Field applications. |
| IWR 524 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Remediation Modeling | Introduction to multiphase flow and remediation in porous media. Review of aquatic chemistry and hydrogeology. NAPLs. Chemical phase equilibrium. Kinetic interphase mass transfer of contaminants. Theory of multiphase flow. Capillary pressure functions. Remediation methods. Introduction to remediation modeling tools. Numerical formulations of multiphase flow. |
| IWR 500 | (0-1)NC | 8 | MS. Thesis | Students must write a thesis on an experimental and/or theorotical research topic. The thesis should fulfill the requirements set by the Izmir Institute of Technology Graduate Program. |
| IWR 598 | (0-2)NC | 8 | Research Seminar and Ethical Issues | Each student must give a seminar on her or his research area. A faculty member grades the seminar on a pass/fail basis. The student and her or his supervisor may decide on the topic of the seminar. |
| IWR 8XX | (8-0) NC | 4 | Special Studies | M.S. students choose to study a topic under the guidance of a faculty member, normally his or her advisor. |
Total credit (min): 21
Number of credit cources (min): 7
Total ECTS credit (min): 240
*This course is not obligatory under the condition that it is taken during master’s studies. However, another course must be taken instead of it with the approval of the supervisor.
**This course is not obligatory under the condition that it is taken during master studies.
1. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 514 | Water Politics | Compulsory | (3-0)3 | 8 |
IWR 515 | Water Legislation | Compulsory | (3-0)3 | 8 |
Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 | |
Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
2. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
CE 538 | Water Resources System Engineering | Compulsory | (3-0)3 | 8 |
Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 | |
Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 | |
IWR 598 | Research Seminar and Ethical Issues | Compulsory | (0-2) NC | 8 |
3. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
4. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
IWR 601 | Ph. D. Research Seminar | Compulsory | (0-2) NC | 8 |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
5. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
6. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
| Technical Elective Course | Elective | (3-0)3 | 8 |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
7. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
8. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
9. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
10. Semester Course Plan
Course Code | Course Name | Compulsory/Elective | Credit | ECTS |
IWR 8XX | Special Studies | Compulsory | (8-0) NC | 4 |
IWR 600 | Ph.D. Thesis | Compulsory | (0-1) NC | 26 |
| Code | Credit | ECTS | Name |
| IWR 510 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Advanced Hydrogeology |
| IWR 511 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Isotope Hydrology |
| IWR 512 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Sea Water Intrusion and its Control |
| IWR 513 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Hydrogeochemical Modeling |
| IWR 515 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Legislation |
| IWR 516 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Agricultural Water Usage |
| IWR 517 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Climate Change |
| IWR 518 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Chemistry of Hot and Cold Groundwater |
| IWR 519 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Flow Modeling |
| IWR 520 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Fate and Transport in The Subsurface |
| IWR 521 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Vadose Zone Hydrology |
| IWR 522 | (3-0)3 | 8 | GIS Applications in Water Resources Science |
| IWR 523 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Transport Modeling in The Subsurface |
| IWR 524 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Remediation Modeling |
| Code | Credits | ECTS | Name | Content |
| IWR 510 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Advanced Hydrogeology | Groundwater movement. Groundwater resources. Well hydrology. Pump testing. Improvement of catchments area. Management and improvement of aquifers. Water-rock interaction and fossil groundwater mining. |
| IWR 511 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Isotope Hydrology | Isotope techniques in hydrology. Natural and artificial radioactive isotopes. Application of environmental isotopes. |
| IWR 512 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Sea Water Intrusion and its Control | Saltwater and freshwater interaction in coastal aquifers. Dynamic equilibrium of saltwater intrusion. Bore holes in coastal aquifers. Effect of sea on coastal aquifers. Sources of saltwater. Management of salt aquifers. |
| IWR 513 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Hydrogeochemical Modeling | Mass balance. Mass distribution. Electrical balance. Phase balance. Hydrogeochemical models. Application and evaluation of PHREEQE, WACH, SOLMIN88, and AQUACHEM. |
| IWR 514 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Politics | Water resources problems. Law on water resources. Water sustainability for future generations. Improving water resources. Importance, law, and main global issues of transboundary waters. |
| IWR 515 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Water Legislation | Importance and future application of law on water resources. Surface and groundwater law. International water resources law. Gap in water law. Application |
| IWR 516 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Agricultural Water Usage | Importance of agriculture facilities. Future importance of water resources for agriculture. Irrigation techniques. Different types of agriculture and water uses. |
| IWR 517 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Climate Change | Climate data. Extreme climate change. Effect of natural and anthropogenic factors on climate change. International law on climate change |
| IWR 518 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Chemistry of Hot and Cold Groundwater | Physical properties of water. Major and minor elements. The resources of water. Evaluation of water resources chemistry with different methods. Geothermometer. |
| IWR 519 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Flow Modeling | Numerical modeling of saturated groundwater flow. Review of basic hydrogeology. Finite-difference method. Governing equations of groundwater flow. Steady-state and transient groundwater flow. Model calibration. Spatial and temporal discretization. Model reporting |
| IWR 520 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Fate and Transport in The Subsurface | Sources of subsurface contamination. Review of hydrogeology. Moments of concentration distributions. Mechanisms of fate and transport in porous media. The advection-dispersion equation. Reactive transport. Coupled transport. Modeling. |
| IWR 521 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Vadose Zone Hydrology | Review of hydrogeology and soil mechanics. Hydraulic conductivity in the vadose zone. Soil moisture. Water retention-pressure curves. Infiltration and percolation processes. |
| IWR 522 | (3-0)3 | 8 | GIS Applications in Water Resources Science | Introduction to geographical information systems. Spatial data. Map projections. Raster data. DEMs. Raster processing. Hydrology tools. |
| IWR 523 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Contaminant Transport Modeling in The Subsurface | Darcy’s law and advective transport. Dispersive transport and mass transfer. Transport with chemical reactions. Analytical solutions to the contaminant transport equation. Numerical simulation of advective-dispersive transport. Simulation of nonequilibrium processes and reactive transport. Field applications. |
| IWR 524 | (3-0)3 | 8 | Groundwater Remediation Modeling | Introduction to multiphase flow and remediation in porous media. Review of aquatic chemistry and hydrogeology. NAPLs. Chemical phase equilibrium. Kinetic interphase mass transfer of contaminants. Theory of multiphase flow. Capillary pressure functions. Remediation methods. Introduction to remediation modeling tools. Numerical formulations of multiphase flow. |
| IWR 500 | (0-1)NC | 8 | MS. Thesis | Students must write a thesis on an experimental and/or theorotical research topic. The thesis should fulfill the requirements set by the Izmir Institute of Technology Graduate Program. |
| IWR 598 | (0-2)NC | 8 | Research Seminar and Ethical Issues | Each student must give a seminar on her or his research area. A faculty member grades the seminar on a pass/fail basis. The student and her or his supervisor may decide on the topic of the seminar. |
| IWR 8XX | (8-0) NC | 4 | Special Studies | M.S. students choose to study a topic under the guidance of a faculty member, normally his or her advisor. |
Total credit (min): 42
Number of credit cources (min): 14
Total ECTS credit (min): 300