معهد الدراسات المائية والبيئية
Water and Environmental Studies Institute
The MSc. program of Water and Environmental Engineering is considered the largest postgraduate program in the field of water and environmental engineering in Palestine. It is designed to generate qualified engineers with a solid theoretical and applied tools, skills, and understanding of water and environmental engineering to serve the Palestinian community's needs in terms of studying, monitoring, describing, modeling, controlling, and following up all issues and aspects related to the present and future state of water and environment engineering related problems with special emphasis on the Palestinian projects. Candidates concentrate on surface and subsurface hydrology, engineering probability and statistics, aquatic chemistry, water and wastewater treatment, sanitation and public health, water quality lab, advanced hydraulic engineering, hydraulic structures design, sediment transport, water resources management, irrigation and drainage systems, solid waste management, water quality modeling, and environment impact assessment.
The overall program is 36 credit hours. Each candidate has to take 10 graduate level classes (30 credits), and to do a research thesis (6 credits).
1A- Compulsory courses (18 hours)
|
Course # |
Course title |
Credit hours |
|
461601 |
Probability and Statistics for Engineers. |
3 |
|
461641 |
Hydrological Processes and Systems |
3 |
|
461643 |
Ground Water |
3 |
|
461650 |
Aquatic Chemistry |
2 |
|
461651 |
Water Treatment Processes and Systems |
3 |
|
461653 |
Sanitation and Public health |
3 |
|
461659 |
Water Quality Lab. |
1 |
|
461691 |
Seminar |
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1B- Elective courses (12 hours)
1b1. Elective courses in Water Engineering
|
Course # |
Course title |
Credit hours |
|
461602 |
Computer Application in Civil Engineering |
3 |
|
461642 |
Advanced Hydraulic Engineering |
3 |
|
461644 |
Hydraulic Structures Design |
3 |
|
461646 |
Water –Plan-Soil System |
3 |
|
461646 |
Sediment Transport |
3 |
|
461647 |
Water Resources Management |
3 |
|
461648 |
Irrigation and Drainage Systems |
3 |
|
461684 |
S.T. in Water Engineering |
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1b2. Elective courses in Environmental Engineering
|
Course # |
Course title |
Credit hours |
|
461602 |
Computer Application in Civil Engineering |
3 |
|
461652 |
Wastewater Treatment Processes and Systems |
3 |
|
461654 |
Soild Waste Management |
3 |
|
461655 |
Water Quality Modeling |
3 |
|
461656 |
Sludge Treatment and Disposal |
3 |
|
461657 |
Instrumentation and Pollution Control |
3 |
|
461658 |
Environment Impact Assessment |
3 |
|
461685 |
S.T. in Environmental Engineering |
3 |
The laboratories and facilities at WESI, as well as at Chemistry and Biology departments, are also used for demonstration and research