IWE-21312 Design in Land and Water Management 2

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Studiepunten 12.00

Language of instruction:

Dutch and/or English

Assumed knowledge on:

IWE-10306, HWM-21806, LDD-10306, LDD-20306

Continuation courses:

BIL-3 courses

Contents:

Students are confronted with typical demands for technical assistance for small scale irrigation development (up to 500 ha) and for soil- and water conservation (at field and small catchment levels), meant to contribute to poverty eradication/rural development. Students develop their problem-solving capacities by working together to design interventions that are technically sound and socio-economically viable. Tailor made inputs by staff are provided (in the form of lectures, tutorials and reading materials) based on students' requests. The course is divided into two blocks (each 6 ECTS). The first block focuses on design preparations and the second block on actual design processes and results.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of Block 1, the student is able to:
Knowledge:
- interpret the demand for technical assistance and formulate a project to respond to it;
- appraise the current land and water management situation in the project area;
- formulate design criteria for the technical interventions.
Skills:
- draft a Personal Development Plan and implement it;
- define, implement and assess different roles/responsibilities in the group's work process;
- articulate knowledge/skills needs, acquire and integrate these meaningfully in an appraisal report.

At the end of Block 2, the student is able to:
Knowledge:
- design appropriate technical interventions to improve land and water management in the project area;
- assess the expected performance of the proposed interventions and analyse these at watershed level.
Skills:
- present and defend the intervention plans in a professional manner;
- reflect on the Personal Development Plan and work process.

Activities:

- design practical;
- lectures and tutorials;
- exam.

Examination:

Block 1: Group work (20%) and process (5%) and an individual test (25%).
Block 2: Group work (20%) and process (5%) and an individual exam during a panel discussion (25%).
All marks should be > 5.5.

Literature:

The course reader will available at the start of the course.