WAT-E2090 - Water and People in a Changing World L, 16.04.2019-23.05.2019

Topic outline

• Schedule and practicalities
  From this section you can find the overall schedule for the course and other practical information. 

  Please note: each lecture on Tuesdays (12:30-16:15) is divided into two parts: lecture itself and hands-on training. These Tuesday sessions are compulsory and you need to attend to minimum five out of six of them, in order to pass the course. Workshops on Thursdays are optional. 

  
  

  Course schedule:

  Week	Lecture date Tue at  12:30-14:00 @ U401a;  14:15-16:15 @ U351  (Otakaari 1)	Theme	Workshop date Thu at 9:15-11:00  @ U256 (Otakaari 1)	Home assignment due Mondays by 23:55
  16	Tue 16.4.2018	1. Global water resources;    + Introduction to the course	Thu 18.4.2018	Mon 22.4.2018
  17	Tue 23.4.	2. Population dynamics   + project work kick-off	Thu 25.4.	Mon 30.4.
  18	** Mon 29.4. (note the date!)	3. Land cover change and food production	Thu 2.4	Mon 6.5.
  19	Tue 7.5.	4. Water use	Thu 9.5. @Y344	Mon 13.5.
  20	Tue 14.5.	5. Water scarcity	Thu 16.5.	Mon 20.5.
  21	Tue 21.5.	6. Socio-economics of water and food	Thu 23.5.	Wed 29.5.
  22	Tue 28.5.	Project presentation  -  you can decide within the small groups  when is the best time for you to present;  presentation session takes around 3 hrs.	-	-

  
  ** note the change in date; same classrooms for lecture and hands-on training 
  

  
  
  

  Course plan

  You can download the course plan from here. 

  Introductory ppt

  Introduction ppt (includes all the practicalities, grading criteria in more details, etc)

  Grading

  The grading is based on following division: active participation in lecture-exercise sessions (1/5), home assignments (2/5), individual project work (2/5). Please see the introductory ppt for more detail description of the grading, criteria, point limits for each grade, etc.

  
  

  R for own computer

  We will be using R over RStudio for spatial analyses. You can install these to your own computer. Below are useful links:

  - R: https://www.r-project.org

  - RStudio: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/

  - Guide to installe these on Windows or Mac: https://www.datacamp.com/community/tutorials/installing-R-windows-mac-ubuntu

  
  

  Classrooms with Adobe Illustrator: 

  please follow this link for an up-to-date list (classrooms with Adobe CC Full or Adobe CC Small have Illustrator on their computers).