WRE 421: Professional Practice and Construction Management

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs. /week

Introduction
Project preparation
Types of contracts
Various procurement methods
Tender document and specification
Evaluation of bids
Conflict resolution and arbitration
Professional ethics
Professional practice management plan
Report writing and communication.

Principles of construction management

Inspection and quality control
Construction safety
Construction planning and scheduling
PERT, CPM, material management and inventory control
Construction of equipment and plant
Human factors in construction management.

WRE 423: River Engineering and Basin Management

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs. /week

Behavior of alluvial rivers

River pattern and morphological processes
River training and bank protection works
Navigation and dredging
Sediment movement in river channels, bed forms and flow regimes
Flood and its management
River basin concepts
Major issues in river basin management
Environmental and ecological aspects
Trans boundary issues, water diplomacy, water treaties, water right, water law, conflict resolution and
management.

WRE 431: Climatology

2.00 Credit, 2 hrs. /week

The global climate system: global heat and water balance; atmospheric and ocean circulation;
interaction of ocean and atmospheric processes — annual cycle; monsoon circulation; tropical
cyclones; ENSO (El Nino-Southern Oscillation) cycle; instrumentation and measurement of climate
data; sources of climate data and information; climate models; climate variability and climate change;
anthropogenic effects on climate- greenhouse warming and sea level changes.

WRE 435: Hydraulic Structures

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs. /week

Hydraulic structures: classification and characteristics.

Principle of design of hydraulic structures.
Design of weir, barrage, silt control devices, reservoir, dam, spillway, energy dissipater, regulator,
transition.
Cross drainage works: Siphon, aqueduct, bridge, and culvert.

WRE 437: Coastal Engineering

3.00 Credit, 3 hrs. /week

Coast and coastal features; tides and currents; tidal flow measurement; waves and its characteristics;
forces of waves and tides in the design of coastal and harbor structures; coastal water level fluctuation
- storm surge, tsunami and basin oscillation; coastal zone processes; deltas and its characteristics;
estuary and estuary control; docks and harbors; design of shore protection works.