Study Guide & Materials

This course book has been designed to accompany a 2-week master-level course for aspiring water professionals at the Kazakh-German University in Almaty. At least part of the material can be covered in 10 work days. The workshop participants will be guided through implementing their own hydrological model of a sample catchment of their choice in Central Asia. The readers are recommended to work through the texts in each chapter including the tasks that serve to deepen reflection on the course material and to do their daily homework on the modeling of the sample catchment. The homework will be presented in a final conference and is part of the performance review of the course. This chapter explains how to use this course book.

Hoomework is highlighted with blue boxes:

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Timely completion of the homework is a course requirement.

Exercises that enforce deeper learning of the course material are highlighted in green:

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Exercises encourage students to reflect on the course material and to deepen their knowledge. They are optional but highly recommended.

Take home messages or important notes are highlighted in red:

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Note boxes summarize the most important take home messages.