Water Supply and Sewerage Science & Engineering-School of Environmental Science & Engineering

Undergraduate Program for Specialty in

Water Supply and Sewerage Science & Engineering

Program Objectives

This program is designed to equip students with a broad fundamental knowledge to be technicians as one who discharges duties ethically, independently, competently and constructively in planning, design, construction, management, teaching and research of water and wastewater science and engineering.

Learning Outcomes

Through the study in this program, graduates should be with the following knowledge and capability:

Graduation requirement 1: With the fundamental and special knowledge of mathematics, natural science and Water Supply and Sewerage engineering, which can be utilized in discovering, expressing and analyzing the related complex problems in water and wastewater treatment, Collect and distribution.

Graduation requirement 2: With the capability of comprehensive engineering practice including modeling, designing, doing experiment and research on the complex engineering problems related to Water Supply and Sewerage engineering, with innovative sense.

Graduation requirement 3: With proficient mastery of information technical tools, with the capability of collecting, searching, reading and analyzing information; with proficient mastery of modern engineering tools, can simulate the complex engineering problems related to Water Supply and Sewerage engineering, with the capability of evaluating and optimizing the solutions and results and showing the innovative capability.

Graduation requirement 4: With the capability of understanding the tendency of the discipline front, paying attention to the new theory, new methods and new technologies in the cross-areas with other disciplines, with international vision and global sense.

Graduation requirement 5: Understanding the policy and law of the national long-term development in the related industry, with right cognition and evaluation of the influence of engineering practice on environment, society, health, security and culture, keeping sustainable and harmonious development with society and environment.

Graduation requirement 6: With good humanistic quality and social responsibility, understanding and following the professional ethics.

Graduation requirement 7: With open and comprehensive attitude, can communicate and share actively, with team-work capability and leadership, with at least one fluent foreign language, with strong writing and oral expression capability.

Graduation requirement 8: Keeping curious and ambitious for advancement, with capability of self-dependent study and continuous updating core knowledge, can work effectively in different and multi-disciplinary environment, adaptive to disciplinary and professional development tendency.

Program Highlights

Water industry will be a brand new and promising industry in the 2lth century. This specialty is in the discipline of urban water engineering and is matched and supported by the water industry. It aims to nurture talents who are capable of project planning and design technique research and development and project construction and management.

Main Disciplines

Urban water engineering

Program Length and Degree

Duration: 4 years

Degrees Conferred: Bachelor of Engineering

Credits Hours and Units

Minimum Credits of Curricular (Comprising course system and intensified internship practical training) 169.8 credits

Major-related basic courses and core courses cannot be covered using credits from other courses in the program.

Minimum Extracurricular Credits: 3 credits. Postgraduate recommendation Credits: 5 credits.

1. Hours/Credits of Course System

Course Classified		Required /Elective	Hrs/Crs	Percentage (%)
Essential-qualities-oriented Education General Courses		Required	616/34.5	20.4
Essential-qualities-oriented Education General Courses		Elective	160/10	5.9
Discipline-related General Courses		Required	952/57.3	33.7
Major-specific Courses	Common Core Courses	Required	376/23.5	13.8
Major-specific Courses	Major-specific Elective Courses	Elective	400/25	14.7
Intensified Internship and Practical Training		Required	39w/19.5	11.5
Total			2504+39w/169.8	100

2. Weeks/Credits of Intensified Internship and Practical Training

Internship & Practical Training	Required /Elective	Weeks/Credits	Percentage (%)
Military Training	Required	2/1	5.1
Surveying Practice	Required	1/0.5	2.6
Course Project	Required	9/4.5	23.1
Cognition practice	Required	1/0.5	2.6
Engineering Training6	Required	2/1	5.1
Engineering Internship	Required	6/3	15.4
Professional Practice of Specialty in Water Engineering	Required	4/2	10.3
Undergraduate Thesis	Required	14/7	35.8
Total		39/19.5	100

3. Extracurricular Credits

No.	Extracurricular Activities and Social Practice	Requirements		Extracurricular Credits
1	Activities of Social Practice	Submit report and pass oral defense		2
1	Activities of Social Practice	Entitled as Activist by the Communist Youth League of HUST or Hubei Province; Membership of the group which is entitled as Excellent Social Practice Group by the Communist Youth League of HUST or Hubei Province		2
2	Ideological and political course Social Practice	Submit a report and obtain a passing score		2
3	Examinations in English and Computer	CET-6	Students whose Band-6 exam scores accord our requirements	2
		TOEFL	90 Points or Higher	3
		IELTS	6.5 Points or Higher	3
		GRE	290 Points or Higher	3
		National Computer Rank Examination	Win certificate of Band-2 or higher	2

No.	Extracurricular Activities and Social Practice	Requirements		Extracurricular Credits
4	Examinations in English and Computer	National Computer Software Qualification	Win certificate of programmer	2
			Win certificate of Advanced Programmer	3
			Win certificate of System Analyst	4
5	Competitions	University Level	Win first prize	3
			Win second prize	2
			Win third prize	1
6	Competitions	Provincial Level	Win first prize	4
			Win second prize	3
			Win third prize	2
		National Level	Win first prize	6
			Win second prize	4
			Win third prize	3
7	Thesis	Those whose thesis appears in national publications	Per piece	2~3
8	Scientific Research	Depending on both the time spent in and ability demonstrated in scientific research project	Each item	1~3
9	Experiments	Depending on innovative extent	Each item	1~3

Note: In HUST Sports Meeting, the first and the second prize, the third to the fifth prize, and the sixth prize to the eighth prize are deemed respectively the first prize, the second prize and the third prize of university level.

Main Courses and Innovation (Entrepreneurship) Courses

1. Main Courses

Water Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology for Water Treatment, Hydraulics Pumps and Pumping Station, Engineering Mechanics, Water Quality Engineering, Water & Drainage Engineering of Buildings, Water & Drainage Pipe-neworks System, Water Engineering Gauge & Control

2. Innovation (Entrepreneurship) Courses

Professional Practice in Water Works and Wastewater Treatment Plant

Practicum Module (experiments included)

Surveying Practice, Course Project, Engineering Internship, Undergraduate Thesis

Courses Schedule

School (Department): School of Environmental Science and Engineering Specialty: Water Supply and Sewerage Science &

Engineering

course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	Including		semester
course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	exp.	operation	semester
Essential-qualities-oriented Education General Courses	Required	MAX0022	Morals & Ethics & Fundamentals of Law	40	2.5			1
	Required	MAX0042	Survey of Modern Chinese History	40	2.5			2
	Required	MAX0013	Basic Principles of Marxism	40	2.5			3
	Required	MAX0002	General Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and Socialist Theory with Chinese Characteristics	72	4.5			4
	Required	MAX0031	Situation and Policy	32	2			5-7
	Required	CHI0001	Chinese	32	2			2
	Required	SFL0001	Comprehensive English	56	3.5			1
	Required	SFL0011	Comprehensive English	56	3.5			2
	Required	PHE0001	Physical Education(1)	32	1			1
	Required	PHE0011	Physical Education(2)	32	1			2
	Required	PHE0021	Physical Education(3)	32	1			3
	Required	PHE0031	Physical Education(4)	32	1			4
	Required	RMWZ0001	Military Theory	16	1			1
	Required	ESE064	Introduction to Subject of Environment and Architecture	16	1			1
	Required	NCC0031	Fundamentals of computer technology	32	2		8	2
	Required	NCC0001	Fundamental of Computer Programming (C++)	48	3		8	1
			General Education Courses(elective)	160	10
	Required	MAT0551	Calculus	88	5.5			1


course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	Including		semester
course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	exp.	operation	semester
Discipline- related General Courses	Required	MAT0531	Calculus	88	5.5			2
	Required	PHY0511	Physics(1)	64	4			2
	Required	PHY0521	Physics(2)	64	4			3
	Required	PHY0551	Physics Experiments(1)	32	1	32		2
	Required	PHY0561	Physics Experiments(2)	24	0.8	24		3
	Required	MAT0721	Linear Algebra	40	2.5			2
	Required	MAT0591	Probability and Mathematics Statistic	40	2.5			3
	Required	ESE0621	General chemistry	32	2			1
	Required	ESE0631	General chemistry Experiments	16	0.5			1
	Required	MESE0851	Engineering Graphics	40	2.5			1
	Required	MESE0861	Engineering Graphics	32	2			2
	Required	CEM2261	Engineering Surveying	32	2	12		3
	Required	MESE1041	Computer-aided Architectural Design	24	1.5		12	3
	Required	ESE0681	Principle of Auto-control	40	2.5			3
	Required	ESE0671	Internet of Things	32	2			3
	Required	CEM0731	Hydraulics	72	4.5	10		4
	Required	CEM0532	Engineering Mechanics	64	4	6		3
	Required	CEM0712	Introduction to Civil Engineering	48	3			4
	Required	MESE0611	Machine Principle	32	2			4
	Required	EEE0531	Electronics in Electrical Engineering	48	3	8		3
	Required	ESE2241	Water Analytical Chemistry	40	2.5			4


course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	Including		semester
course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	exp.	operation	semester
Major-specific Core Courses	Required	ESE5071	Physical Chemistry for Water & Drainage	32	2			4
	Required	ESE2231	Microbiology for Water Treatment	32	2			4
	Required	ESE5541	Hydrology & Hydrogeology	40	2.5			4
	Required	ESE2041	Water & Drainage Pipe-networks System	56	3.5			5
	Required	ESE2271	Water Quality Engineering	64	4			5
	Required	ESE2281	Water Quality Engineering	64	4			6
	Required	ESE2101	Water & Drainage Engineering of Buildings	48	3			6
Major-specific Electives			(A+B+C) Electives in Specialty-Oriented (A+B+C)	448	25
			A Group A	16	1
	Elective	ESE5791	(GIS) Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)	24	1.5		12	7
	Elective	ESE5741	Heating & Ventilation	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5751	Introduction to Aquatic Ecology	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5201	Architecture Electric	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5011	Introduction to Environmental Protection & Sustainable Development	16	1			6
	Elective	CEM5491	Project Safety &	16	1			7
			B Group B	80	5
	Elective	ESE5321	Flotation Principle & Practice	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5611	Sludge Disposal	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5731	Management of Water Works	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5061	High-concentration Organic Wastewater Treatment	24	1.5			7


course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	Including		semester
course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	exp.	operation	semester
Major-specific Electives	Elective	ESE5481	Water Reuse	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5621	Energy Utilization & Efficiency of Wastewater	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5471	Introduction to Water Treatment Research Method	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5781	Rules of Environment	24	1.5			7
	Elective	CEM5121	Rules of Construct Engineering	16	1			5
	Elective	ESE5021	Urban Garbage Treatment and Disposal	24	1.5			7
	Elective	ESE5661	Organic Chemistry	24	1.5			4
	Elective	ESE5081	New Tech. of Water and Wastewater	24	1.5			7
			C Group C	352	19
	Elective	ESE5091	Project Management	16	1			5
	Elective	ESE5491	Economics of Water Engineering	16	1			7
	Elective	ESE5531	Water Environmental Monitoring Experiments I	48	1.5	48		4
	Elective	ESE2221	Pumps and Pumping Station	32	2			4
	Elective	ESE2291	Water Quality Engineering Experiments II	48	1.5	48		4-6
	Elective	ESE5461	Introduction to Water Treatment	24	1.5			5
	Elective	ESE5551	Water Resources Utilization & Protection	32	2			5
	Elective	ESE5521	Water Process Facilities	32	2			6
	Elective	EEE5341	Water Engineering Gauge & Control	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5501	Programming for Water Engineering	24	1.5		16	6
	Elective	ESE5511	Water Engineering Construction	32	2			6
	Elective	ESE5771	New Tech. of Heavy Metal Wastewater	24	1.5			7


course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	Including		semester
course type	required/ elective	course code	course name	hrs	crs	exp.	operation	semester
	Elective	ESE5761	New Tech. of Micro-polluted Source Water	24	1.5			7
Practical Training items	Required	RMWZ3511	Military Training	2w	1			1
	Required	CEM3531	Surveying Practice	1w	0.5			3
	Required	ESE3511	Course Project of Pumping Station	1w	0.5			4
	Required	ESE356	Course Project of Water Pipe-net	1w	0.5			5
	Required	ESE3621	Course Project of Drainage Pipe-net	1w	0.5			5
	Required	ESE3601	Course Project of Buildings Water & Drainage	2w	1			6
	Required	ESE3551	Course Project of Water Works	2w	1			5
	Required	ESE3711	Course Project of Wastewater Works	2w	1			6
	Required	ENG3561	Engineering Training	2w	1			5
	Required	ESE3661	Engineering Internship	1w	0.5			3
	Required	ESE3672	Engineering Internship	6w	3			7
	Required	ESE3682	Professional Practice of Specialty in Water Engineering	4w	2			8
	Required	ESE3521	Undergraduate Thesis	14w	7			8