Course structure
MSc course Coastal systems
The TU Delft MSc course Coastal and Estuarine Systems (CIEM3110-U1) spans eight weeks. It uses the Coastal Dynamics Open Textbook. Below you will find a brief summary of the weekly course content and the accompanying quizbook assignments and notebooks.
For TU Delft students, further details are found in the syllabus and weekly information on Brightspace.
Weekly schedule
| Week | Topic of lectures and book chapter (Ch) | Quizzes | Notebooks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction (Ch1), Large-scale geographical variation of coastal systems (Ch2) | Quiz Ch1+2 | Notebooks 1a and 1b |
| 2 | Wind waves and tides (Ch3) | Quiz Ch3, Trial exam question Tidal Character Q3-6, | Notebooks week 2 |
| 3 | Global wave and tidal environments (Ch4), Coastal hydrodynamics – wind waves (Ch5) | Quiz Ch4, Trial exam question Tidal Character Q1,2,7 | Notebooks week 3 |
| 4 | Coastal hydrodynamics – wind waves (Ch5), Coastal hydrodynamics – tides (Ch5) | Quizzes Ch5 part I and part II, Mock exam question detached breakwater Q1,2,4 | Notebooks week 4 |
| 5 | Sediment transport (Ch6), Cross-shore transport and profile development (Ch7) | Quiz Ch6, Mock exam question detached breakwater Q3,5,6,7 | Notebook week 5 |
| 6 | Cross-shore transport and profile development (Ch7), Longshore transport and coastline changes (Ch8) | Quiz Ch7, Mock exam question detached breakwater Q3,5,6,7 | Notebook week 6 |
| 7 | Longshore transport and coastline changes (Ch8), Coastal protection (Ch10) | Quizzes Ch8 and Ch10, Trial exam Humboldt Bay, Mock exam Tangier | Notebook week 7 |
| 8 | Coastal inlets and tidal basins (Ch9) | Quiz Ch9, Trial exam Dutch basins, Mock exam Zuiderzee | Notebooks week 8 |
The next page gives an overview of the content of the notebooks.