Course about Physical Processes of Coastal Environments
Last week a course in Physical Processes of Coastal Environments started at UW.
The course focuses on oceanic and coastal environments, emphasising the relationship between physical processes and management strategies. The physical environment, i.e. waves, currents, sediment movement, beaches, erosion/deposition mechanisms, as well as potential consequences of sea-level rise and global warming, is integrated with anthropogenic dimensions, i.e. usage, coastal defence, pollution (e.g. persistent marine debris) and resource exploitation. The course also gives students an understanding of the consequences of human interactions with both marine and coastal environments as well as an introduction to quantitative techniques for data processing, measuring and data presentation in the field of coastal and marine management.
The course instructor is Dr. Jana Cox, an assistant professor at the Utrecht University (Netherlands) in the fields of Geosciences, Physical Geography, Coastal Dynamics, Fluvial Systems and Global Change and Global Change Geomorphology. She completed her PhD at UU in 2022 working on the project NKWK Rivers2Morrow, studying the response of the lower Rhine and Maas rivers to climate change and sea level rise. She then worked as a post-doctoral researcher at UU on the Rivers2morrow project focusing on upstream fluvial sediment distribution and the ultimate decline in sediment delivery to the delta over time. Read more about her and her research here
More information about the course can be found here.
All master's courses taught at UW are open to guest students, exchange students, and people from the world of work. The courses are part of our two international multidisciplinary master's programs, Coastal and Marine Management and Coastal Communities and Regional Development. The courses are modular, taught in English, hands-on and many of them include field trips and company visits. Check out the UW course catalogue to find out more.