During the theoretical classes, an explanation to the principal techniques used in the numerical modelling of the geological processes will be done.  In the practical classes, the students will learn how to solve problems using numerical modelling. For this purpose, an introduction to computational environments as “Matlab” and “Excel” will be done. The program “Matlab” is a high-level language and interactive environment for numerical computation, visualisation and programming. Using “Matlab”, the students will be able to analyse data, develop algorithms and create models and applications. Practical classes are done using student’s personal computers or/and computers in the faculty computational classroom. The student will develop a modelling project based on geological processes, and the project will be public presented and defenced.  

The evaluation of the course is based on (1) the lab dossier of exercises and problems,and principally, (2) the oral presentation and written report of a modelling project.
The weightings of these activities are (1) the lab dossier is 40% of the final grade and (2) the modelling project is 60% of the final grade, 30% for the oral presentation and defence, and 30% for the written report.
In the case that the modelling project is graded as “fail”, the student will be allowed to a reassessment of the course by submitting a new written report and oral defence in the date indicated by the instructors.
To pass the course, the student must to obtain (1) a minimum score equal or higher than 3.5 in each part of the assessment activities and (2) an average score equal or higher than 5, attending the activity weightings. A student will be considered as “not assessable” only if the attendance to assessment activities is lower than 35% of the total weighting of the course.

This course does not include single assesment 

• Plagiarism and Misconduct in assessment activities:
- Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a grade of “0” for the activity in question.
- Total or partial plagiarism of any of the assessment activities will automatically be awarded a “fail” (“0”) for the plagiarised item. Plagiarism is copying from unidentified sources and presenting this as original work (this includes copying phrases or fragments from the internet and adding them without modification to a text which is presented as original). Plagiarism is a serious academic offence. It is essential to respect the intellectual property of others, to identify any source uses, and to take responsibility for the originality and authenticity of all work produced.