Course grades determined using the following weights: 60% homework, 20% midterm, 20% final. Major modeling homeworks will be due two weeks after assignment, smaller problem sets will be due one week after assignment.
| Week | Dates | Text Chapters | Lecture Topic | Lab |
| 1 | Jan. 10, 12 | Organizational Meeting, Examples of Groundwater Modeling (Yucca Mountain) | ||
| 2 | Jan. 17, 19 | 1-2 | Review of Groundwater Hydrology | |
| 3 | Jan. 24, 25 | 3-4 | Introduction to Groundwater Modeling | |
| 4 | Jan. 31, Feb. 2 | 5-6 | Overview of Governing Equations and Numerical Methods | Introduction to GMS |
| 5 | Feb. 7, 9 | Conceptual Model Development | GMS Map Module (GIS interface) | |
| 6 | Feb. 14, 16 | Conceptual Model (cont.) | ||
| 7 | Feb. 21, 23 | Model Parameterization & Interpolation | GMS 2D Scatter Module, | |
| 8 | Feb. 28, Mar. 2 | Hydrologic Boundaries and Model Boundary Conditions, Midterm | ||
| Mar. 7, 9 | Spring Break | |||
| 9 | Mar. 14, 16 | 7 | Water Sources and Sinks (Wells, Leakage), Analytic Element Method | GMS Application of ModAEM |
| 10 | Mar. 21, 23 | 8-10 | Introduction to Modflow | GMS Interface to Modflow |
| 11 | Mar. 28, 30 | 7 | Cross-Sectional (Profile) Models | GMS Borehole Module & Well Test Data |
| 12 | Apr. 4,6 | 12 | Transient Models, Time-Stepping | Numerical Stability, Calibration & Model Execution & Reporting |
| 13 | Apr. 11, 13 | 12 | Particle Tracking & Capture Zone Analysis | Introduction to Modpath |
| 14 | Apr. 18, 20 | 12 | Class Project Presentations | |
| 15 | Apr. 25? | Final |