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 | Chapters | Lecture | Lab |
| 1 | Jan. 13, 15 | Organizational Meeting, Introduction to Surface Water Modeling | ||
| 2 | Jan. 20, 22 | Watershed Characteristics | ||
| 3 | Jan. 27, 29 | T3, W1.2 | Watershed Definitions, Overview | Introduction to WMS |
| 4 | Feb. 3, 5 | T3, W1.4, W2.1 | Calculating Watershed Parameters: Manning Eqn. | DEM Manipulation in WMS |
| 5 | Feb. 10, 12 | T3, W9 | Calculating Watershed Parameters: Travel Time | Travel Time Calculation |
| 6 | Feb. 17, 19 | T4 | Precipitation/Rainfall Characterization | Storm Event Specification |
| 7 | Feb. 24, 26 | T9, W8 | Hydrographs | Runoff Calculation and Hydrographs, Rational Method |
| 8 | Mar. 3,, Mar. 5 | T7, W11 | Rational Method | Midterm Project |
| 9 | Mar. 10, 12 | T10-11, W5 | Stream and Reservoir Routing | WMS Tutorial Chp. 5, Using TIN's, p. 51-68 |
| - | Mar. 17, 19 | Spring Break, GSA S. Central | ||
| 10 | Mar. 224, 26 | T9, W | TR-20 Modeling | WMS 6.1 Tutorial,chp. 19, pg. 213-223 |
| 11 | Mar. 31, Apr. 2 | W9 | TR-55 Modeling | WMS Tutorial p. 121-135 |
| 12 | Apr. 7, 9 | W10 | HEC-1 Modeling | WMS Tutorial p. 137-158 |
| 13 | Apr. 14, 16 | W15 | Floodplain Delineation, Dambreak | Floodplain delineation |
| 14 | Apr. 21, 23 | Finish HEC-1 | ||
| 15 | Apr. 28, 30 | Class final project presentations | ||
| - | May 12 11am | Final Exam |