COURSE OUTLINE: You will learn about Waves in shallow waters - Refraction, Diffraction and shoaling - Coastal Sediment transport - Limits for littoral drift - Suspended and Bed Load - longshore sediment transport rate - Distribution of longshore currents and Sediment transport rates in Surf zone. Physical modeling in Coastal Engineering. Onshore offshore sediment transport - Coastal Features - Beach Features - Beach cycles - Beach Stability - Beach profiles - artificial nourishment - planning of coast protection works - Design of shore defense structures - Case studies.-Generation, propagation and effect of the tsunami.