JS328 Macro Paleontology

2 ECTS - 1-1 Duration (T+A)- 6. Semester- 1 National Credit

Information

Code JS328
Name Macro Paleontology
Semester 6. Semester
Duration (T+A) 1-1 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 2 ECTS
National Credit 1 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. ÜMİT ŞAFAK


Course Goal

To Determine macro images of fossils and their stratigraphic positions as the basic unit of geological aging.

Course Content

Metazoan Examination of the macropaleontology.

Course Precondition

Resources

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Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Recognizes macrofauna.
LO02 Observers the terrain and the presence of macro-fossils
LO03 It examines the fossil groups that make up the subject of macroplaeontology


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Have sufficient background in basic geological knowledge, mathematics and science related subjects. 4
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Designs and performs experiments, collects data and interprets the results. 5
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Realizes the social effects of identified solutions for geological problems. 3
PLO04 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Searches for underground and aboveground natural resources 4
PLO05 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Chooses and applies necessary methods and instruments for engineering applications. 5
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Works and undertakes responsibility in solving geological problems both individually and in multidiciplinary working groups 3
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date 2
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Defines necessities in learning in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas and improves himself/herself continuously. 5
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Entrepreneurship has knowledge about innovation issues and the problems of the age. 2
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Recognizes and solves geological and engineering problems. 3
PLO11 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Knows job related and ethical responsibilities, project management, office applications and safety, and realizes juridical responsibilities of engineering applications. 4
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Thinks, interprets, analyzes and synthesizes geological events in 3D. 3
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Knows the formation of rocks, rock types, minerals. 4
PLO14 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date 5
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Draws maps and extracts geological sections by using necessary techniques and tools for geological applications. 2
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Investigates and reports all kinds of natural resources and geological hazards 3


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction, subjects of paleontology, taxonomy, and nomenclature of fossil species, marine ecosystems, Fossil and fossilization, their environments Reading references
2 Phyllum Porifera (sponges) Phylum Archaeocyathıda, Phylum Stromatoporoıdea Reading references
3 Phyllum Cnidaria, Classification, Sub-Class Zoantharıa (corals), Order Rugosa, Paleoecology Reading references
4 Phylum Broyozoa, Classification, Ecology Reading references
5 Phyllum Brachiopoda, Classification, Ecology and Paleoecolgy Reading references
6 Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia (LamellibranchiaPelecypoda), classification Reading references
7 Phyllum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda Reading references
8 Mid-Term Exam Exam Preparation
9 Phyllum Mollusca, Class Cephalopoda, Sub-Class Nautıloıdea, Sub-class Ammonoidea Reading references
10 Phyllum Mollusca, Class Cephalopoda, Subclass Ammonoıdea, Sub-Class Coleoıdea Reading references
11 Phyllum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea, Ecology, Class Crinoidea, Ecology, Reading references
12 Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea, Ecology Reading references
13 Phyllum Trilobite, classification Reading references
14 Phyllum Hemichordata, Class Graptolithına Reading references
15 Phyllum Hemichordata, Class Graptolithına,Omurgalı Paleontoloji Reading references
16 Term Exams Exam Preparation
17 Term Exams Exam Preparation


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 4 4
Final Exam 1 8 8
Total Workload (Hour) 56
Total Workload / 25 (h) 2,24
ECTS 2 ECTS