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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Paleogeography and fossils |
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| Course Code |
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J 417 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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First Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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4 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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3 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. ÜMİT ŞAFAK
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Learns paleogeography and its relationships with fossils.
Understands the evolutions of land and seas.
Learns the paleoclimate subject.
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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To explain interrelation of oceans and continents in geological time, continentals drift and their migrations, the evaluation of fossil groups within the context. |
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| Course Contents |
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Palaeogeography in geological time. |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Faculty classrooms and department laboratories |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
Solar System, the Solar Effect on Earth, the Lunar and Solar Eclipses |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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2 |
Weather conditions, Air Masses and approaches to each other, Storms |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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3 |
Ocean effectss, wave formation, Waves and Sea Surges, Underwater Marine Environment, Continental Shelf, Coral Development, the deep ocean trenches |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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4 |
Evolution of the land and the sea, Plate Tectonics, Earth Events: Geysers, Earthquake, Seismic Waves |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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5 |
Factors in the formation of the land: erosion, wind erosion, coastal erosion, elevated and crashed coastal Lines, river erosion, glacial erosion |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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6 |
Development History of Rocks, Geological Age Determination, Geological Time table |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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7 |
First Stages of Life, the first oxygen, chemical chains, ocean life, First Age Seas |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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8 |
Mid-term exam |
Exam preparation |
Written exam |
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9 |
Precambrian seas and life, Cambrian seas: Big Nautiloids, large snails, trilobites, etc.., Ordovician seas: graptolites, |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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10 |
Silurian seas: graptolites, Crinoids, first fishes, Devonian sea and land Ecosystem: trilobites, brachiopods, bony fishes, first vertebrates, Land Plants |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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11 |
Progress on land and land life period: Permian Sea and Land Ecosystem: Herb and Meat Eater large reptiles, giant flies, first trees |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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12 |
Jurassic Ecosystem: Advanced Bead Fish and dinosaurs, Jurassic paleogeography |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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13 |
Palaeogeography of Cretaceous, the Tethys Sea Position, Land and Sea Turtles, dinosaurs, modern bony fishes |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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14 |
Pleistocene Palaeogeography and Life: ice age, distribution and evolution of mammals, migration between continents. (I) |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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15 |
Pleistocene Palaeogeography and Life: ice age, distribution and evolution of mammals, migration between continents (II) |
Reading references |
Presentation, discussion |
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16/17 |
Final exam |
Exam preparation |
Written exam |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Bremer, H.,1978, Paleontoloji
Sayar, C.,1992; Biyostratigrafi;
Taner, G. ve Uysal,K., 1994; Paleoekoloji İlkeleri
Brasier, M.D., 1983, Microfossils
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
60 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
7 |
40 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Thinks, interprets, analyzes and synthesizes geological events in 3D. |
0 |
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2 |
Chooses and applies necessary methods and instruments for engineering applications |
2 |
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3 |
Uses the information technology effectively. |
3 |
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4 |
Designs and performs experiments, collects data and interprets the results. |
4 |
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5 |
Works and undertakes responsibility in solving geological problems both individually and in multidiciplinary working groups |
1 |
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6 |
Investigates to obtain scientific information, and uses data bases and other data sources actively. |
3 |
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7 |
Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date |
4 |
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8 |
Uses Fundamental Geological information, having necessary information in Mathematical and Natural sciences and employs theoretical and applied information in these areas in engineering solutions. |
4 |
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9 |
Knows job related and ethical responsibilities, project management, office applications and safety, and realizes juridical responsibilities of engineering applications |
4 |
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10 |
Knows the universal and societal effects of engineering solutions and applications. |
5 |
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11 |
Has an awareness of entrepreneuring and innovative subjects; knows and finds solutions for the new century |
3 |
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12 |
Identifies, formulizes and solves geological problems. |
4 |
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13 |
Realizes the social effects of identified solutions for geological problems. |
5 |
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14 |
Identifies, defines, formulizes and solves engineering problems. Chooses and applies the appropriate analytical and modelling techniques for this purpose. |
3 |
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15 |
Investigates and reports all kinds of natural resources and geological hazards |
5 |
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16 |
Initiates effective interactions in Turkish both orally and in written form, and speaks at least one foreign language |
3 |
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17 |
Uses necessary techniques and instruments for geological applications |
3 |
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18 |
Identifies rock types, draws geological maps and cross sections. |
5 |
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19 |
Defines necessities in learning in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas and improves himself/herself continuously. |
0 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
7 |
2 |
14 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Total Workload: | 74 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 2.96 |
| ECTS Credit: | 3 |
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