Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | GEOLOGY ENGINEERING | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | FEYZA DİNÇER (fdincer@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Learning how to extract fossils from rocks; and to determine the paleontological age of fossils. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Have the knowledge about the methods of geological age determination in Geology. |
PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-3 An ability to design field experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data for a predifined engineering purpose. |
Performance Project |
| LO-2 | Know how to extract fossils from rocks. |
PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-3 An ability to design field experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data for a predifined engineering purpose. PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling. |
Performance Project |
| LO-3 | Learn the determination criterias of fossils. |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-7 An ability to acquire to work effectively both in teams of discipline and interdiscipline. |
Performance Project |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Fossils and paleontological age determination. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Definition of fossil, characteristic fossil, fossilizitaion and its environments. | Oral Presentation |
| 2 | The method of geological age determination | Oral Presentation |
| 3 | The method of paleontological sampling | Oral Presentation |
| 4 | The method of fossil of extraction from rock (Washing Method) | Oral Presentation |
| 5 | The method of fossil of extraction from rock (Washing Method) | Oral Presentation |
| 6 | The method of fossil of extraction from rock (Preparation Method) | Oral Presentation |
| 7 | The method of fossil of extraction from rock (Thin section) | Oral Presentation |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | The method of determination of fossils by using Steoroscopic microscope | Oral Presentation |
| 10 | The method of determination of fossils by using polarized microscope | Oral Presentation |
| 11 | The method of determination of fossils by using polarized microscope | Oral Presentation |
| 12 | The method of determination of fossils by using polarized microscope | Oral Presentation |
| 13 | Prepararation of plate and the table of the distiribution of fossils | Oral Presentation |
| 14 | The paleontological correlation and zonation. | Oral Presentation |
| 15 | The paleontological correlation and zonation. | Oral Presentation |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Fossils and their work methods, Published by Chamber of Geological Engineering, No: 98, 210 pp. | |
| 2 | Dr. Nuray Önoğlu, 2002. The method of Paleontological named, 3rd Workshop on Paleontology and Stratigraphy, 29 pp. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Textbook, lecture notes, microscop. | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 180 | ||