The requisite to pass each of the activities included in the
assessment is to obtain a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 points in each of
those activities. Otherwise, the student will not pass the course. In those cases when the average of all grades of the different activities is higher than 5, but the student did not obtain a minimum of 5 in all the activities, the grade that will be assigned in the official records will be 4.

Once all the activities have been passed, the final grade of the
course will be the sum of the different grades obtained in the tests and
activities. The mixed test will yield 70% of the final grade. Laboratory work
and small-group activities will result in the other 30% of the final grade.
Nevertheless, it will be strictly necessary to obtain 5 points out of 10 in
each of the activities: the mixed test, the laboratory work, and the small
group activities. The attendance to lectures, laboratory work, and the
completion of the individual and group exercises are compulsory in order to
be evaluated.

The student will be assessed as NOT PRESENTED only if he/she did not
participate in more than 25% of the course activities.

The tests of May-June (first opportunity) and July (second
opportunity) will be evaluated similarly in terms of percentages and
requirements to pass the course. The qualification obtained in the laboratory
work and group activities will be preserved until the second opportunity,
while the mixed test qualification in the second opportunity will replace the
one obtained in the first one.

Honors will be given only to students whose evaluation is conducted
during the course and will pass the tests in any of the two opportunities,
until the maximum number of Honors dictated by the institution regulations is
reached.

The students who haven’t pass the course in previous years will have
to participate in all the activities and pass a new assessment of all the
activities, since the learning-teaching process, which includes the
assessment, is only valid for one academic year.

Part-time students are not obligated to attend to lectures and small-group activities, although they must attend to laboratory work. The percentage of the final grade corresponding to small-group activities will be replaced by the corresponding increase in the percentage of the mixed objective/subjective test, both in the first and second opportunities.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
The student will become familiar with the international standard terminology both in crystallography and mineralogy studies	A1 A16	B1	C3
The student will learn to recognize crystalline matter, to analyze its structure, and to describe its internal symmetry	A3 A9 A12 A20	B1 B3	C3
The study of minerals, as natural inorganic chemical compounds, and mineral formation processes, provides knowledge on the reactivity of chemical elements that result in natural compounds	A6 A20 A24
The internal structure of each mineral class, crystal system and the most representative unit cells are analyzed	A1 A3 A9	B3
The student will be able to relate mineral properties (density, cleavage, hardness, piezoelectricity) and mineral chemical composition, bonds and internal structure	A6 A12 A16 A25 A27	B5 B6 B7	C1
The student will face practical and theoretical aspects of minerals and crystalline matter, and the relationship between atomic arrangement and macroscopic properties	A15 A16	B3
Laboratory work includes the analysis of crystal forms and the identification of common minerals through a critical analysis of its symmetry, the development and training of spatial perception and the students’ abstraction capabilities.	A1 A12 A20 A23	B1 B3 B4 B5	C1 C2 C6 C7
Small group assignments are focused on solving problems related, in general, to practical aspects of mineralogy. The student should be able to present it in a synthetic manner, and to establish the interactions between the problem and other disciplines	A15 A23 A24 A25	B3 B5 B7	C1 C2 C3 C6

Topic	Sub-topic
Crystallography and symmetry of crystalline matter	1. Introduction to crystallography and mineralogy. Definition of crystal and mineral. Main properties of crystalline matter. Fundamentals of crystal chemistry: coordination. 2. Crystal systems: Orthorhombic, tetragonal, hexagonal, monoclinic, triclinic and isometric. 3. Point symmetry: symmetry elements, symmetry class. 4. Morphology of crystal forms: crystallographic axis, axis relations, faces, Miller indices. 5. Crystallographic projections (spheric and stereographic). 6. Planar symmetry: 2-dimensional order and planar lattices. Planar symmetry and groups. 7. Space symmetry: 3-dimensional order. Bravais lattices. Space symmetry (glide planes and screw axes). Space groups. Relations between point groups and space groups. 8. Molecular symmetry and Schoenflies notation.
Geological processes, mineral formation, and types of rocks	9. Formation of chemical elements. 10. Formation of minerals. 11. Types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. 12. The most aboundant minerals in Earth crust: silicates.
Chemical and physical properties of crystalline matter	13. Physical properties of minerals: cleavage and fracture, hardness, piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, magnetic properties. 14. Optical properties: X-ray diffraction, color, luster and streak, refraction, luminescence and phosphorescence).

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A1 A3 A12 A16 A20 B7 C7	26	60	86
Laboratory practice	A1 A12 A20 A23 B1 B3 B4 B5 C1 C2 C6 C7	15	22.5	37.5
Collaborative learning	A15 A23 A24 A25 A27 B3 B5 B6 B7 C1 C2 C3 C6	4	6	10
Problem solving	A1 A3 A6 A9 B4 C1 C2	5	7.5	12.5
Mixed objective/subjective test	A1 A3 A6 A9 A12 A20 A24 A25 B3 B4 C1 C2 C6	2	0	2
Introductory activities	A12	1	0	1

Personalized attention		1	0	1

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech	50-min sessions that will cover the theoretical aspects of the course using audiovisual contents
Laboratory practice	Hands-on activities where the students will learn to identify crystal groups, symmetry operations, and point groups based on model structures. These activities will include also the recognition of the most representative minerals in the rocks of the area.
Collaborative learning	These sessions will be conducted in small groups, where students will solve problems and discuss the theoretical aspects that were developed in the keynote speeches.
Problem solving	These sessions will be focused on the individual work of students solving problems related to crystal lattices and the identification of combinations of symmetry elements in point groups.
Mixed objective/subjective test	A written test that will be conducted in order to verify the knowledge and competences that the student developed during the course.
Introductory activities	An introductory session during the first day of the course, where the methodology, contents, assessment criteria and time schedule of the different activities will be discussed.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Collaborative learning	A15 A23 A24 A25 A27 B3 B5 B6 B7 C1 C2 C3 C6	The assessment will include activities related to information analysis, brief oral presentations, discussions and problem solving. The effort, participation and presentation will be assessed	7
Laboratory practice	A1 A12 A20 A23 B1 B3 B4 B5 C1 C2 C6 C7	The assessment will include questions to be aswered during the laboratory work and a test about crystalline structures	20
Problem solving	A1 A3 A6 A9 B4 C1 C2	The assessment will consist on a booklet with problems that the student needs to solve	3
Mixed objective/subjective test	A1 A3 A6 A9 A12 A20 A24 A25 B3 B4 C1 C2 C6	A test designed to assess the theoretical background of the adquired during the course. The minimum grade to pass the test will be 5 points out of 10	70

Assessment comments
The requisite to pass each of the activities included in the assessment is to obtain a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 points in each of those activities. Otherwise, the student will not pass the course. In those cases when the average of all grades of the different activities is higher than 5, but the student did not obtain a minimum of 5 in all the activities, the grade that will be assigned in the official records will be 4. Once all the activities have been passed, the final grade of the course will be the sum of the different grades obtained in the tests and activities. The mixed test will yield 70% of the final grade. Laboratory work and small-group activities will result in the other 30% of the final grade. Nevertheless, it will be strictly necessary to obtain 5 points out of 10 in each of the activities: the mixed test, the laboratory work, and the small group activities. The attendance to lectures, laboratory work, and the completion of the individual and group exercises are compulsory in order to be evaluated. The student will be assessed as NOT PRESENTED only if he/she did not participate in more than 25% of the course activities. The tests of May-June (first opportunity) and July (second opportunity) will be evaluated similarly in terms of percentages and requirements to pass the course. The qualification obtained in the laboratory work and group activities will be preserved until the second opportunity, while the mixed test qualification in the second opportunity will replace the one obtained in the first one. Honors will be given only to students whose evaluation is conducted during the course and will pass the tests in any of the two opportunities, until the maximum number of Honors dictated by the institution regulations is reached. The students who haven’t pass the course in previous years will have to participate in all the activities and pass a new assessment of all the activities, since the learning-teaching process, which includes the assessment, is only valid for one academic year. Part-time students are not obligated to attend to lectures and small-group activities, although they must attend to laboratory work. The percentage of the final grade corresponding to small-group activities will be replaced by the corresponding increase in the percentage of the mixed objective/subjective test, both in the first and second opportunities.

Basic	Borchardt-Ott, W. (2012). Crystallography: An Introduction. Springer Phillips, F.C. (1972). Introduccion a la Cristalografía. Paraninfo Gay P. (1977). Introduccion al estado cristalino. EUNIBAR KLEIN, C. y HURLBUT, C.S. Jr (1996). Manual de mineralogía basado en la obra de J. Dana. Reverté
	Web resources: http://webmineral.com http://www.xtal.iqfr.csic.es/Cristalografia/index-en.html In Spanish: http://www.uned.es/cristamine/ (curso de Cristalografía y Mineralogía de la UNED) http://www.ucm.es/info/crismine/TEXTOS_MONOGRÁFICOS.htm (Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas de la UCM) http://161.116.85.21/crista/castella/index_es.htm (Cristalografía de Màrius Vendrell, UB)
Complementary	Amorós, J.L. (1990 ). El cristal. Morfología, estructura y propiedades físicas. Atlas Galán, E. y Mirete, S. (1979). Introducción a los minerales de España. IGME
	Web resources: http://www.nature.com/news/specials/crystallography-1.14540 In Spanish: Jiménez, J. y Velilla, N. Óptica mineral. Universidad de Jaén (consultado enero de 2011). http://geologia.ujaen.es/opticamineral Tindle, A. 2010.  Andy Tindle’s Pages. The Open University(consultado en diciembre de 2010). http://www.open.ac.uk/earth-research/tindle/ García del Amo et al., 2008. Microscopía óptica de polarización (consultado enero 2011). http://www.uned.es/cristamine/mineral/metodos/prop_micr.htm

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