Identifying Data 2019/20
Subject (*) Geology Code 610G02004
Study programme
Grao en Bioloxía
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 1st four-month period
First Basic training 6
Language
Spanish
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Física e Ciencias da Terra
Coordinador
Grandal D`Anglade, Aurora
E-mail
aurora.grandal@udc.es
Lecturers
Bao Casal, Roberto
Blanco Calvo, Luis Alejandro
Grandal D`Anglade, Aurora
Sanjurjo Sanchez, Jorge
Taboada Castro, Maria Teresa
E-mail
roberto.bao@udc.es
alejandro.blancoc@udc.es
aurora.grandal@udc.es
jorge.sanjurjo.sanchez@udc.es
teresa.taboada@udc.es
Web
General description Esta materia pretende que os alumnos adquiran os coñecementos sobre o medio físico que lles serán necesarios para o desenvolvemento da súa carreira profesional como biólogos. O medio físico (os procesos xeolóxicos internos e externos e os riscos asociados) constitúe a base física dos ecosistemas, das comunidades biolóxicas.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A6 Catalogar, avaliar e xestionar recursos naturais.
A22 Describir, analizar, avaliar e planificar o medio físico.
A30 Manexar adecuadamente instrumentación científica.
A31 Desenvolverse con seguridade nun laboratorio.
A32 Desenvolverse con seguridade no traballo de campo.
B4 Traballar de forma autónoma con iniciativa.
B5 Traballar en colaboración.
B6 Organizar e planificar o traballo.
B7 Comunicarse de maneira efectiva nunha contorna de traballo.
B8 Sintetizar a información.
B9 Formarse unha opinión propia.
B10 Exercer a crítica científica.
B13 Comportarse con ética e responsabilidade social como cidadán e como profesional.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
To acquire basic knowledge about internal and external geological processes A6
A22
A30
A31
A32
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B13
To know the risks associated with geological processes A6
A22
A31
A32
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B13
To know the history of the Earth and within it the evolution of life and its relation to the great changes in the physical environment A6
A22
A30
A31
A32
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B13
To know the natural resources A6
A22
A30
A31
A32
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B13

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. The Formation of the Earth 1. Origin of the Earth
2. Earth structure: geochemical model
3. Structure of the Earth: dynamic model. Tectonic plates
4. Earth Dynamics: Earth's energy
5. Origin and evolution of the Hydrosphere. Origin and early evolution of the atmosphere
II. The rocks of the Earth 6. Magmatic rocks: plutonic and volcanic
7. The metamorphic rocks. Types of metamorphism.
8. Sedimentary rocks: detrital, chemical and biological.
III. Historical Geology 9. Stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy. The weather in Geology. Absolute and relative chronology. The geochronological scale. Eons, eras and periods.
10. The Archaic Eon.
11. The Proterozoic Eon
12. The Phanerozoic Eon I: the Paleozoic
13. The Phanerozoic Aeon II: the Mesozoic
14. The Phanerozoic Eon III: the Cenozoic
IV. Complementary Themes 15. Human paleontology
16. Climate change

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech A22 B8 B9 24 60 84
Seminar A22 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 8 20 28
Field trip A6 A22 A32 B9 5 5 10
Laboratory practice A22 A30 A31 10 15 25
Objective test A22 B3 B4 B6 B8 B9 B10 B13 2 0 2
 
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
Methodologies Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech Classroom lectures of 50 minutes. In the first hour of class we will explain the program of the subject and the teaching method to be used. The following hours will be dedicated to impart the theoretical contents of the program.
Seminar Approach and resolution of problems and issues directly and indirectly related to the topics developed in the lectures, under the direction of the teacher.
Field trip Study of outcrops of rocky bodies and their forms and interpretation of their genesis and representation. Study of present and fossil geological processes and forms of relief.
Laboratory practice Development of the practical agenda with observations on selected material, use of classification criteria. Conceptual exercises.
Objective test Exercise consisting of a list of questions about any content of the subject.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Seminar
Field trip
Laboratory practice
Description
The personalized attention in relation to these methodologies is conceived as moments of face-to-face work for students with the teacher, which implies a compulsory participation for the students. The form and the moment in which they will be developed will be indicated in relation to each activity throughout the course according to the work plan of the subject. The solution of practical problems in workshops will serve to verify and guide the contents of the subject and its assimilation by the students taking place in small groups. This monitoring can also take place in small groups during laboratory and field practices. Personalized attention can be carried out in a non-presential way through e-mail or the virtual campus. This non-presential modality will be developed mainly for students with part-time dedication or dispensation of assistance

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Seminar A22 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 Continuous assessment of the ability to obtain, select, understand, process and summarize information. 10
Field trip A6 A22 A32 B9 The observations and attention will be evaluated, as well as the application of the knowledge when interpreting the observations by means of a Field Report. 10
Laboratory practice A22 A30 A31 The evaluation will come from the assistance and performance of the practices as well as practical tests during the lab course. 10
Guest lecture / keynote speech A22 B8 B9 Topics will be presented in the initial 40-45 minutes, and sessions will be finalized with interactive activities that promote the students' reflection about the contents presented. The evaluation will consist of a written test. 70
 
Assessment comments

Attendance to 80% of all scheduled activities is mandatory.
To pass the course it is necessary to obtain a grade of 5 points out of 10.
A minimum of 4.5 points in all activities is necessary to pass the course.
In order to qualify as not presented (NP), it is enough not to take the ordinary final exam.

Students with part-time
dedication or exemption from attendance. These students must compensate
for non-attendance to the different activities by:
-For the laboratory course: a practical work on rock recognition, remotely tutored.
-For the field activity: if the attendance (strongly recommended) is not possible, a bibliographical work on the study area, remotely tutored.
-For the seminar activity: the same work as the ordinary students, but remotely tutored.


Sources of information
Basic

Texts will be recommended during the course as needed during the theoretical explanation. The recommended texts are those that deal with the subject of general Geology existing in the library of the Faculty of Sciences. Specific information on specific subjects will be provided during the theoretical presentation either in lectures or in small groups

Complementary

http://ocw.innova.uned.es/cartografia/indice_general.htm (Página sobre prácticas de Cartografía geológica de la UNED)


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus
Physical Geography/610G02006
Paleobiology/610G02043

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.