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Faculty of Science
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Grao en Bioloxía
 Subjects
  Paleobiology
   Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech Lectures will be devoted to topics related to principles and problems in Paleontology, as well as to the history of life on Earth. Students are expected to prepare their own handouts, as well as complete reading assignments from specific topics.
Laboratory practice Laboratory sessions will be devoted to the recognition of the basic morphological features of the main fossil groups, as well as to the identification of important taxa from the Iberian Peninsula. Students will be required to take their own notes and answer the lab quizzes. Unjustified changes in scheduled lab groups will not be allowed. Attendance to the lab sessions, as well as the delivery of quizzes to the lecturers, are mandatory to pass the subject.
Workshop The workshops ("clases de grupo reducido") are intended to introduce the basic concepts of taphonomy and systematics to the students by means of the direct observation of fossils. The students will prepare their own handouts and solve specific quizzes. Unjustified changes in scheduled workshop groups will not be allowed. Attendance to the workshops ("clases de grupo reducido"), as well as the delivery of quizzes to the lecturers, are mandatory to pass the subject
Mixed objective/subjective test Grading is primarily based on the idea of continuous assessment and so, the final exam IS NOT REQUIRED for those students being successful during this continuous assessment. Students failing specific parts or the whole subject are required to make the final exam for the parts they failed (see the “Assessment” section).
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