Teaching Guide 2020/21 Faculty of Science

Teaching GuideTerm

Faculty of Science

Learning aims

Identifying Data

2020/21

Subject

Paleobiology

Code

610G02043

Study programme

Grao en Bioloxía

Descriptors

Cycle

Period

Year

Type

Credits

Graduate

1st four-month period

Fourth

Optional

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
To understand the concept of deep (geologic) time	A3 A29	B1
To understand the processes of fossilization and the biases of the fossil record as an indicator of ancient biospheres	A2	B1
To understand how biological processes occurring at geological time scales, such as evolution or mass extinctions, cannot always be understood as simple extrapolations of processes taking place at shorter time scales	A2	B1 B2
To expand our understanding of Evolutionary Theory from a multidisciplinary perspective	A3	B1 B2
To know the fossil groups that make up the fossil record and their practical uses	A1 A2 A3 A4	B1 B2
To identify the main bioevents in the history of the Earth, their causes and aftermath	A2 A3	B1 B2
To synthesize knowledge from a long array of subjects such as Geology, Ecology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Botany or Zoology in the framework of an ever changing Earth	A2 A3 A29	B1 B2

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