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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Nanociencia e Nanotecnoloxía |
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| Crystallography and Symmetry |
| Methodologies |
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| Identifying Data | 2022/23 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Crystallography and Symmetry | Code | 610G04006 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
First | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Description |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | Lectures and masterclasses will be used to deliver the main the contents of each unit of the course, highlighting their most important aspects and focusing on those concepts that are fundamental and/or most difficult for students to understand. These are interactive sessions, in which students are expected to participate by asking questions and requesting clarification of ideas or concepts. |
| Laboratory practice | Exercises and problems using morphological and structural models of minerals. Preparation and study of crystalline substances, as well as their characterisation by X-ray diffraction, and the interpretation of the results obtained using computer programmes. Students will prepare a laboratory notebook in which they will describe the work carried out in the laboratory and the analysis of the results, as well as the main conclusions. |
| Workshop | An eminently practical training activity designed with the aim of focusing on those aspects of the subject that are more difficult to understand. The work will be carried out individually or in groups under the guidance of the teaching staff. |
| Mixed objective/subjective test | Final exam that will be carried out in the date fixed by the faculty board. Its content will include development and multiple-choice questions, as well as problem exercises that will be similar to those analysed throughout the course. The aim is to assess the level of knowledge and competences reached by the students, as well as to evaluate their ability to relate them and to obtain an overview of the subject. |
| Objective test | Periodically, students will carry out a series of short tests in the problem-solving sessions, which will include multiple-choice or short-answer questions. These tests are conceived both to assess the degree of acquisition of competences and to consolidate of the contents presented in the lecture sessions. This activity will not only allow monitoring the students' progress, but will also serve to detect those aspects of the subject that are more difficult to understand. |
| Seminar | These sessions will be devoted to the resolution of problems and questions by the students, with the guidance of the teaching staff. These problems will be sequenced over time in accordance with the contents discussed in the lectures, and will be made available to students sufficiently in advance so that they can work on them before the corresponding classroom session. |
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