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Course code: BBS10030o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Geology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Jerzy Weber
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Student gains a theoretical knowledge enabling him to understand main geological processes. Particularly, student gains practical skills enabling him to describe properties of minerals, which are necessary to identify main minerals on the basis of their macroscopic properties. Furthermore, student gains practical skills enabling him to describe structure , fabric and other properties of rocks, which are necessary to identify and classify rocks of different origin.
Competences: Student is able to identify the most common minerals and rocks, and to describe their properties
Prerequisites: none
Course content: Formation and classification of minerals; formation of main igneous rocks, forms of intrusive rocks, plutonic and volcanic processes and rocks, volcanic phenomena, systematic of igneous rocks, weathering and minerals and rocks, clay minerals and their role in natural cycles of elements, formation of sedimentary rocks, clastic rocks, biochemical and chemical rocks, metamorphic processes and metamorphic rocks.
Recommended literature: Stanley S.M.: Historia Ziemi. PWN Warszawa, 2002. Mizerski W., Orłowski S. :Geologia historyczna dla geografów. PWN Warszawa, 2001 Mizerski W.: Geologia dynamiczna dla geografów. PWN, Warszawa 1999. Ciesielczuk J., Jabłońska M., Kozłowski K.: Geologia dla studentów geografii. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice 1997. Drozd J., Licznar M., Licznar S., Weber J.: Gleboznawstwo z elementami mineralogii i petrografii. Skrypty AR we Wrocławiu, skrypt nr 470, 2002.
Assessment methods: oral completion including identification of main minerals and rocks, minimum 70% of knowledge to pass.
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