University :Mansoura University |
Faculty :Faculty of Science |
Department :Geology Department |
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| 1- Course data :- |
| | Code: | 31216 | | Course title: | احافير دقيقة | | Year/Level: | ثانية جيولوجيا | | Program Title: | | | Specialization: | | | Teaching Hours: | Theoretical: | 3 | Tutorial: | | Practical: | 4 |
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| 2- Course aims :- |
| - Introduce the principles of Micropaleontology.
- Outline the basic informations of taxonomy, ecology, morphology and shell-structures.
- Acquire the student skills of identifications, differentiation and description of microfossils.
- Study the shells-chemical composition, life history, and stratigaphic position.
- Develop the application of microfossil concepts in oil industry and envirnmental issues.
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| 3- Course Learning Outcomes :- |
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| 4- Course contents :- |
| | No | Topics | Week |
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| 1 | Importance of microfossils | | | 2 | Collection, preparation and examination | | | 3 | The living foraminifera | | | 4 | Test morphology and wall composition | | | 5 | Factors controlling the distribution of foraminifera | | | 6 | Classification of foraminifera | | | 7 | Suborder Fusulina and Miliolina | | | 8 | Suborder Rotaliina | | | 9 | Superfamily Globigerinacea | | | 10 | Superfamily: Cassidulinacea, Nonionacea and Carterinacea | | | 11 | General history of foraminifera and their applications | | | 12 | Introduction | |
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| 5- Teaching and learning methods :- |
| | S | Method |
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| Lectures using data show and whiteboard. | | Discussions sessions . | | Laboratory study under stereo-microscope. | | Class activity. |
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| 6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :- |
| - The same as normal students, only skeletal disabilities are allowed in the Faculty of Science.
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| 7- Student assessment :- |
| A. Timing |
| | No | Method | Week |
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| 1 | Quizzes | 6, 9 | | 2 | Practical exam | 12 | | 3 | Written exam | 14 | | 4 | Oral exam | 14 |
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| B. Degree |
| | No | Method | Degree |
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| 1 | Mid_term examination | 0 | | 2 | Final_term examination | 70 | | 3 | Oral examination | 10 | | 4 | Practical examination | 20 | | 5 | Semester work | 0 | | 6 | Other types of asessment | 0 | | Total | 100% |
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| 8- List of books and references |
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| 1 | Course Notes: Prepared by Course Coordinator and to be given to students as handouts | | | 2 | Brasier, M.D., 1980. Microfossils. George Allen and Unwin LTD, London, 193 pp. | | | 3 | Hemleben, C., Spindler, M., and Anderson, O. R., 1989. Modern Planktonic Foraminifera. Springer-Verlag, New York, 363 pp. | | | 4 | http://http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/micropal/UCL-NHM_MSc.html; http://www.mans.edu.eg/facscim/courses/geology/Dr_Ayyad/ | |
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| 9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course |
| | S | Content | Study week |
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| Importance of microfossils | | | Collection, preparation and examination | | | The living foraminifera | | | Test morphology and wall composition | | | Factors controlling the distribution of foraminifera | | | Classification of foraminifera | | | Suborder Fusulina and Miliolina | | | Suborder Rotaliina | | | Superfamily Globigerinacea | | | Superfamily: Cassidulinacea, Nonionacea and Carterinacea | | | General history of foraminifera and their applications | | | Introduction | |
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| Course Coordinator(s): - |
| - Hamed Ahmed Mohamed Elnahaas
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| Head of department: - |
| Salah Nasr Ebrahim Ayad |
