Faculty of Science

Model (No 12)

Course Specification : احافير كبيرة

2010 - 2011

 
Farabi Quality Management of Education and Learning - 22/12/2024
University :Mansoura University
Faculty :Faculty of Science
Department :Geology Department
1- Course data :-
Code: 31216
Course title: احافير كبيرة
Year/Level: ثانية جيولوجيا
Program Title:
  • B.Sc. Geophysics
Specialization:
Teaching Hours: Theoretical: 3Tutorial: Practical: 4
2- Course aims :-
  1. Study the principles of paleontology.
  2. Outline the basic information of eight invertebrate phyla :Protozoa, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Porifera , Arthropoda, Coelenterata and Echinodermata.
  3. Acquire the students skills about the terms of systematics, morphology, structure, ontogeny, geologic history and stratigraphic distribution of each fossil group.
3- Course Learning Outcomes :-
4- Course contents :-
NoTopicsWeek
1Preservation and collection of fossils
2Describing single specimens
3Ontogentic variations
4Evolution and fossil record
5Protozoa, Foraminifera
6Coelenterata
7 Bryozoa and Porifera
8Brachiopoda
9 Mollusca-1
10Mollusca-2
11Echinodermata
12Arthropoda

5- Teaching and learning methods :-
SMethod
Lectures using data show and whiteboard.
Discussion sessions.
Field trip to collect fossils.
Laboratory description of the collected fossils.

6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :-
  1. The same as normal students, only skeletal disabilities are allowed in the Faculty of Science.

7- Student assessment :-
A. Timing
NoMethodWeek
1Oral exam13,14
2Mid-term writing exam6
3Practical 12
4Final exam13,14
B. Degree
NoMethodDegree
1Mid_term examination0
2Final_term examination70
3Oral examination 10
4Practical examination 20
5Semester work0
6Other types of asessment0
Total100%

8- List of books and references
SItemType
1Course notes (Handouts)
2Elements of paleontology by Roza Blank
3Invertebrate paleontology and evolution by Clarson, E.N.
4An introduction of Historical Geology and Stratigraphy by Hamama, H.H.

9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course
SContentStudy week
Preservation and collection of fossils
Describing single specimens
Ontogentic variations
Evolution and fossil record
Protozoa, Foraminifera
Coelenterata
Bryozoa and Porifera
Brachiopoda
Mollusca-1
Mollusca-2
Echinodermata
Arthropoda

Course Coordinator(s): -
  1. Mohamed Mahmoud Mansour Abed
Head of department: -
Salah Nasr Ebrahim Ayad