Study Programmes 2015-2016
| GEOL1022-2 | ||||||||||||||
| Evolution of the biosphere in the Precambrian | ||||||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 20h Th, 10h Pr | ||||||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Emmanuelle Javaux | ||||||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||||||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| This course will discuss the geological evolution of early Earth, the orgin of Life, and the diversification of the three domains of life in the precambrian, well before the Phanerozoic. The multidisciplinary methods and challenges involved in studying the early evolution of life between 3.8 and 0.54 billions years will be presented. | ||||||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the class, the student has to be able to:
-understand the methods used to study precambrian traces of life
-know the geological history of the precambrian Earth -know the major steps of evolution within the various clades of the three of life -summarize (written and oral summary) the previous class and present it to the class -write a term paper and present it in front of the class |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| notions of geology and biology
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| -discussion during class
-summarizing a class and oral presnetation -bibliography -writing a review on a chosen topic and oral presentation -macro- and microscopic observation of rocks and fossils -visit of labs |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| In addition to face-to-face teaching and illustrations with material (rocks, fossils, video)
during class, one or two students will present a summary of teh previous class in front to the class, based on their own notes and the professor' ppt. This summary will be posted online with the ppt support. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Professeor 's Powerpoint presentations of course et student summaries on line in MyULg
reference books can be consulted in professor's office -Introduction to Geobiology. K Konhauser. -From suns to life, Gargaud et al. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| the evaluation will include
-a term paper and its oral presentation (60% + 20% of final mark) -summary of one class (written and oral) (20%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| ej.javaux@ulg.ac.be | ||||||||||||||
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Items online :
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 | Evolution of the biosphere in the Precambrian powerpoint support |
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