Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in biology of organisms and ecology (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in geology (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The origin and early evolution of life
This course will present the geological evolution of early Earth, the origin of Life, and the diversification of the three domains of life in the precambrian (the first 4 billion years). The multidisciplinary methods and challenges involved in studying the early evolution of life will be discussed.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the class, the student has to be able to:
-understand the methods used and challenges 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 tree of life
-summarize a topic and present it to the class (ppt presentation)
-manage a round table
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
notions of geology and biology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
the course includes classes, exercices of microscopic observations and analyses of microfossils, and paper presentations and discussion
-face-to-face and podcasts
-discussion of articles during class
-synthesis of an article, oral presentation with ppt, animation of a round table
-macro- and microscopic observation of rocks and fossils and exercice
-visit of labs
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
face-to-face
in french or english depending on needs
Additional information:
In addition to face-to-face teaching and illustrations with material (rocks, fossils, microbial cells, podcasts), and exercices of observations of microfossils, the students present an article and manage a round table
Recommended or required readings
Professor 's Powerpoint presentations and papers on line in MyULg
reference booksand podcasts
Konhauser K, 2007. introduction to geomicrobiology
Gargaud M, Claeys P, Lopez-Garcia P, Martin H, Montmerle T, Pascal R, Reisse J (eds) 2006, 2012 . From suns to life (online in ULiege library)
Fundamentals of Geobiology Cambridge univ press 2012 (Knoll et al editors)
podcasts (see www.earlylife.uliege.be)
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
the evaluation will include:
the synthesis and presentation of an article and animation of discussion in class: 50%
participation to the discussion of articles presented by other students: 25%
work and results during the praticals: 25%
presence to these diverse activities is mandatory
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
tuesdays 9-12 am, Q1
Contacts
ej.javaux@uliege.be