COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PALEONTOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BILAL SARI

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

To teach the students of descriptive characteristics of the most common fossil groups in rocks, evolutions and taxonomy. To determine the relative ages and depositional environments of the rocks and correlate biostratigraphic characteristics. These information will be used to solve all kinds of geological problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to classify fossils, compare differences between fossil groups, describe index fossils in genus level and have knowledge of nomenclature.
2   To be able to understand the evolutionary basis of the diversity of the organisms in the world and the mechanisms of the evolution. To be able to have the knowledege of the geological times of the first appearance, extinction and abundance of fossil groups in the world.
3   To be able to understand the fossilization processes and describe fossilization types.
4   To be able to make preliminary paleontological examination of rocks.To be able to relate living styles and environment of the organisms to depositional environment and age of the rocks.
5   To be able to construct biostratigraphical framework of the rocks by fossils and date the successions and use the fossil data to solve geological problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Paleontology; beginning of life and geological time.
2 Fossilization, systematics of fossils and living organisms, principles of palaeoecology.
3 Plant microfossils and Algae; stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
4 Zoological microfossils; stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
5 Index foraminifera-1, stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
6 Index foraminifera-2, stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
7 Plant macrofossils; stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
8 Mollusca; Gastropoda and Bivalvia, stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
9 Mollusca; Cephalopoda, stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
10 Cnidaria, Porifera and Echinodermata; stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
11 Brachiopoda, Trilobites and Graptolites; stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
12 Chordata-1; stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
13 Chordata-2; stratigraphic and geographic distributions.
14 Museum Trip

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference
Akyol, E., Özer, S. & F. Akgün, 1999, Paleontology, DEÜ, Müh. Fak., yayın no. 277, 231s., Izmir.

Auxilary References:
Bremer, H., 1978, Paleontoloji, Ege Universitesi Matbaası, Izmir.
Benton, M. J., 1997, Basic paleontology, Essex; Addison Wesley Longman Ltd., 347p.

Other materials:
1. Akgün F., Işintek I. & B., Sarı, 2011. Paleontoloji sunum notları. DEÜ, Müh. Fak., jeoloji Müh Böl., 20 adet PDF-dosyası, 894 slayt.
2. Akyol, E., F. Akgün, S., Özer, I. Işintek & B. Sarı, 2010, Paleontology Laboratuvar Föyleri , DEÜ, Müh. Fak., 100s.
3. Akyol, E., F. Akgün. & S., Özer, 1995, Paleontology Laboratuvar Teksiri I, DEÜ, Müh. Fak., 50s.
4. Akyol, E., F. Akgün. & S., Özer, 1995, Paleontology Laboratuvar Teksiri II, DEÜ, Müh. Fak., 60s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral and visual presentations, macrofossil laboratory, microfossil laboratory,
application of interactive biostratigraphy and field study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Laboratory grade must be at least 50 to be able to enter the final exam (PREREQUISITE).
Fieldwork evaluation will be determined by collecting of Field Work Sheet and Field
Notebooks.

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcome will be testified by laboratory, midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Bilal SARI
Dokuz Eylül Üniv. Müh. Fak. Jeoloji Müh. Böl.
e-posta:bilal.sari@deu.edu.tr
tel: 3017342

Office Hours

Friday, 13-15 p.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 20 40
Field study 1 10 10
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15533
LO.25525
LO.3553222
LO.45523
LO.55521

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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