COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FORAMINIFERAL MICROPALEONTOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5051 FORAMINIFERAL MICROPALEONTOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ISMAIL IŞINTEK

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

to teach to the postgraduate students the characteristic fossil foramineras of Paleozoic to Recent, to relate the foraminiferal micropaleontology with the age, depositional conditions and correlation of the formations, to examine how to use foraminiferas for economical purposes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   able to define the properties of foraminiferas
2   able to make taxonomic classification of foraminiferas
3   able to relate foraminiferal content and depositiona environment
4   able to determine foraminiferas
5   able to map foraminiferal biofaciess
6   able to correlate sedimentary sequences based on the foraminiferal content
7   able to construct lithostratigraphical sequences based on the foraminiferal content
8   able to use data from foraminiferal content to solve the geological problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Recent foraminiferas: biological characteristics and echological controls
2 test and wall of foraminiferas
3 shape and chambers of foraminiferas
4 methods and terminology
5 methods on sampling and preperation
6 foraminiferal systematic and Paleozoic foraminiferas
7 midterm exam 1
8 Mesozoic foraminiferas 1
9 Mesozoic foraminiferas 2
10 Cenozoic foraminiferas
11 Palozoic and Mesozoic foraminiferas of Turkey: their paleogeographic and stratigraphic distibution
12 Mesozoic and Cenozoic foraminiferas of Turkey: their paleogeographic and stratigraphic distibution
13 Foraminiferal environmets: their paleoechology and economy
14 midterm exam 2.

Recomended or Required Reading

Meriç, E., 1983, Foraminiferler: Maden Tetkik Arama EnstitüsüYayınlarından, No. 26, s.
280.
Boudagher-fadel M., K., 2008. Evolution and geological significance of larger benthic
foraminifera. Development in Paleontology and stratigraphy, 21, Elsevier, p. 540.
Cushman, C. J., 1959, Foraminifera, Their classification and ekonomic use: Harward
University Press, 478 p.
Moore, C. R., 1964, Treatise on invertebrate Paleontologie: Part C, Protista 2,
Geological Society of America. University of Kansas Press, 900 p.
Loeblich, A. R., & Tappan, H., 1988, Foraminiferal Genara And Their Classification: Van
Nosrand Reinhold, New York, 869 p.
Neuman M., 1967, Manuel de Micropaleontologie des Foraminiferes. Gauthier-Villars,
297p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

oral and visual presantations, microscop lab.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + FCG * 0.5
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

midterm exams are done in microscop lab.

Assessment Criteria

learning outcomes, nos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are assessed by midterm exams in
microscop lab., final exam and makeup exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 3017328
ismail.isintek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 30 60
Midterm 2 4 8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.255523253
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