COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RUDISTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5072 RUDISTS 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BILAL SARI

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

To determine palecological conditions, paleobiogeographic characteristics and economical potential of the rudists in the world and also in Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   able to determine the rudists
2   able to understand their life habitats
3   able to understand their geographic distributions
4   able to understand their relationships of the platforms
5   able to determine their economical potential

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General paleontologic features of rudists-1
2 General paleontologic features of rudists-2
3 Systematic palaeontology and determinations-1
4 Systematic palaeontology and determinations-2
5 Systematic palaeontology and determinations-3
6 Occurences and age distributions
7 Paleoecological characteristics-1
8 Paleoecological characteristics-2
9 Rudist associations and reefs
10 Biogeographic features and endemic rudists
11 Economical potentials
12 Rudist-bearing successions in the World
13 Rudist-bearing successions in Türkiye
14 Rudist-bearing successions in Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

Carter, J.G., et (with 41 participants), 2011. A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). University of Kansas, Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47 pp.
Özer, S., 2002. Distributions stratigraphiques et géographiques des rudistes du Crétacé supérieur en
Turquie. In Sladi -Trifunovi , M. (ed.), Proceedings-First International Conference on Rudists
Beograd, 1988, Union of Geological Socities of Yugoslavia, Memorial Publication, 173-187.
Özer, S., Meriç, E., Görmüş, M. and Kanbur, S., 2009. Biogeographic distributions of the rudists and benthic foraminifers: An approach to Campanian-Maastrichtian paleobiogeography of Türkiye. Geobios, 42, 623-638.
Özer, S., Sarı, B. and Önal, M., 2008. Campanian-Maastrichtian rudist-bearing mixed silisiclastic-carbonate transgressive-regressive system tracts of the eastern and southeastern Anatolia: faunal correlation, depositional facies and palaeobiogeographic significance. Eighth International Congress on Rudists June 23-25 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Interactive courses and tutorials

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam %20: General characıeristics of rudists and their relationships with first three learning outcomes
2. Homework %20: Discussion of the related papers with learning outcomes
3. Final Exam %60: Control and evaluation all of the learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Bilal SARI
Tel: 02323017305
E-mail: bilal.sari@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday-13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 199

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.15555332
LO.25555222
LO.35545323
LO.45525243
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