Taphonomy

General data

Course ID:	6.1-TAF
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Taphonomy
Name in Polish:	Taphonomy
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	(unknown)
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	Knowledge of processes and products of postmortem transformations of skeletal elements and understanding their meaning for palaeobiological interpretations.
Full description:	A. Lecture: original skeletal substances and their internal structure; chemical and physical transformations of skeletal elements in sedimentological and diagenetic processes B. Laboratory: identification and analysis of the taphonomic features based on selected examples
Bibliography:	A. obligatory literature: A.1. used during lectures and laboratory sessions 1. Martin, R.E., 1999: Taphonomy: a process approach. Cambridge University Press, 508 str. 2. Bodzioch, A., 2005: Biogeochemiczna diageneza dolnego wapienia muszlowego Opolszczyzny. Wyd. Nauk. UAM, Poznań, 130 str. 3. Allison, P.A., 2010: Taphonomy. Cambridge University Press, 599 str. A.2. lectures for self-study j.w. B. additional literature Scientific papers recommended by lecturer
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge K_W01 recognizes research problems from the borderline of biological sciences P7S_WG K_W02 interprets the complexity of processes and phenomena in nature, the solution of which requires an interdisciplinary approach P7S_WG K_W11 has in-depth knowledge of the selected specialty of biological sciences P7S_WG Skills K_U02 fluent in the scientific literature of the biological specialty he is studying in his mother tongue, and speaks English at a level B2+ P7S_UK K_U06 uses the acquired specialist knowledge to interpret the collected empirical data and present conclusions P7S_UW K_U09 writes research papers in the field of the studied biological specialties in Polish and short scientific reports in English on the basis of his own research P7S_UW Social competencies K_K01 aware of the complexity of biological phenomena and processes P7S_KK K_K09 demostrates initiative and independence in activities P7S_KO
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	A. Way of final evaluation: • lectures: a grad/ without grade • laboratory: a grade/without grade B. Form of testing: • lecture: open test • laboratory: providing the experiments and written presentation of the results C. Basic criteria • L: at least 50% correct answers on the required questions • Lab: correct performance of the final work

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