GENERAL
SCHOOL
NATURAL SCIENCES
ACADEMIC UNIT
GEOLOGY
LEVEL OF COURSE
UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE
GEO_209E
SEMESTER
SECOND
COURSE TITLE
ENGLISH FOR GEOLOGY II
INDEPENDENTTEACHINGACTIVITIES
WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS
CREDITS
Lectures, seminars and laboratory work
3Lect
3
COURSE TYPE
Scientific Area and Skills Development
PREREQUISITE COURSES:
There are no prerequisites for the course.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:
English
IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS
Υes
COURSE WEBSITE (URL)
https://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/GEO349/
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Leraning outcomes
By the end of this course the student will be able to:
Students who have already attended the first term comprehend different types of discourse -academic texts ,lectures
Practise further all four skills, that is, speaking, listening, reading and writing.
General Competences
By the end of this course the student will, furthermore, have developed the following skills (general abilities):
At the end of the course students should be able to listen and understand lectures
Students expand /enrich more advanced Geology English Terminology
Improve speaking for communication in professional settings
SYLLABUS
Energy sources -Renewable sources of Energy, Seismology, Volcanology ,Petrol
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
DELIVERY
Face to face (Lectures in class)
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Use of Information and Communication Technologies (e.g. powerpoint) in teaching. The study material of the course for each chapter is uploaded on the internet, in the form of a series of ppt files, where from the students can freely download them using a password which is provided to them at the beginning of the course.
TEACHING METHODS
Activity
Semester workload
Lectures (3conduct hours per week x 13 weeks)
3×13=39
Plenty of in-class activities
36
Total number of hours for the Course
75 hours
STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
- Finalexam (90%)
- Attendance and participation (10%)
ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (3rd ed.) (2008), OUP.
A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (4th ed), (2013) OUP.
The Penguin Dictionary of Geology by Philip Kearey.
