GENERAL
SCHOOL
NATURAL SCIENCES
ACADEMIC UNIT
GEOLOGY
LEVEL OF COURSE
UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE
GEO_108E
SEMESTER
FIRST
COURSE TITLE
ENGLISH FOR GEOLOGY I
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 WEBPAGE (URL)
https://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/GEO349/
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course the student will be able to:
Students Improve English reading skills ,making feasible the reading of various text types related to their discipline, including textbook extracts, popularized articles and scientific articles.
b) students develop a number of language and cognitive skills (most of which are transferable) necessary for participating in the academic discourse community,
c) students develop further their language skills using the technology available in addition to classroom training. In other words they are prepared for autonomous learning.
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 comprehend advanced level related texts and determine the meaning of academic vocabulary in context.
Students expand /enrich Geology English Terminology
Improve all four language skills - reading ,listening ,speaking ,writing to a satisfactory level.
SYLLABUS
Geomorphology,Minerals, Rocks, The Rock cycle-weathering , Erosion, Fossils, Geology and the environment
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 isuploaded 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)
3X13 =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.
