Parcticum of Palaeontology (part 2)
General data
Course ID: | 1300-ORPL4L1 |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
07.304
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Course title: | Parcticum of Palaeontology (part 2) |
Name in Polish: | Praktikum z paleontologii |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Geology |
Course groups: | |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Prerequisites (description): | (in Polish) Przed rozpoczęciem nauki przedmiotu student musi posiadać wiedzę w zakresie szkoły średniej. Przydatne jest, jeśli odbył przedmiot Paleontologia I, zna podstawy statystyki i obsługę komputera. |
Short description: |
Description and identification of fossil species. Variability and biometrics. Principles of zoological nomenclature. Systematics above species level. Taxonomies: evolutionary, cladistic, and numerical. Simulations and modeling of evolutionary processes as tools of evolutionary biology. |
Full description: |
Description and identification of extant and fossil species. Measurements. Plots and statistics. Computer programms „Exel” and “Past” as tools. Species description. Systematics above species level. Deterministic and stochastic simulations of evolutionary processes. |
Bibliography: |
(in Polish) Foote M., Miller A. 2007. Principles of paleontology. W. H. Freeman and Company. Futuyma D. 2008. Ewolucja. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Hammer O., Harper D., Ryan P. 2001. PAST: Paleontological Statistics. Palaeontologia Electronica 4,1. Łomnicki A. 1995. Wprowadzenie do statystyki dla przyrodników. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Raup D., Stanley S.1984. Podstawy paleontologii.PWN. Snarska A. 2005. Statystyka, ekonometria, prognozowanie. Ćwiczenia z Excelem. Placet. Sobczyk M. 1996. Statystyka. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. |
Learning outcomes: |
Student can describe, establish and separate species. She or he can study evolutionary process. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Valuation of the quality of students papers. |
Practical placement: |
(in Polish) brak |
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