The Antarctic afar although close up

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Course ID:	1300-WADB-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.301 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	The Antarctic afar although close up
Name in Polish:	Antarktyka daleka a bliska
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses at Faculty of Geology General university subjects
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:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Short description:	All about the Antarctic: politic, management, exploration, exploitation and science.
Full description:	General geographical, hydrographical and geological characteristic of the Antarctic. History of the Antarctic exploration. Current political and economic status of the Antarctic. The significance of scientific investigation in the Antarctic for global understanding of problems in the following scientific fields: Geology and Geophysics, Glaciology, Biology, Oceanology, Meteorology. Polish activity in the Earth Science, Polish Activity in the Biological Sciences, Running of the Arctowski Station. Protection of Antarctic environment.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) David McConigal & Lynn Woodworth. Antarktyda: biały kontynent, ostatnie dzikie miejsce na Ziemi. MUZA SA. Polskie tłumaczenie oryginalnego wydania australijskiego: Antarctica the blue continent. The Five Mile Press 2002. ISBN 83-7200-979-1. Antarctica. Reader’s Digest 1985. ISBN 0 949819 64 6. Antarctic Treaty Website. http://www.ats.aq/index_e.htm Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research) http://www.scar.org/ IBB PAN Zakład Biologii Antarktyki http://www.arctowski.pl/?p=3 Arctowski. Stacja PAN a Antarktyce http://www.arctowski.pl/?p=2 British AntarcticSurvey http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/index.php
Learning outcomes:	After lectures dealing with the Antarctic student should have the basic knowledge of political and economic problems as well as scientific challenges of southern polar region. Student should feel Polish reasons of State in this area, and will be able to distinguish without any doubts: Antarctic Continent, the Antarctic and Arctic.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written exam.
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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