Geology – specialized academic tutoring 2019

General data

Course ID:	1300-WGSTA
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.305 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:	Geology – specialized academic tutoring 2019
Name in Polish:	Geologia – specjalistyczny tutorial akademicki
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	Elective subjects for the I and II years in II degree study in geology
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:	elective courses
Short description:	Tutoring is an individualized form of learning as regular one-to-one tutoring sessions supervised by a tutor. Groups are formed in any subject area as needed and comprise 1 to 3 students. The sessions are focused on a discussion within a subject proposed by the tutor, which may evolve according to the interests of the students taking part in the tutorials.
Full description:	Geology – specialized academic tutoring is an individualized form of learning as regular one-to-one sessions with a supervisor. Groups comprise of 1 to 3 students. The sessions are focused on a discussion within a subject proposed by the tutor, which may evolve according to the interests of the tutees. Both the tutee and the tutor may renounce from further tutorials after the first two scheduled sessions. A full cycle comprises 8 two-hour tutoring sessions per two weeks. Successive sessions are focused on discussing and working out issues related to the subject settled during the first session.
Bibliography:	Each time fixed by the tutor; related to the subject agreed on during the first session.
Learning outcomes:	During the tutorials, the student realizes at least 3 of the following effects (depending on the subject of the tutorials and the assessment method): - understands and is capable of explaining geological processes and phenomena within the frame of the subject of the tutoring sessions; - by conducting geological projects, the student knows how to identify problems and proposes methods of their solution; - applies modern information technologies; - is concerned about the reliability and credibility of his work; - is capable of analyzing the course of geological processes, indicating mutual relationships, and analyzing factors hampering the processes; - can write and correctly illustrate a scientific essay based on literature studies and data from the internet within a subject agreed on with the tutor; - can report the selected subject in form of a multimedia presentation; - can report the main theses of a scientific report in form of a multimedia presentation; - knows a foreign language at a B2 level and has linguistic competence to read and understand foreign-language scientific references; - understands the need to report updated geological knowledge in the form of presentations and classification reports; - understands the need for life-long learning.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The course is assessed by attendance in all sessions, each time documented by the tutor in form of a ‘card of individual tutoring sessions’. Additionally, the final grade comprises the preparation of at least one essay, presentation or project, and assessment of work and performance of the student. The essays/presentations/projects are marked with a grade and their number is fixed by the tutor during the first session.
Practical placement:	none

This course is not currently offered.

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