Paleoecology and Taphonomy | Centre for Joint Academic Programmes

Level: Bachelor

Semestre: 3rd

ECTS: 3

Working Hours:

- Contact: 48

- Self-study: 60

- Total: 108

Language of Instruction: English

Author of the Course: Dr. Y. A. Bazhenova

Lecturers:

- Assistant Professor, Dr. Yana A. Bazhenova;

- Assistant Professor, Dr. Stepan V. Ivantsov.

Objectives:

- to overview of the methods of reconstruction the lifestyle and burial conditions of fossil animals and ecosystems of the past.

Learning Outcomes:

- Knowledge of the main terms of the discipline; methods of the field and laboratory research in paleoecology and taphonomy;

- Skills of reconstruction the lifestyle and burial conditions of fossil animals and ecosystems of the past.

Assessment Methods:

- Interview, Final test.