Modules Offered in Semester II, 2009/2010
Faculty of Science
Module Code
Module Name
Discovering Science
Fundamentals Of Organic Chemistry
Fundamentals Of Physical Chemistry
Computer Skills in Chemistry
Chemistry in Everyday Life
Advance Mathematical Methods for the Sciences
Basic Statistics
Electronics: Analogue & Digital
How things work - The Physics of Everyday Life
Introduction to Image Processing and Computer Vision
Programming Fundamentals II
Computer Architecture and Organisation
World Wide Web and Applications
Programming for Scientists
Plants and People
The Evolving Earth
Classical Mechanics
Electrical & Magnetism
Thermal Physics & Optics
Innovation & Design
Energy, Environment & Society
Understanding Information Transmission & Wireless Comm.
Discovering Computers
Type of Module
Breadth
Major
Major
Option
Breadth
Major
Breadth
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Major
Major
Breadth
Breadth
Breadth
Major
Option
Option
Option
Breadth
Breadth
Breadth
Breadth
Modular Credit
4
4
4
2
2
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Major Core Module for B.Sc. in Geology and Petroleum Geology;
Breadth Module for GeNext.
8-10 hours per week
Aims/Objectives/Rationale:
This course aims to teach the students an introduction to interpreting information on geological maps, understanding the geological time-scale and how the Earth’s climate and organisms have evolved.
Module Content :
The students will be taught topical issues related to Geology and the Environment including e.g. earthquakes, climatic change, global warming, volcanic activity, evolution and mass extinctions. An introduction to the fundamental mechanisms which have controlled environmental change throughout Earth’s history will be given. The students will learn the use of geological maps in the interpretation of the three dimensional structures within the Earth. The students will also be taught how to interpret the fossil record in relation to environmental change and fossil evidence for climatic change.
