Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2011-12

 

Mineralogía es una asignatura del segundo cuatrimestre del segundo curso del grado de Geología y está enmarcada en el Módulo Fundamental Específico.

La mineralogía es una ciencia basada en el conocimiento preciso de la composición química y de la estructura atómica que caracteriza cada especie mineral, y en el sentido de éstas en el medio geológico. Dada la sensibilidad de los minerales a los cambios fisico-químicos que se producen durante los procesos geológicos, las asociaciones minerales que constituyen las rocas son la memoria de la historia geológica de estas, y por ello, también de la Corteza Terrestre. Es fundamental que al comienzo de unos estudios en Geología se adquiera un conocimiento preciso del concepto de especie mineral y la habilidad para saber identificar correctamente los minerales. Los contenidos desarrollados en la asignatura Mineralogía, proporcionará a los alumnos la formación básica necesaria para los contenidos del resto de asignaturas de los Módulos Fundamental, Complementario y Avanzado.

 

 

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2011-12

General Competences (CG)

  • CG3 : Solve problems effectively.
  • CG4 : Show capacity for teamwork.
  • CG5 : Self-learning.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Acquire the fundamentals of geological terminology, nomenclature, agreements, scales and units.
  • CE14 : Relate the different types of rock with their geodynamic contexts.
  • CE15 : Understand present environmental processes and any possible risks associated with them.
  • CE16 : Carry out environmental impact assessments of the territory.
  • CE17 : Know how to explore, evaluate, extract and manage terrestrial resources (industrial minerals and rocks, hydrocarbons, water) in a framework of sustainable development.
  • CE26 : Integrate field and laboratory data with theory, following a sequence of observation, synthesis and modelling.
  • CE3 : Identify and characterise the properties of different terrestrial materials using geological methods and their corresponding instrumental techniques.
  • CE30 : Understand past, present and future interactions between the natural environment and human beings, as well as analysing and predicting their future.
  • CE31 : Be aware of the bibliographic resources for Geology.
  • CE36 : Prepare reports and studies dealing with the exploration, research, production, transformation and control of geological and hydrogeological resources.
  • CE4 : Identify minerals and rocks, as well as the processes that generate them.
  • CE5 : Relate the different structures of mineral materials with their properties and uses.

 

Generic UA Competences

  • CGUA1 : Acquire the computer knowledge needed for storing, analysing, synthesising and modelling the data required for the degree course.
  • CGUA2 : Understand sources of information for Geology and know how to manage them.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2011-12

 

Analizar las características básicas de la materia cristalina.

Conocer los fundamentos de las propiedades físicas y químicas de la materia cristalina.

Conocer la geometría de los principales tipos de estructuras cristalinas.

Conocer los fenómenos de interacción entre los rayos X y la materia cristalina.

Identificar los principales grupos de minerales y rocas.

 

 

 

General

Code: 25521
Lecturer responsible:
Muñoz Cervera, María Concepción
Credits ECTS: 9,00
Theoretical credits: 2,00
Practical credits: 1,60
Distance-base hours: 5,40

Departments involved

  • Dept: EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
    Area: PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
    Theoretical credits: 2
    Practical credits: 1,6
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught