Field Work

Code:

G222

Acronym:

G222

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Environmental Sciences and Technology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:CTA	43	Plano de estudos de 2008 até 2015/16	2	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Develop the following practical skills:
1. ability to read thematic maps and topographic maps;
2. characterizing the environmental status of a water line;
3. monitoring of water and soil in the surrounding of a landfill;
4. determining the vulnerability of a coastal sector;
5. ability to evaluate, statistically, a drainage network;
6. ability to assess the senses of seepage on core directions of drainage within a porous medium.

Learning outcomes and competences

The contents of this course emphasize the acquisition and further understanding of the concepts, and respective interrelationships, related to the natural phenomena.

The main scenarios of occurrence of phenomena able to generate in a reflective and integrative perspective in the fields of the correspondent basic science domains.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable.

Program

1. The maps in the environment
1.1. Thematic maps and topographic maps
1.2. The scale , orientation and the legend
1.3. Reading the maps
1.4. The topographic profile and / or theme
2 . Environmental status of a water line
2.1. Visual signs of environmental degradation
2.2. Physico- chemical evaluation of water quality
2.3. Changes in environmental state as a function of displacement along line
3 . Monitoring of a landfill
3.1. Monitoring of surface water
3.2. Monitoring of groundwater
3.3. Monitoring soil
4 . Coastal vulnerability
4.1. Parameters of costal vulnerability to the sea action
4.2. Parameters of coastal vulnerability to the action of man
4.3. Case Study
5 . Study network and drainage basins
5.1. Statistical treatment of a drainage network
5.2. Determination of meanings runoff
5.3. Construction of the rosette diagrams and diagrams of lines

Mandatory literature

REBELO, J. A.,; As Cartas Geológicas ao serviço do desenvolvimento
ORION, N., HOFSTEIN, A., TAMIR, P. & GIDDINGS, G. J.; Development and Validation of an Instrument for Assessing the Learning Environment of Outdoor Science Activities

Teaching methods and learning activities

Moderation of topics prepared by the students.

Land work.

 

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	90,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules of FCUP.

Calculation formula of final grade

NF = 0,9EF + 0,1TC

Examinations or Special Assignments

Nor applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the rules of FCUP.

Observations

Not applicable.