Code: | GEOGR034 | Acronym: | GFIPOR |
Active? | Yes |
Web Page: | http://web.letras.up.pt/asaraujo/geofis/geofis.html |
E-learning page: | http://moodle.up.pt/ |
Responsible unit: | Department of Geography |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Geography |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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GEOGR | 80 | GEOGR - Study Plan | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | |
HISTO | 6 | HISTO - Study Plan | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | |
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Successful students will acquire knowledge on: Portuguese climate, hydrology, geology and geomorphology. the structural regions of Portugal: geomorphology and landscapes.
Knowledge of the country with loalization of major relief accidents and rivers. Understanding Geology/Geomorphology relationship. Understanding of landscapes on geomorphologic point of view.
To use different kinds of documents (geologic maps, Google earth images)
It is necessary to have a previous knowledge og Geologiy, Climatologuy and Geomorphology in order to establish the relationship between several physical geography data in a national context.
1. General characterization of the country: the need to integrate Portugal into the Iberian Peninsula 2. Integration of Portugal into the European and Peninsular geological framework 3. Structural regions of Portugal: characteristic relief features 4. Ante-Mesozoic evolution of the Portuguese territory: Geology and Hesperic Massif landscapes 5. The Epi-hercynian covering – Mesozoic evolution. Geology and Meso-Cainozoic bordelands landscapes 6. The Epi-hercynian covering - geomorphologic evolution at the end of the Mesozoic and during the Cenozoic. The Meseta surface and the Alpine orogeny 7. Some aspects of geomorphologic evolution during the Quaternary: climate and sea level changes. 8. Atmospheric circulation and Iberian Peninsula climate. Some general ideas on portuguese climate 9. General characteristics of portuguese rivers. Some hydrological problems concerning Portuguese rivers
The course will be done in B-learning.
There will be a mini-test using Moodle at the end of each subject. This test is designed for self-assessment and for students frequence.
A field trip will take place in October 2020. Departure FLUP: 9.00, Arrival about 20:00. The field trip is included in students obligations in order to be successful.
Students who take the final exam in the normal time, if they do not have the minimum grade for approval (9.5) must take a new written test in the resource exam. Only in the system of the resource examination will there be an oral test for students with a mark between 7.5 and 9.4 in the Moodle exam.Because of the difficulty in being able to organize these oral exams, which require the constitution of a jury specifically for this purpose, this test may eventually be replaced by a new exam carried out in Moodle, provided that the students agree with this procedure.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 106,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 48,00 |
Trabalho de campo | 8,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Presence in 75% of the school days (including field work). Students who do not get frequence will only be able to take the exam at the second oportunity (February). The presence of the students will be evaluated through the Moodle Assiduity module. The absences will be recorded at the beginning of the second part of the class, after the break.
To control learning progression, students must attain at least 9,5 in average at moodle mini-tests. There will be 10 tests about different subjects, including a test about the field trip.
If they are not successful in these tests they are not allowed to realize their examination in January 2021, but only in February 2021.
Final mark of a Moodle test that will took place at FLUP, during examination time.
They must be successful in Moodle mini-tests made up during the academic semester
The repetition of the whole examination