Module code | SGM 210 |
Qualification | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Module content | Solar system; Earth structure and systems; plate tectonics; classification and contextual setting of rocks and minerals; rock cycle. Internal and external geological processes; landscape formation; influences of geological environment on mankind. Geological time and the Earth’s history through time. Practicals involving identification and description of crystals, minerals and rocks. |
Module credits | 16.00 |
Programmes | |
Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
Contact time | 4 lectures per week, 3 practicals per week |
Language of tuition | Separate classes for Afrikaans and English |
Academic organisation | Geology |
Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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