Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
FBT687	MARINE GEOLOGY	Compulsory	1	2	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The purpose of Marine geology is to gain knowledge of the earth beneath the oceans and develop an understanding of how the earth beneath the oceans got its structure and which processes that created those areas.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Department Lecturer

Learning Outcomes

1	To classify marine sediments, explain their distribution in the oceans
2	To describe sedimentary processes occurring in different depositional environments

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The understanding of deep-marine physical processes, deposits, environments and platetectonic context. Acquire skills in subsurface data analysis and interpretation.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to marine geology
2	Seafloor volcanic processes
3	Ocean crustal structure
4	Faulting and tectonics
5	Ocean-continent interactions
6	Earth’s Lithosphere: Formation and Evolution
7	Seismology: Earthquakes and Earth imaging
8	Midterm exam
9	Geologic time (geochronology and radioactivity)
10	Mid-ocean ridges
11	Ocean Islands
12	Continental Margins: Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy
13	Paleo-Oceanographic Archives: Sediments and Corals
14	Pre-Quaternary Records: Long-Term Cooling & Short-Lived Events
15	Quaternary Records: Ice Age Cycles & Abrupt Climate Changes
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Field Trip	10	3	30
Field Work	10	3	30
Self Study	10	3	30
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	10	3	30
Individual Study for Final Examination	10	3	30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			182

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12
LO1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	2
LO2	4	3	4	5	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	2

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High