
Paleontology
Cycle
Segundo ciclo
Degree
Mestre
Coordinator
Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Roque Legoinha
Opening date
September
More information: https://sites.fct.unl.pt/paleontology
Fees
1063,47 Euros/year for all students.
Schedule
Daytime.
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS
Mandatory scientifc areas
Area | Credits (ECTS) |
Biology | 6 |
Geology | 96 |
Geology and Biology | 6 |
Any other area | 12 |
TOTAL | 120 |
Access to other courses
Access to a 3rd cycle
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.
Structure
1.º Semester | ||
Code | Name | ECTS |
10928 | Methods in Paleontology | 6.0 |
10930 | Paleobotany and Palynology | 6.0 |
10931 | Invertebrates Paleontology | 6.0 |
10927 | Paleontology and Evolution | 6.0 |
10929 | Systematics and Taxonomy | 6.0 |
2.º Semester | ||
Code | Name | ECTS |
10935 | Micropaleontology | 6.0 |
10934 | Vertebrate Paleontology | 6.0 |
10936 | Taphonomy and Paleoecology | 6.0 |
2.º Semester - Opções | ||
Code | Name | ECTS |
Options | ||
10939 | Archeozoology and Archeobotany | 6.0 |
10944 | Dynamics of Sedimentary Basins | 6.0 |
10941 | Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Processes | 6.0 |
10938 | Geochronology Applied to Paleontology | 6.0 |
10937 | Geochemistry Applied to Paleontology | 6.0 |
11963 | Option | 12.0 |
10943 | Geological Heritage and Museology | 6.0 |
O aluno deverá obter 12.0 créditos nesta opção. |
2.º Year | ||
Code | Name | ECTS |
10945 | Master Thesis in Paleontology | 60.0 |