Geology. (offered by the Department of Environmental Sciences). Telephone
number 012 352 4290. 1 ... Introduction to petrology and South African
stratigraphy.
Geology (offered by the Department of Environmental Sciences) Telephone number 012 352 4290
General Information
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Geology is not offered as a major subject. Students must qualify for admission to the theoretical and practical examinations by submitting satisfactory answers to a minimum number of assignments for each of the modules concerned before specified dates. Students who cannot attend the practical work in Potchefstroom on the dates indicated under 4.2 may not register for GEL114. Dates CANNOT be changed. The use of a pocket calculator is permissible in the examinations for GEL111 and 113. Students who passed any four papers for Geology I prior to 2007 retain credit for the paper(s) passed. Credit for a degree is granted for either GEL115, GEL112, GEL116 and GEL114 OR GEL111, GEL112, GEL113 and GEL114.
Transitional Arrangements
2 Study unit passed
Modules which may not be taken
Outstanding modules
GEL111
GEL115
GEL112, GEL116, GEL114
GEL113
GEL116
GEL112, GEL115, GEL114
Syllabus
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GEL1123 Crystallography and mineralogy* Co-requisite: CSS101 Purpose: to gain a basic understanding of the physical and chemical properties of minerals, the general use of minerals, and the application of their properties in industry. GEL1145 Practical Co-requisite: GEL112, CSS101 Purpose: to enable students to apply the theoretical knowledge they gained in GEL111, 112 and 113 in practical experience with the identifying of common crystals, common rock-forming minerals, common igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock, and the interpretation of simple geological maps. GEL1156 Environmental geology Purpose: to enable the individual learner to gain knowledge and competencies concerning the Earth as a system of interrelating subsystems such as climate, lithosphere and plate tectonic subsystems being of utmost importance for the biosphere. Qualified learners will gain understanding of the surface processes taking place on, and in the Earth’s crust and its relation to human activity and impact of these activities on nature. GEL1168 Introduction to petrology and South African stratigraphy Purpose: to enable the individual learner to gain knowledge and competencies concerning the origin of the three major rock types, rock-forming minerals, and the characteristic textures and structures of these rock types. The qualified learner will be able to comprehend the distribution of the different rock types and their chronological order in South Africa.
Practical Work
3
(offered by the Department of Life Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus) Telephone number 018 299 2524 There are no supplementary examinations in practical modules. 3.1 WEIGHT OF PRACTICAL WORK In the following module the percentage of the total mark awarded for the practical work shall be as follows: GEL114 ......................................................................100% 3.2 DATES OF PRACTICAL WORK AND EXAMINATIONS Module
Dates of practical work
Date of practical examination
GEL114
1 to 6 September
6 September
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