ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Areas: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
To establish the relevance of the interaction of living beings with the geological and edaphic environment and its importance as a factor of biodiversity, as well as the implications in terms of understanding, conservation and management, through the acquisition of skills and abilities to: differentiate the main types of rocks, morphogenetic environments and soils; identify the factors of the physical environment that condition biodiversity; integrate geological, geomorphological and soil information in studies of the natural environment.
Program of theoretical classes
Item 1. Concept of geodiversity. Implications for the development of different habitat types. (1 hour).
Item 2. Geological materials: composition, structure and properties. (2 hours)
Item 3. External geological processes in the main morpho-climatic environments. Lithological and structural reliefs. (3 hours)
Item 4. Soil ecosystem functions (1 hour)
Item 5. Soil diversity: formation factors, soil genetic processes and soil distribution (3 hours)
Item 6. Soil as a biodiversity factor (2 hours)
Program of interactive classes
Seminars
Two one-hour seminars, each dealing with specific examples of the analysis of the influence of geodiversity and soil-diversity on the emergence and development of different habitat types. (2 hour)
Field trip
A tour will be made in which the relationships between geology, soils and habitats will be analysed in the field, using the landscape as a unit of integration. (5 hours).
Tutorials
Monitoring student learning. The doubts raised by the students will be clarified and those issues that present the greatest difficulties will be studied in depth.
Basic bibliography
- Tarbuck, E.J. y Lutgens, F.K., 2013. Ciencias de la Tierra: una introducción a la Geología Física. 10ª ed. Madrid: Pearson.
Biblioteca de Bioloxía: A TG 197 M 1
A TG 197 M 2
A TG 197 N
A TG 197 O 1
A TG 197 P 1
A TG 197 Q 1
- Porta, J., López-Acevedo, M., Poch, R.M. 2008. Introducción a la Edafología. Uso y protección del suelo. Mundi-Prensa.
Biblioteca de Bioloxía: A TS 82
Biblioteca de Farmacia: TS 449
- Driessen PM., Deckers, JA., Spaargaren, OC., Nachtergaele, FO. 2001. Lecture Notes on the Major Soils of the World. World Soil Resources Reports 94. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. http://www.isric.org/Isric/Webdocs/Docs/Major_Soils_of_the_World/start… ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/agll/docs/wsrr94e.pdf
Complementary bibliography
- Breemen, N. Van., Buurman, P. 2002. Soil formation. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic.
- Buol S.W., Southard R.J., Graham R.C., McDaniel P.A. 2003. Soil Genesis and Classification. Ames (Iowa) : Iowa State University Press
- European Bureau Network. 2005. Soil Atlas of Europe. European Comission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Louxemburg. http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/soil_atlas/Download.cfm
- Gallardo J.F. 2016. The soils of Spain. Springer
- Gutiérrez Elorza, M. 2008. Geomorfología. Pearson Educación. Madrid.
- IUSS Grupo de trabajo WRB. 2014. Base Referencial Mundial del Recurso Suelo. Un marco conceptual para la clasificación, correlación y comunicación internacional. Actualización 2015. Informes sobre Recursos Mundiales de Suelos 106. FAO, Roma. http://www.fao.org/3/i3794es/I3794es.pdf
- Juma, N.G. 1999. The Pedosphere and its Dynamics. A Systemes Approach to Soil Science. Vol1. Salman Productions, Edmonton.
- Pipkin, B.; Trent, D.D.; Hazlett, R. y Bierman, P. 2011. Geology and the environment. Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning. USA.
Basic and general competences
Those specified in Degree memory.
Specific skills
CE1 - Know how to identify geological and geomorphological aspects relevant to understanding biodiversity.
CE2 - To know the environmental factors that condition edafodiversity.
CE3 - To know the soil conditioning factors of biodiversity.
Transversal skills
CT4 - Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and updated information.
CT9 - Use of bibliographic and Internet information.
CT10- Use of information in foreign languages.
CT11- Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of knowledge.
Scenario 1 (no restrictions on physical attendance)
Lecture sessions
Alternating lectures, which offer the possibility of focusing on the most important aspects of each subject, with debates and questions. These classes will focus on the understanding of the concepts of the subject and will offer a global vision. Activities supported by audiovisual and computer media; and different formats (theory, problems and/or general examples, general guidelines of the subject), promoting participation. The most recommendable resources for the subsequent preparation of the subject in depth will also be indicated.
Interactive sessions
Tutorials and Seminars: debates and questions, promoting student participation under the guidance and direction of the teaching staff to study in detail important aspects of the subject that cannot be dealt with in depth in the theoretical classes.
The seminars aim to reinforce the learning of concepts, and to develop the instrumental, systemic and interpersonal skills necessary for problem solving.
Tutorials will be individual or in a very small group, to clarify doubts, provide information or guide students, as well as to know the progress in the acquisition of competences.
Field trips and work: tutored field trip to observe and learn to identify in the environment the interactions between the biotope and biocenosis, and the consequences for biodiversity. In the personal work, the activity will be oriented to the practical application of the knowledge acquired.
To facilitate the preparation and monitoring of all activities by students, the virtual classroom will be used on the Moodle platform of the USC and MS Teams.
Provided that their organisation is compatible with the adoption of the measures established in the health protection protocols of the University of Santiago de Compostela in force at any given time, the lecture and seminar activities will be carried out synchronously and face-to-face at the USC headquarters or by videoconference at the headquarters of the other participating universities.
If the number of students enrolled in the subject and the availability of transport allows it, the field trips will be entirely face-to-face and attendance by students is compulsory.
Scenario 1 (no restrictions on physical attendance)
The knowledge, skills and abilities acquired shall be fully assessed by continuous evaluation on the basis of:
- A case study carried out at the conclusion of the subject and in which there is a period of not less than 1 month for completion,
- Asynchronous works that can be submitted up to one month after the conclusion of the subject,
- Activities and tests (e.g. multi-response test) proposed in the classroom or through the virtual classroom,
- Active participation (pre-preparation, elaboration of issues, provision of information) in field activities,
- Attendance at each of the proposed activities in this area will be valued.
In order to pass the subject, it is compulsory to attend the field trip and carry out the case study. A minimum mark of 4 (out of 10) is required for the case study to be added to the rest of the continuous assessment activities.
The marks for the different continuous assessment activities will be retained for the following two examinations, provided that they are equal to or higher than 50% of the maximum mark achievable in each of them.
In the case of fraudulent exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the Evaluation of Students' Academic Performance and for the Review of Grades shall apply.
The competencies evaluation will be carried out as follows:
- With the case study the competences are evaluated: CT4, CT9, CT11, CE1, CE2, CE3
- With the classroom synchronous and asynchronous virtual work, the following competencies are evaluated: CT4, CT10, CE1, CE2, CE3
- With the field work the competencies are evaluated: CT4, CT9, CT10, CT11, CE1, CE2, CE3
Presencial time in classes:
Lecture and seminars sessions: 15 hours
Interactive sessions:
Laboratory/Field work: 5 hours
Tutorials classes: 1 hours
Examination time: 2 hours
Total presencial hours: 23 hours
Student individual work
Individual study: 22 hours
Preparation of the case study report: 18 horas
Other activities (tutorials, tests, preparation for field trips, recommended readings): 10 hours
Total hours of student´s personal work: 50 hours
Total hours of dedication to the subject: 23 + 50 = 73 hours
Attendance and active participation in all activities
Consult the recommended bibliography
Use of virtual work and communication channels
Contingency Plan
Following the guidelines of the "Contingency plan for the development of teaching in the academic year 2021-2022" approved on 30 April 2021, all the teaching activities to be developed in the subject were adapted to the different probable scenarios.
Teaching methodology
Scenario 2 (partial restrictions on physical attendance)
If the distance rules cannot be guaranteed, the lecture and seminar activities will be carried out synchronously and face-to-face, using the virtual platforms made available by the USC (MS Teams, Moodle, etc), provided that their organisation is compatible with the adoption of the measures established in the health protection protocols of the University of Santiago de Compostela in force at any given time.
If the number of students enrolled in the subject and the availability of transport allow it, the field trips will be entirely face-to-face and, if this is not the case, they will be virtual and synchronous teaching.
The tutorials will be entirely virtual using the virtual platforms made available by the USC (MS Teams, Moodle, etc.).
Scenario 3 (facility closure)
The lecture and seminar activities will be entirely virtual, synchronous and face-to-face using the virtual platforms made available by the USC (MS Teams, Moodle, etc.).
Field trips will be virtual and synchronous, using the virtual platforms provided by the USC (MS Teams, Moodle, etc.).
The tutorials will be entirely virtual, using the virtual platforms made available by the USC (MS Teams, Moodle, etc.).
Assessment system
Scenario 2 (partial restrictions on physical attendance)
The knowledge, skills and abilities acquired shall be fully assessed by continuous evaluation on the basis of:
- A case study carried out at the conclusion of the subject and in which there is a period of not less than 1 month for completion,
- Asynchronous works that can be submitted up to one month after the conclusion of the subject,
- Activities and tests (e.g. multi-response test) proposed in the classroom or through the virtual classroom,
- Active participation (pre-preparation, elaboration of issues, provision of information) in field activities,
- Attendance at each of the proposed activities in this area will be valued.
For the resolution and delivery of tests and reports associated with all continuous assessment activities, virtual tools will be used, taking advantage of the capabilities of the virtual classroom of the Moodle platform and the institutional e-mail of teaching staff and students.
Scenario 3 (facility closure)
For the resolution and delivery of tests and reports associated with all continuous assessment activities, virtual tools will be used, taking advantage of the capabilities of the virtual classroom of the Moodle platform and the institutional e-mail of teaching staff and students.
Teresa Maria Taboada Rodriguez
- Department
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Area
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Phone
- 881813289
- teresa.taboada [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Francisco Xabier Pontevedra Pombal
Coordinador/a- Department
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Area
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Phone
- 881813238
- xabier.pombal [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 09:30-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish, Galician | Seminar Room 4 Jacques Ives Cousteau |