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Geology

ОК 09.

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2025/2026

1 Semester

4

Ability to learn and acquire up-to-date knowledge (GC08). Ability to engage in abstract thinking, analysis, and synthesis (GC15). Knowledge and understanding of the theoretical foundations of Earth sciences as a complex natural system (SK01). Ability to collect, record, and analyze data, including geospatial data, using appropriate methods and technological tools in field and laboratory settings (SK03). Ability to apply quantitative methods in the study of the geospheres and the results of their interactions (SK04). Ability to comprehensively analyze the composition and structure of the geospheres (SK05). Ability to independently investigate natural materials (in accordance with one’s specialization) in field and laboratory settings, and to describe, analyze, document, and report on the results (SK08). Ability to identify and classify known objects in the geospheres, as well as register new ones, and to describe their properties and inherent processes (SK10).

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The course covers topics from various fields of modern geology: geophysics, geochemistry, general, dynamic, and historical geology, and geotectonics. The course is structured into three main sections. Part 1 explores the significance of the Earth’s geophysical characteristics in the development and functioning of the Earth’s crust, and introduces students to modern models of the Earth’s structure and the lithosphere, as well as their chemical composition. Special attention is given to theoretical and practical aspects of identifying minerals and rocks. Part 2 is devoted to the study of external and internal geodynamic processes, their relationship to physical-geographical conditions, and the structures of the Earth’s crust. Part 3 is devoted to the study of historical geology: the scientific foundations of the Earth’s periodization, methods for reconstructing the history of its development, the major geostructures of the Earth’s crust, and the characteristics of their evolution. The course “Geology” is a required course in the educational program “Hydrology, Use, and Conservation of Water Resources” for the E4 Earth Sciences major.

1. Bortnik, S. Yu., Pogorilchuk, N. M., and Kovtonyuk, O. V. Fundamentals of Mineralogy and Petrography: A Textbook. Kyiv: VGL “Obrii,” 2008. 2. Nesterovskyi, V. A., Bortnyk, S. Yu., Pogorilchuk, N. M., and Kovtoniuk, O. V. Fundamentals of Mineralogy and Petrography: Textbook. Kyiv: Kyiv University Publishing Center, 2011. 3. Svynko, Y. M., and Syvyi, M. Ya. Geology: Textbook. Kyiv: “Lybid,” 2003. 4. Fundamentals of Geology: A Practical Guide for Geography Majors / S.Y. Bortnyk, N.M. Pogorilchuk, O.V. Kovtonyuk. – Kyiv: Phoenix, 2019. – 78 pp. http://geo.univ.kiev.ua/images/doc_file/navch_lit/Osnovy_geologii_Pogorilchuk.pdf 5. Fundamentals of General Geology: A Practical Workbook / S.Yu. Bortnyk, N.M. Pogorilchuk, O.V. Kovtonyuk. – Kyiv, 2022. 164 pp. https://geo.knu.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/posibnyk-praktykum-pogorilchuk_bortnyk2022.pdf

Lectures, laboratory classes, surveys in test and written form, exam.

Semester evaluation: the number of points that the student receives during the term of studying the discipline is the sum of the points obtained during the evaluation of the completed laboratory work, survey and writing of modular control papers. Conditions for admission to the exam: the recommended minimum for admission is 30 points. For students who scored a total of less than 30 points (recommended minimum), writing essays on missed or insufficiently mastered topics is a mandatory condition for admission to the exam. The final evaluation in the form of an exam is conducted in writing. The maximum number of points on the exam is 40 points, the minimum number of points added to the semester ones is 30 points.

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