Palaeontology
Punta di Maiata. Photo: Jan Backman
In this course, students will learn about the evolutionary history of life; mass extinctions; the main categories of fossil animals and plants through time, including microfossils and pollen; the use of fossil archives in the interpretation of environments and chronology; as well as the interplay between evolution, ecology, global nutrient cycles, atmospheric composition and climate systems through Earth history.
Course evaluations allow the possibility to affect and take responsibility for your own learning and gives important information for our work with pedagogical development.
It's important that all students complete the course evaluations after each course, it gives the Department the opportunity to improve the courses' quality.
The course evaluation is composed of a number of questions and specific questions for each course. If you, as a student, want to contribute with more course specific questions you may send them to studies@geo.su.se.
If you haven't received the course evaluation for your finished course, or if you have other questions regarding course evaluations at IGV please contact studies@geo.su.se.
Course evaluation = student's review of the course
Course report = course leader's reflections about the review
- Course report fall term 2024 pdf, 104.6 kB.
- Course evaluation fall term 2024 pdf, 108.7 kB.
- Course report spring term 2024 pdf, 110.5 kB.
- Course evaluation spring term 2024 pdf, 101.4 kB.
- Course evaluation spring term 2023 pdf, 102 kB.
- Course report spring term 2023 pdf, 89.5 kB.
- Course evaluation spring term 2022 pdf, 228.3 kB.
*If the PDF files are not accessible for you to read, kindly contact studies@geo.su.se
Student counsellor
elisabeth.dacker@geo.su.se
08-674 78 70
Course leader
Helen Coxall (Professor of Marine micropaleontology)
helen.coxall@geo.su.se
08-674 78 58
Teacher
Sam Slater
sam.slater@nrm.se
Teacher
Timothy Topper
Timothy.Topper@nrm.se
