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SED 312 Geology and Astronomy
1st Semester, School Year 2022-2023
Part I
PHILOSOPHY Total human development with appropriate competencies
VISION A globally competitive university
MISSION Provides high quality instruction, research and extension
GOAL To lead in transforming human resources into productive self-reliant
citizens and responsible leaders
Graduate Professionally competent, Committed and responsible leader,
Attributes Effective communicator and collaborator, Critical thinker and
innovator, Reflective lifelong learner, and Responsible environment
steward
Core Values SERVICE: Service to our stakeholders
PRODUCTIVITY: Productivity with passion for work
EXCELLENCE: Excellence in our programs through scholarly
undertakings
COMMITMENT: Commitment in delivering our mandates
INNOVATIVENESS: Innovation towards attaining operative systems,
breakthroughs, and milestone
ADVOCACY: Advocacy in transforming lives
LEADERSHIP: Leadership for transformation, Empowerment,
and sustainable development
Program 1. To empower science educators with knowledge, processes/skills,
Outcomes attitudes, and values to adapt with the fast changes in science
and technology.
2. To produce science educators who could institute effective
management and governance of science programs and develop a
dynamic science and technology culture for Filipinos.
3. To develop the skills and capabilities of science educators in
implementing research, extension, and developmental activities.
Course Credit 3
Course This lecture-laboratory course presents an overall scope,
Description complexity, and interconnectedness of geology, meteorology,
and astronomy covering the origin of the universe, solar system, and
the earth. It also covers Earth processes, both past and present; the
structure, composition, and fundamental materials of the earth;
plate tectonics, the atmosphere, weather, and climate; earth’s water
resources, and the Earth’s place in the universe. Earth’s resources
and environmental topics will be stressed presenting environmental
or geological problems such as volcanoes, earthquakes, climate,
landslides, groundwater, rivers, wind, glaciers, ocean, mineral and
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energy resources and physiographic features of the Philippines. Also
included are topics on space science, space exploration, the solar
systems including the sun, planets, and moons and the formation of
stars, galaxies, and the universe. Special emphasis will be given to
the Earth’s climate – its past climate, the changing composition, the
interplay between heating from the sun, the oceans, and climate, -
and climate modeling detailing climate change and human influences
on climate.
Contact 3 hrs/week
Hours/Week
Course none
Prerequisite/s
Course At the end of the term, the graduate student shall be able to;
Outcomes a. be equipped with geologic principles, theories and concepts
used to understand our planet earth;
b. be knowledgeable of the composition, history, natural forces,
physical properties, and overall structure of the solid
substances that make up our planet;
c. develop the ability, skills, and competence in analyzing and
interpreting past geologic data, events and processes and
relate these with the present and future;
d. appreciate and value the practical application of geology /
earth science as well as its commercial importance to all life
forms particularly to human existence and his influence on the
planet in the past and future; and
e. apply the learned geologic / earth science concepts and
principles in the actual field.
Course 1. Submission of PowerPoint presentation of recent research
Requirements findings (2016-2022) that add knowledge to geology /
astronomy
2. Submission of a narrative report based from a field study
Grading System Class Standing 40%
Individual discussion of assigned topics (25%)
Activity Sheets/Instructional material/Project (15%)
Midterm and Final Examinations 40%
Research Outputs 20%
Total 100%
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Course Outline and Timeframe
Time Course Content/Subject Matter
Frame
1
August 27,
1. Science Education Orientation
2022
2. Introduction
a. Geosciences and geology defined
b. Closely related scientific fields of geology / earth science
c. Practical application of geology/ earth science-economic
2–3-4-5-6 (mining, hydrocarbon exploration), environmental,
structural, engineering
September
d. History of geology / earth science
3, e. Principles and theories of geology / earth science-cross-
10,17 ,24, cutting relationships; inclusions and components;
2022 uniformitarianism; original horizontality; superposition;
faunal succession; plate tectonics (seafloor spreading and
October 1, continental drift); diastrophism
2022 f. Methods of geology / earth science-field and laboratory;
absolute and radiometric reading; radiocarbon dating;
dendrochronology; geochronology; maps and map reading
(importance, basic features, types of maps); concepts of
time (measuring time, standard time, international dateline,
year measured)
3. Birth of the Earth or Earth’s Formation
7-8 a. Before earth, origin of the solar system, earth is born,
formation of earth, conditions on early earth,
October 8, supercontinents, origin of oceans, first life and atmosphere
15, 2022
9
October 22,
2022
Midterm
10
October 29, RESEARCH DAY
2022
4. Our Evolving Planet – The Earth Structure
a. Age, size, shape, motions of the earth (rotation, revolution
and their effects), earth’s relations to sun and moon
b. Whole earth structure and geologic materials
11
Structures and composition of the earth – land
November 5, surface, water surface, interior structure-core,
2022 mantle, crust
Rocks – rock cycle and structure, stratification;
sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks---their
uses
Minerals – occurrence, names, classification,
formation, identification, properties, importance
Soil – profile/horizon, types
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5. Earth’s Four Interactive Spheres that constantly influence
each other (Dana, Maribeth)
a. Atmosphere – layers, composition, importance, air pollution
b. Biosphere – all life forms, biomes, evolution, fossils---their
importance
c. Hydrosphere – saltwater (oceans, seas, bays, estuaries);
11 -12
freshwater (geysers, hot springs, lakes, swamps, rivers,
November streams, waterfalls-their importance); shallow and deep
12, 19, 2022 groundwater and well; water in living organisms; water in
rocks and minerals; wetlands; water in air; cryosphere;
water cycle---their importance; water pollution
d. Geosphere
Land Forms – volcanoes, geysers and hot springs, rift valleys
and fault lines, mountain ranges, rivers and waterfalls,
fjords, ice fields and glaciers, canyons and gorges, deserts,
sinkholes, inland land forms, coastal land forms, karst and
caves---their importance
a. Geological Processes / Forces That Shape the Earth (Mark,
Dennis, Cecil, Francisco)
b. Diastrophism – types and features of earth movement
c. Earthquakes – causes of earthquakes, seismic waves, seismic
sea waves or tsunami, effects of earthquakes, earthquake
predictions, the Philippines as an earthquake country,
intensity and magnitude
d. Mountains – orogenesis, classification and kinds of
13 -14 mountains, Philippine mountains, economic values of
mountains
November e. Plateaus – elevation, origin, economic values, life history of
26, 2022
plateaus
December 3, f. Plains – origins, plains of deposition, economic values, life
2022 history of plains
g. Volcanism – lava and magma, types of volcanic eruption,
products of eruption, ecologic and economic importance of
volcanic eruption and its products, distribution of volcanoes,
life history of a volcano, intrusive volcanism, formation and
location of volcanoes, active and inactive volcanoes,
Philippine volcanoes, worldwide volcanoes, precautions,
alert and warning signals during volcanic eruptions
h. Weathering, erosion, transport, deposition, siltation, etc.
(causes, effects and control)
6. Oceanography
a. Coastlines and coastal areas
15 b. The ocean floor-zones of the ocean depth, topography of the
December seafloor
10 , 2022 c. The seas and oceans of the world-physical, chemical and
properties; their economic importance
d. Oceanographic instruments
7. Meteorology and Astronomy (Rhandy)
16 Clouds
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Weather Satellite – for weather analysis
Climate and Weather – weather forecasting, weather
December
10 , 2022 elements, weather instruments, wind, weather
disturbances (tropical cyclones, monsoons, ITCZ,
storms/typhoons, tornadoes, colt front, easterly waves)
Weather Satellite Data – modern weather analysis
17
December
17, 2022
Research Colloquium
18
December
24, 2022
Final Examination
References:
E-Books
Edited By Hamid Hemmati. 2021. Near-Earth Laser Communications 2 nd Ed. Boca
Raton, Crc Press
May, Andrew. 2019. Cosmic Impact: Understanding The Threat To Earth From
Asteroids And Comets. Uk. Icon Books Ltd.
Lutgens, Frederick K.2017. Foundations Of Earth Science. Nj. Pearson
Lenton, Tim.2016. Earth System Science: A Very Short Introduction. United
Kingdom. Oxford University Press
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FLORDILIZA B. DALUMAY FLORDILIZA B. DALUMAY ISIDRO L. DURAN
Instructor/Professor Program Chair Dean
Date: January 10, 2022 Date: January 10, 2022 Date: January 11, 2022
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