Students should be able to recognise minerals and rocks. He/she should be able to know the Earth System and how it can be studied in order to be able to operate whether the system moves from its equilibrium

The student should know physics and chemistry

Crust, mantle and core of the Earth.
Minerals: Physical and chemical properties of minerals. How to study minerals. Clasification of minerals.
Rocks: Diffent kind of rocks (volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary).
Geological times
Faults and deformations
Surficial processes
Internal processe: earthquake, plate tectonics...
Environmental mineralogy and geochemistry.

Fred Bell Geologia ambientale Teoria e pratica
Benedetto De Vivo et al Geochimica ambientale
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Crust, mantle and core of the Earth.
Minerals: Physical and chemical properties of minerals. How to study minerals. Clasification of minerals.
Rocks: Diffent kind of rocks (volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary).
Geological times
Faults and deformations
Surficial processes
Internal processe: earthquake, plate tectonics...
Environmental mineralogy and geochemistry

Lessons and seminars

Evaluation method: oral exam on the topics of the course (5-10 questions).
Evaluation criteria: examinations are aimed at ascertain the students’ knowledge of the topic of the course. Marks are expressed as /30.
The evaluations are expressed according to the following criteria:
-Excellent (30 -30 laude): excellent knowledge of the topics, excellent language properties, excellent analytical skills.
-Very good (27 -29): good knowledge of topics, remarkable language properties, good analytical skills.
-Good (24-26): good knowledge of the main topics, good language properties.
-Satisfactory (21-23): the student does not show full mastery of the topics main teaching, while possessing the fundamental knowledge.
-Sufficient (18-20): minimum knowledge of the main topics of teaching and technical language.
-Insufficient (<18): the student does not have an acceptable knowledge of the contents of the different topics of the program.