Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Fundamentals in Geosciences (17.GI102)

Native organizations units: Department of Civil Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Geodesy and Geoinformatics (Godina: 1, Summer)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Geotechnics
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	3

Educational goal:

To acquire basic and applied knowledge in the field of geodesy, geomatics and geoinformatics. Introducing the areas of geosciences and scientific geodisciplines.

Educational outcome:

Acquired knowledge is used in professional courses, as well as in the recognition and in solving the engineering problems.

Course content:

Lecture content: - Elements of cosmology - Solar system - Atmosphere and meteorology - Hydrosphere and hydrology - Earth`s core - Earth`s rotation - Geophysics – gravitational field, magnetic field, heating field, geoelectric field - Electrical properties of rocks and seismic methods - Geology – minerals and rocks, geological timing, tectonics and relief, hydrogeology - Seismology - Domains of geosciences – geostatics, ecology, biology Practice content: Practical application of the presented concepts from lectures.

Teaching methods:

Prerequisites: obligatory tasks, during the teaching process. Teaching methods and knowledge evaluation: - Lectures; computing practice, consultations - A part of the course content making a logical unit can be taken as a partial examination. Final examination: oral part of the examination.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Glavatović, B.	Osnovi geonauka	2005	Seizmološki zavod Crne Gore, Podgorica	Serbian language
Davis, R.E., Foote, F.S.	Surveying theory and practice	1953	McGraw-Hill, New York	English