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GEOL 6353: INTRODUCTION TO MICROPALEONTOLOGY will be offered by Internet by the Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, in the Fall Semester 1996. It is hoped that this online mode of distance education will provide a unique opportunity for interested persons who do not happen to live near a university offering micropaleontology courses, or who for other reasons are unable to enroll in a traditional on-campus course, to learn more about the interdisciplinary science of micropaleontology. Course description: Micropaleontology is the study of microscopic fossils, especially of plants, animals, and protists. This course is an introductory survey of the major groups of microfossils, including calcareous, siliceous, phosphatic and organic-walled types (foraminifera, ostracodes, pteropods, calcareous nannofossils, radiolarians, diatoms, dinoflagellates, conodonts, etc.). The skeletal anatomy, biology, mode of life, and geologic history of these benthic and planktic, marine and nonmarine organisms will be reviewed. Applications of micropaleontology to interdisciplinary research in biostratigraphy, paleoecology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and environmental science will be featured. The instructor will be Dr. Rosalie F. Maddocks, Professor of Geosciences, University of Houston. This course offers 3 semester hours of graduate credit in Geosciences. For information regarding the applicability of this credit to an advanced degree, the student should contact the institution offering that degree program. Students must apply and be admitted to the University of Houston. It is expected that students will have completed a baccalaureate degree. A general familiarity with biological and geological principles is expected, which may have been gained in elementary Biology, Geology, Paleontology, or Oceanography courses. The course will be conducted in English, and all students should have competence in reading and writing scientific English. The course will be delivered by Internet, and all students must have an e-mail address. Telephone, Fax and Postal Mail may also be used as needed. Prospective students are invited to contact one of the following people for more information. Dr. Rosalie F. Maddocks, Professor Department of Geosciences University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-5503, U.S.A. Telephone: (713) 743-3429 Fax: (713) 748-7906 E-Mail: rmaddocks@uh.edu Ms. Gwendolyn Choice, Advising Assistant Geosciences Department University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-5503 Telephone: 713-743-3401 Fax: 713-748-7906 E-mail: gchoice@uh.edu Ms. Melissa Cantrell, Coordinator West Houston Institute University of Houston 4242 South Mason Road Katy TX 77450 Telephone: 713-395-2800 ext. 6070 Fax: 713-395-2629 E-mail: cantrell@jetson.uh.edu http://www.nsm.uh.edu/amicropaleo.html --------------------------------------------------------------- Rosalie F. Maddocks rmaddocks@uh.edu Department of Geosciences, University of Houston Houston, Texas 77204-5503 USA (713) 743-3429 fax: (713) 748-7906 http://www.geosc.uh.edu/geosciences.html
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