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Origins and Organization of Life on Earth

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Course ID: WF-OB-POZZ
Erasmus code / ISCED: 07.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title: Origins and Organization of Life on Earth
Name in Polish: Powstanie i organizacja życia na Ziemi
Organizational unit: Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla 1 roku Ochrony Środowiska
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 0 OR 4.00 (depends on study program) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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Language: Polish
Subject level:

intermediate
Learning outcome code/codes:

OB1_W02

OB1_W05

OB1_U11
Short description:

One of the "ideas" of our species is to understand the origins of life and to try to organize living forms. Human being, being an element of animate nature, is subject to transformations himself. The aim of the course is to present the development of life with particular emphasis on the development of our species.
Full description:

1. Concepts of species, speciation, niche…. (2g)

2. Towards clarity of terms: evolution, evolutionism, theory (s) of evolution. (2g)

3. 'Ape-human' specificity of man. (2g)

4. Outline of the taxonomy of contemporary primates. (2g)

5. Specificity of the Primates order. (2g)

6. Reasons for affirmation of the cranial concept of anthropogenesis.. (2g)

7. Reasons for affirmation of the bipedal concept of anthropogenesis. (2g)

8. Life space and characteristics of the oldest African hominid forms. (3g)

9. Life space and characteristics of Homo habilis and Homo erectus. (2g)

10. Life space and characteristics of Homo neanderthalensis. (3g)

11. In search of a definition of Homo sapiens. (2g)

12. Concepts of evolution. (2g)

13. Prehistoric and contemporary trends in social changes of our species. (2g)

14. Historical and methodological basis of the conflict of creationism with evolutionism. (2g)
Bibliography:

1) Foley R., 2001, Zanim człowieka stał się człowiekiem, PIW, Warszawa.

2) Klein R., 1999, The Human Career. Human Biological and Cultural Origins, Chicago.

3) Lewin R., 2002, Wprowadzenie do ewolucji człowieka, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

4) Malinowski A., 1999, Wstęp do antropologii i ekologii człowieka, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź.

5) Mayr E., 2002, To jest biologia, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

6) Stringer C., Mackie R., 1999, Afrykański Exodus, pochodzenie człowieka współczesnego, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

7) Tomczyk J., Hałaczek B., 2008, U progów ludzkości, UKSW, Warszawa.

8) Tomczyk J., 2006, Meandry taksonomii kopalnych hominidów. Aspekty historyczno-metodologiczne. w: A. Lemańska, M. Lubański (red.), Z zagadnień filozofii przyrodoznawstwa i filozofii przyrody. T.18, Wyd. UKSW, Warszawa, 19-216.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

Knowledge: Student knows the stories of the creation of the cosmos, the Earth and life on Earth; sees the development of the living world; lists and defines the relationships between different groups of organisms; characterized breaking processes shaping the emergence and the development of life on Earth; explains the functioning of the various ecological processes; explains the relationships between individuals, communities, ecosystems, energy flow and circulation of matter in the ecosystem and geospherae.

Skills: student describes the processes extending space and geospherae; uses special terminology in the field of ecology and evolution.

Competences: Student develops awareness of the functioning of the cosmos, geospherae and biospherae, and evaluates the change processes in the geospherae and biospherae, assess their competences, cares about the integrity of his work, applications and decisions.

ECTS [1 ECTS = 30 (25) hours]: participation in the lecture: 30 hours. preparation for the Colloquium and exam: 50 h. total hours: 80 [80/30 (25) = 2.7] the number of ECTS CREDITS: 3
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Written exam: test
Practical placement:

absent

Classes in period "Summer semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2022-02-01 - 2022-06-30
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours, 50 places more information
Coordinators: Jacek Tomczyk
Group instructors: Jacek Tomczyk
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Lectures - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Short description:

One of the "ideas" of our species is to understand the origins of life and to try to organize living forms. Human being, being an element of animate nature, is subject to transformations himself. The aim of the course is to present the development of life with particular emphasis on the development of our species.
Full description:

1. Concepts of species, speciation, niche…. (2g)

2. Towards clarity of terms: evolution, evolutionism, theory (s) of evolution. (2g)

3. 'Ape-human' specificity of man. (2g)

4. Outline of the taxonomy of contemporary primates. (2g)

5. Specificity of the Primates order. (2g)

6. Reasons for affirmation of the cranial concept of anthropogenesis.. (2g)

7. Reasons for affirmation of the bipedal concept of anthropogenesis. (2g)

8. Life space and characteristics of the oldest African hominid forms. (3g)

9. Life space and characteristics of Homo habilis and Homo erectus. (2g)

10. Life space and characteristics of Homo neanderthalensis. (3g)

11. In search of a definition of Homo sapiens. (2g)

12. Concepts of evolution. (2g)

13. Prehistoric and contemporary trends in social changes of our species. (2g)

14. Historical and methodological basis of the conflict of creationism with evolutionism. (2g)
Bibliography:

1) Foley R., 2001, Zanim człowieka stał się człowiekiem, PIW, Warszawa.

2) Klein R., 1999, The Human Career. Human Biological and Cultural Origins, Chicago.

3) Lewin R., 2002, Wprowadzenie do ewolucji człowieka, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

4) Malinowski A., 1999, Wstęp do antropologii i ekologii człowieka, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź.

5) Mayr E., 2002, To jest biologia, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

6) Stringer C., Mackie R., 1999, Afrykański Exodus, pochodzenie człowieka współczesnego, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

7) Tomczyk J., Hałaczek B., 2008, U progów ludzkości, UKSW, Warszawa.

8) Tomczyk J., 2006, Meandry taksonomii kopalnych hominidów. Aspekty historyczno-metodologiczne. w: A. Lemańska, M. Lubański (red.), Z zagadnień filozofii przyrodoznawstwa i filozofii przyrody. T.18, Wyd. UKSW, Warszawa, 19-216.
Wymagania wstępne:

Basic knowledge in the field of biology and geography.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2023-02-01 - 2023-06-30
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours, 50 places more information
Coordinators: Jacek Tomczyk
Group instructors: Jacek Tomczyk
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Lectures - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Short description:

One of the "ideas" of our species is to understand the origins of life and to try to organize living forms. Human being, being an element of animate nature, is subject to transformations himself. The aim of the course is to present the development of life with particular emphasis on the development of our species.
Full description:

1. Concepts of species, speciation, niche…. (2g)

2. Towards clarity of terms: evolution, evolutionism, theory (s) of evolution. (2g)

3. 'Ape-human' specificity of man. (2g)

4. Outline of the taxonomy of contemporary primates. (2g)

5. Specificity of the Primates order. (2g)

6. Reasons for affirmation of the cranial concept of anthropogenesis.. (2g)

7. Reasons for affirmation of the bipedal concept of anthropogenesis. (2g)

8. Life space and characteristics of the oldest African hominid forms. (3g)

9. Life space and characteristics of Homo habilis and Homo erectus. (2g)

10. Life space and characteristics of Homo neanderthalensis. (3g)

11. In search of a definition of Homo sapiens. (2g)

12. Concepts of evolution. (2g)

13. Prehistoric and contemporary trends in social changes of our species. (2g)

14. Historical and methodological basis of the conflict of creationism with evolutionism. (2g)
Bibliography:

1) Foley R., 2001, Zanim człowieka stał się człowiekiem, PIW, Warszawa.

2) Klein R., 1999, The Human Career. Human Biological and Cultural Origins, Chicago.

3) Lewin R., 2002, Wprowadzenie do ewolucji człowieka, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

4) Malinowski A., 1999, Wstęp do antropologii i ekologii człowieka, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź.

5) Mayr E., 2002, To jest biologia, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

6) Stringer C., Mackie R., 1999, Afrykański Exodus, pochodzenie człowieka współczesnego, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

7) Tomczyk J., Hałaczek B., 2008, U progów ludzkości, UKSW, Warszawa.

8) Tomczyk J., 2006, Meandry taksonomii kopalnych hominidów. Aspekty historyczno-metodologiczne. w: A. Lemańska, M. Lubański (red.), Z zagadnień filozofii przyrodoznawstwa i filozofii przyrody. T.18, Wyd. UKSW, Warszawa, 19-216.
Wymagania wstępne:

Basic knowledge in the field of biology and geography.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-15 - 2024-06-30
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 30 hours, 50 places more information
Coordinators: Jacek Tomczyk
Group instructors: Jacek Tomczyk
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Lectures - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy
Short description:

One of the "ideas" of our species is to understand the origins of life and to try to organize living forms. Human being, being an element of animate nature, is subject to transformations himself. The aim of the course is to present the development of life with particular emphasis on the development of our species.
Full description:

1. Concepts of species, speciation, niche…. (2g)

2. Towards clarity of terms: evolution, evolutionism, theory (s) of evolution. (2g)

3. 'Ape-human' specificity of man. (2g)

4. Outline of the taxonomy of contemporary primates. (2g)

5. Specificity of the Primates order. (2g)

6. Reasons for affirmation of the cranial concept of anthropogenesis.. (2g)

7. Reasons for affirmation of the bipedal concept of anthropogenesis. (2g)

8. Life space and characteristics of the oldest African hominid forms. (3g)

9. Life space and characteristics of Homo habilis and Homo erectus. (2g)

10. Life space and characteristics of Homo neanderthalensis. (3g)

11. In search of a definition of Homo sapiens. (2g)

12. Concepts of evolution. (2g)

13. Prehistoric and contemporary trends in social changes of our species. (2g)

14. Historical and methodological basis of the conflict of creationism with evolutionism. (2g)
Bibliography:

1) Foley R., 2001, Zanim człowieka stał się człowiekiem, PIW, Warszawa.

2) Klein R., 1999, The Human Career. Human Biological and Cultural Origins, Chicago.

3) Lewin R., 2002, Wprowadzenie do ewolucji człowieka, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

4) Malinowski A., 1999, Wstęp do antropologii i ekologii człowieka, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź.

5) Mayr E., 2002, To jest biologia, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

6) Stringer C., Mackie R., 1999, Afrykański Exodus, pochodzenie człowieka współczesnego, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

7) Tomczyk J., Hałaczek B., 2008, U progów ludzkości, UKSW, Warszawa.

8) Tomczyk J., 2006, Meandry taksonomii kopalnych hominidów. Aspekty historyczno-metodologiczne. w: A. Lemańska, M. Lubański (red.), Z zagadnień filozofii przyrodoznawstwa i filozofii przyrody. T.18, Wyd. UKSW, Warszawa, 19-216.
Wymagania wstępne:

Basic knowledge in the field of biology and geography.
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