University of Hull
Centre for Lifelong Learning
Geology Courses 2009/10
By Mike Horne F.G.S.
Rocks and Fossils of the Yorkshire Coast
- led by tutors Roger Sutcliffe and Mike Horne to run over the summer of 2009, the dates of the meetings will be decided once the 2009 tide tables have been published. The course will include four half days of fieldwork to study the rocks of the Early Jurassic, Middle Jurassic, Cretaceous and the Quaternary. We will see how changes to sea level and climate have produced the diversity of rocks and fossils we now see on our coastline. This course was run in the Summer of 2008 for the first time. In 2009 we will visit different sites.
Course starts on Wednesday 8th July 2009 in Hull or Whitby (whichever is most convenient for you) and is followed by four field trips at weekends. We plan to visit Whitby and Saltwick Nab on 12th July, Cayton Bay on 25th July, Danes Dyke and Sewerby on 8th August and Skipsea and Holderness on 22nd August.
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course code - E0800PS
Please enroll before the course starts
Fossils
Course starts 30th September 2009
This is a practical course introducing the major groups of fossils, paying particular attention to those that can be found in Eastern England. We will investigate what fossils can tell us about ancient environments and the story of evolution. Students will use the fossils in the University's Collection and borrow a set of fossils for home study.
Ten Wednesday evenings from 7-30pm until 9-30pm in the Geography Department at the University of Hull.
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course code - U0901PS
Fossils Through the Microscope
Course starts on 13th January 2010
Small fossils are very common and very beautiful. Here is your chance to find them and study them using microscopes at the University. This course is for those interested in Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, evolution and fossils. It offers techniques that they would not normally encounter, but would be able to continue as an amateur after the course.
Ten Wednesday evenings from 7-30pm until 9-30pm at the University of Hull, Department of Geography.
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course code - U0902PS
Exploring Geology around Hull
Course starts on 21st April 2010
Have you ever wondered what Hull is built on? Did Dinosaurs live in Yorkshire in Jurassic times? Have you ever found rocks or fossils on a local beach and wondered what they are? What was the area like during the Ice Age? What processes shaped the landscape of East Yorkshire? This is your chance to find out!
Four Wednesday evenings from 7-30pm until 9-30pm at the University of Hull, Department of Geography and three half day field trips at weekends.
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course code - U0900PS
Rocks and Fossils of the Yorkshire Coast
- led by tutors Roger Sutcliffe and Mike Horne to run over the summer of 2010, the dates of the meetings will be decided once the 2010 tide tables have been published. The course will include four half days of fieldwork to study the rocks of the Early Jurassic, Middle Jurassic, Cretaceous and the Quaternary. We will see how changes to sea level and climate have produced the diversity of rocks and fossils we now see on our coastline. This course was run in the Summer of 2008 for the first time. In 2010 we will visit different sites.
Course starts on Wednesday 14th July 2010 and is followed by four field trips at weekends.
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course code - E0800PS
"Chemistry in Context " course.
Two Friday mornings in March and April 2010 for Chemistry 2nd Year students
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"Forensic Geology " course.
Three Friday mornings in December 2009 for Chemistry/Forensic Science 1st and 2nd Year students.
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For more information and a registration form please contact:
Centre for Lifelong Learning, The University of Hull, 49 Salmon Grove, Hull, HU6 7SZ.
Tel. 01482 465415; e-mail Cll@Hull.ac.uk
Note - the assessment results now have to go to an examiners' meeting for approval, in line with the practice in other University Departments, This means that students may not receive their Certificate as soon as the course ends.
(photos by Nigel Whittington, John Coish and Mike Horne)
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