What Is Involved in Paleontologist Education?

The paleontology specialty trains senior professional and technical personnel who have good scientific literacy and paleontological theoretical knowledge, can engage in scientific research, teaching, production and management, and have comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, and physical.

Program in Paleontology

After 4 years of study, students can obtain good political ideology, moral quality, cultural accomplishment and physical and mental quality education, and have a preliminary grasp of basic knowledge, basic theory and research methods of biology, geology and related disciplines; understand contemporary biology, geology The research status and development direction of science and environmental science; have the ability to engage in scientific research, higher education, scientific and technological development and administrative management; provide students with a good professional knowledge knowledge and basic skills training for those who are interested in further study and research.
Peking University Nanjing University (two-years each) Shenyang Normal University Hebei University of Geosciences
Total credits: 140 credits, of which:
Required Courses: 90 credits
Public Compulsory Courses: 32 credits
Course number
New class number
course name
Weekly hours
credit
Semester
03835061
College English (1)
4
2
autumn
03835062
College English (2)
2
2
spring
03835063
College English (3)
2
2
autumn
03835064
College English (4)
0
2
spring
04031650
Ideological and moral cultivation and legal basis
2
2
autumn
04031660
Outline of Chinese Modern History
2
2
spring
04031681
Basic Principles of Marxism (1)
2
2
autumn
04031682
Basic Principles of Marxism (2)
2
2
spring
04031691
Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the Important Thought of Three Represents (Part One)
2
2
autumn
04031692
Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the Important Thought of Three Represents (Part Two)
2
2
spring
01430800
Introduction to Computing
3
3
autumn
01430810
data structure
3
3
spring
60730020
Military theory
2
2
autumn
Physical Education Courses
-
4
annual
Professional required courses: 58 credits
Course number
New class number
course name
Weekly hours
credit
Semester
00131411
Advanced Mathematics (C) (1)
4
4
autumn
00131412
Advanced Mathematics (C) (2)
4
4
spring
00431131
PHY-0-031
General Physics (C)
4
8
annual
00431213
PHY-0-063
Comprehensive Physics Experiment I (Basic Part)
4
1
(A) spring
01034310
CHE-0-001
General Chemistry
4
4
autumn
01034320
CHE-0-002
General chemistry experiment
4
2
autumn
01131040
BI0-0-001
Plant biology
4
3
autumn
01130550
BI0-0-002
Plant Biology Experiment
4
3
autumn
01131080
BI0-0-003
Animal biology
4
3
spring
01131050
BI0-0-004
Animal Biology Experiment
4
3
spring
01130010
BI0-0-007
Biochemistry (on)
3
3
spring
01130020
BI0-0-008
Biochemistry (below)
2
2
autumn
01130780
BI0-0-038
Biological evolution
2
2
autumn
01430040
GEO-0-003
General geology
4
3
(A) autumn
01231240
GCH-0-002
Structural geology
4 *
3
(Two) spring
01231030
GEO-0-005
Paleontology
4 *
3
(Two) autumn
01231260
GEO-0-007
Geohistory
4 *
3
(Two) spring
01231252
GEO-0-006
General Petrology (2)
4 *
3
(Two) spring
01231340
GEO-0-003
General Geological Practice
1.5 weeks
1
(1) Summer
01231360
GEO-1-001
Comprehensive geological practice (part)
1.5 weeks
1
(Three) summer
* Since the ratio of experimental classes / practicum classes accounts for about half of the total class hours, weekly class hours need to be increased.
Elective Courses: 44 credits
Undergraduate Quality Education General Course: 16 credits
A. Mathematics and Natural Sciences: at least 2 credits
B. Social Sciences: At least 2 credits
C. Philosophy and Psychology: at least 2 credits
D. History: at least 2 credits
E. Language, Literature, and Art: At least 4 credits, of which at least one is in art
Professional Electives: At least 28 credits
Course number
New class number
course name
Weekly hours
credit
Semester
00130260
Linear algebra
4
3
autumn
00230020
Probability statistics
4
3
spring
01130200
BI0-0-014
Genetics
3
3
spring
01034350
CHE-0-003
Quantitative analysis
2
2
spring
01034360
CHE-0-004
Quantitative analysis experiment
4
2
spring
01130210
BI0-0-015
Genetics experiment
2
1
spring
01130060
BI0-0-005
microbiology
3
3
autumn
01130930
BI0-1-024
General ecology
2
2
autumn
01130150
BI0-0-012
Cell Biology
3
3
spring
01130160
BI0-0-013
Cell biology experiment
2
1
spring
01131150
BI0-1-019
Developmental Biology
2
2
autumn
01231430
GEO-1-014
Evolutionary biology
2
2
autumn
01231420
GEO-1-013
Paleoecology and paleoenvironment
2
2
autumn
01130030
BI0-1-010
Basic molecular biology
3
3
autumn
01139360
BI0-1-011
Basic molecular biology experiments
2
1
Spring \ autumn
01231380
GEO-0-009
Vertebrate evolutionary history
2
2
spring
01231440
GEO-1-015
Paleontology and Pollen
2
2
spring
01231100
GEO-1-017
Modern stratigraphy
2
2
spring
01231320
GEO-1-016
Paleooceanology and Global Change
2
2
spring
01231450
GCH-0-001
Crystallography and Mineralogy
4 *
3
spring
01231251
GCH-0-003
General Petrology (1)
4 *
3
autumn
01231490
GCH-1-008
Physical sedimentology
2
2
autumn
01231070
GCH-1-001
Geochemistry
4 *
3
autumn
01231080
GEO-1-005
Geotectonics
2
2
autumn
01231140
GEO-1-002
Marine geology
2
2
autumn
01231390
GEO-0-010
Introduction to Natural Resources
2
2
spring
01231480
GCH-1-006
Isotope geochemical basis
2
2
spring
02230710
MUS-1-001
Introduction to Museology
2
2
spring
Practical Internship: Compulsory, no credits
Productive Labor (Compulsory): One week without credits
Graduation Thesis: 6 credits
Paleontology graduates are mainly engaged in research and teaching or teaching assistants in scientific research institutes and universities; research or management staff in paleontology and other natural museums, national and provincial natural reserves and geoparks; fossils in the administrative department of land and resources Management personnel; research, experiment personnel and other positions in petroleum, coal and geological survey departments. At present, China's paleontology talent team is shrinking severely. The problem of new and old talents is particularly serious, and the reserve talent is obviously inadequate. Many geological prospecting units have the embarrassing situation of "no one can do paleontology work." Therefore, it has become an important issue to cultivate and maintain a high-level team of paleontology professionals who are compatible with national construction and international cutting-edge research and better serve geological prospecting. In addition, workers engaged in geological work in paleontology generally have low incomes, which is also an important reason for the continuous loss of talent in this area.

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