Bahria University

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MS Geophysics

Important for all candidates

  • Applicant for admission MUST MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS set-forth by Bahria University.
  • Candidates are advised to CONFIRM THEIR ELIGIBILITY prior apply.
  • In case of annual system, eligibility will be determined on the basis of result in percentages.
  • In case of semester system, eligibility will be determined on the basis of CGPA obtained out of 4.00.
  • In case the result is shown both in CGPA and percentage, CGPA will be considered.

Program Educational Objectives

  • Establishing skillful and knowledgeable graduates in the industrial fields including oil and gas industries as well as higher institutions (PEO1).
  • Produce human resources that are able to apply logical, critical and analytical concepts to exploit, develop and manage the knowledge based resources (PEO2).
  • Developing graduates who are able to lead and contribute effectively (PEO3).

Program Learning Objectives

  • PLO 1. Apply skills developed in fundamental courses to geophysical problems.
  • PLO 2. Research, analyze, and synthesize solutions to an original and contemporary geophysics problem.
  • PLO 3. Work independently and as part of a team to develop and improve geophysics solutions.
  • PLO 4. Apply written, visual, and oral presentation skills to communicate scientific knowledge.
  • PLO 5. An in depth technical understanding of geophysics problems at an advanced level.

Eligibility Criteria

  • BS degree (16 years of education) in Natural Sciences, or any other relevant discipline from an HEC-recognized institution with minimum CGPA 2.00/4.00 (semester system) or 50% marks (annual system).
  • Candidates having non-earth sciences degree may be required to complete up to 6-9 credit hours of deficiency courses, as determined by the Department on case-to-case basis.
Course Code Course Title
GEO 662 Seismic Data Planning and Analysis
GEO 663 Geophysical Exploration Methods
GEO 664 Borehole Geophysics and Well Log analysis

 

Semester 1
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEO 761 Unconventional Energy Resources 3
ESC 701 Research Methodology 3
GEO 748 Advanced Seismic Stratigraphy 3
GEO 781 Advanced Seismic Techniques 3
Total Credit Hours 12

 

Semester 2
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEO XXX Elective-I 3
GEO XXX Elective-II 3
GEO XXX Elective-III 3
GEO XXX Elective-IV 3
Total Credit Hours 12

 

Semester 3
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
THS 799 MS Thesis 3
ISL 203 Fehm-e-Quran-I* 1
Total Credit Hours 4
* Only for Muslim students; For Non-Muslims any University approved 02 (or more) credit hours of Interdisciplinary Course

 

Semester 4
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
THS 799 MS Thesis 3
ISL 204 Fehm-e-Quran-II* 1
Total Credit Hours 4
* Only for Muslim students; For Non-Muslims any University approved 02 (or more) credit hours of Interdisciplinary Course

 

List Of Electives
Sr. No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
1 GEO 761 Unconventional energy Resources 3
2 GEO 748 Advanced Seismic Stratigraphy 3
3 GEO 781 Advanced Seismic Techniques 3
4 ESC 701 Research Methodology 3
5 GEO 741 Applications of GIS in Geoscience 3
6 GEO 701 Global Tectonics 3
7 GEO 705 Sedimentary Petrology 3
8 GEO 766 3D Seismic Data interpretation 3
9 GEO 707 Basin Analysis 3
10 GEO 708 Stratigraphic analysis and Petroleum Prospects 3
11 GEO 745 Petrophysical Analysis 3
12 GEO 747 Drilling Operations and Well Site Geology 3
13 GEO 710 Groundwater development and management 3
14 GEO 731 Techniques in Structural Geology 3
15 GEO 717 Seismic Data conditioning and analysis 3
16 GEO 715 Advances in Exploration Geophysics 3
17 GEO 744 Borehole Geophysics 3
18 GEO 713 Applied Seismology 3
19 GEO 724 Clastic Sedimentology 3
20 GEO 725 Non clastic Sedimentology 3
21 GEO 743 Advanced Earthquake Seismology 3
22 GEO 714 Mining Geophysics 3
23 GEO 728 Groundwater Modeling 3
24 GEO 742 Geodesy 3
25 GEO 730 Advanced Marine Geology 3
26 GEO 734 Reservoir Geology 3
27 GEO 763 Gravity and Magnetic Exploration Techniques 3
28 GEO 749 Near Surface Geophysics 3
29 GEO 757 Electrical Exploration Techniques 3
30 ENV 740 Climate Crisis Adaption and Mitigation 3
31 ENV 713 Health Safety and Environment 3
32 GEO 702 Geophysical Exploration Technique 3
33 GEO 719 Coal Geology 3
34 GEO 760 Practical Technology Use in the Geoscience 3
35 GEO 703 Advanced petroleum system Analysis 3
36 ENV 704 Environmental Impact Assessment 3
37 GEO 716 Environmental Geophysics 3
38 GEO 771 Engineering Geophysics 3
39 CSC 719 Machine Learning 3
40 GEO 770 Applications of Geostatistics in Geosciences 3
41 GEO 786 Reservoir Geomechanics 3
42 GEO 712 Mineral prospecting and Exploration 3