Road Map
| Compulsory Courses | 91 |
| Other Courses | 38 |
| BS Thesis | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours | 135 |
BACHELOR OF SCEINCE (BS) IN GEOLOGY
(Road Map)
Semester 1 (First Year)
| Course Code | Course | Credit
Hours |
Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
PAK-101 ISL-101 ENG-103 GEO-105 MAT-105* CSC-105 PHY-101
|
Pakistan Studies Islamic Studies English I Physical & General Geology Mathematics Introduction to Computers Physics
|
2 2 3 3 0 3 3 |
2 2 3 2 3 2 2 |
0 0 0 2 0 2 2 |
2 2 3 4 3 4 4 |
| Total | 16 | 16 | 6 | 22 | |
*Academic credit of this course is zero but its contact hours; teaching material and tuition fee are equal to a 3-credit hour course.
Semester 2
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
ENG-104 GEO-110
GEO-115 GEO-120 MAT-115 CHM-105 |
English II Fundamentals of Geography & Geomorphology Introduction to Geophysics Field Geology Calculus & Analytical Geometry Chemistry |
3 3
3 3 3 3 |
3 3
3 2 3 2 |
0 0
0 2 0 2 |
3 3
3 4 3 4 |
| Total | 18 | 16 | 4 | 20 | |
Semester 3 (Second Year)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
ENG-232 GEO-205 GEO-210 CSC-205 MAT-205
HSS-111 HSS-115 HSS-201 HSS-202 |
Oral Communication Structural Geology Mineralogy & Crystallography Programming Fundamentals Statistics One of The Following: Introduction to IR Introduction to Media Studies Introduction to Anthropology Introduction to Sociology |
3 3 3 3 3
3 |
3 2 2 2 3
3 |
0 2 2 2 0
0 |
3 4 4 4 3
3
|
| Total | 18 | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
Semester 4
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
GEO-215 GEO-220 GEO-225 GEO-230 MAT-210
|
Sedimentology Optical Mineralogy & Petrography Geochemistry Geotectonics Advance Mathematics
|
3 3 3 3 3
|
2 2 2 2 3 |
2 2 2 2 0 |
4 4 4 4 3 |
| Total | 15 | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
Summer Semester 1
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
GEO-235 |
Geology Field Work & Report-I |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Semester 5 (Third Year)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
GEO-305 GEO-310 GEO-315 GEO-320 GEO-325 GEO-326
|
Environmental Geology Paleontology Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology Marine Geology Stratigraphy of Pakistan Computing with Matlab |
3 3 3 3 3 3 |
3 2 2 2 3 2 |
0 2 2 2 0 2 |
3 4 4 4 3 4
|
| Total | 18 | 14 | 8 | 22 | |
Semester 6
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
GEO-330 GEO-335 GEO-340 GEO-345 GEO-350 |
Micropaleontology & Biostratigraphy Earthquake Seismology Wireline Logging Petroleum Geology Geology of Pakistan |
3 3 3 3 3
|
3 2 2 3 2
|
0 2 2 0 2
|
3 4 4 3 4
|
| Total | 15 | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
Summer Semester2
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
GEO-355 |
Geology Field Work & Report-II |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Semester 7 (Fourth Year)
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
GEO-405 GEO-410 GEO-415 GEO-420 GEO- 425
|
Petroleum Engineering Engineering Geology Economic Geology Hydrogeology Research Methodology
|
3 3 3 3 2
|
2 2 2 2 2
|
2 2 2 2 0
|
4 4 4 4 2
|
| Total | 14 | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
Semester 8
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Contact Hours | ||
| Theory | Lab | Total | |||
|
GEO-430 GEO-435 GEO-445 GEO-440 GEO-465
|
Geochemical Exploration Techniques GIS & Remote sensing Seismic Stratigraphy Thesis Comprehensive Viva Voce
|
3 3 3 6 0
|
3 2 2 0 0 |
0 2 2 0 0 |
3 4 4 6 0 |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |