BS (COASTAL AND MARINE SCIENCES) – Bahria University

BS (COASTAL AND MARINE SCIENCES)

Semester 1:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Lab	Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
1		ENG 105	Functional English	3	–	Expository Writing (1)	Existing
2		ITC 101	IT Skills	3		Quantitative Reasoning (1)	Existing
3		ECO 101	Fundamental of Economics	3		Minor (1)	Existing
4		CHM 105	Chemistry	2	1	Distribution (2)	Existing
5		PHY 101	Physics	3		Minor (7)	Existing
6		PAK 101	Pakistan Studies	3		Pakistan Studies (1)	Existing
	Total Credit Hours			18
		Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Semester 2:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Lab	Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
1		ISL 101	Islamic Studies/ Ethics	3	–	Islamiat (1)	Existing
2		MTM 508	Occupational Health and Safety, Risk and Disaster Management	3	–	Art & Humanities (2)	Existing
3		CMS 201	Marine Ecology and Ecosystems	2	1	Distribution (1)	New
4		HSS 202	Introduction to Sociology	3		Social Sciences (1)	Existing
5	ENG 105	ENG 132	Oral Communication	3		Art & Humanities (1)	Existing
6		MAT 105	Mathematics	3	–	Minor (3)	Existing
	Total Credit Hours			18
		Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Semester 3:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Lab	Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
1		CMS 301	Introduction to Marine Science	3	–	Major (1)	New
2		MTM 120	Introduction to Meteorology & Oceanography	3		Major (2)	Existing
3		CMS 304	Coastal Engineering	3		Major (4)	New
4	CMS 301	CMS 302	Marine Resources	3		Major (5)	New
5		CMS 303	Marine Biotechnology	2	1	Major (3)	New
6		MAT 205	Statistics	3		Minor (5)	Existing
	Total Credit Hours			18
		Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Semester 4:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Lab	Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
1	CMS 304	MTM 222	Introduction to Coastal Zone Management	3	–	Major (6)	Existing
2		MTM 224	Marine Pollution and Control	3	–	Major (7)	Existing
3		GEO 105	Physical & General Geology	2	1	Minor (4)	Existing
4		CMS 401	Socio-Ecological Fundamentals of Coastal Zones	3	–	Social Sciences (2)	New
5		CMS 507	Coastal Processes	3	–	Major	New
6		ENV 236	Introduction to Climate Change	3		Major (9)	Existing
		Total Credit Hours		18
		Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Semester 5:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	Category as per HEC Policy		Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Lab
1		GEO 437	GIS & Remote Sensing	2	1	Minor (6)	Existing
2		CMS 501	Oceanographic Instruments and Methods	3		Major (10)	New
3		CMS 505	Marine Biodiversity	3		Major (11)	New
4		CMS 502	Marine Acoustics	3		Minor (2)	New
5	MAT 205	BSS 307	Biostatistics	3		Quantitative Reasoning (2)	New
6	GEO 105	GEO 320	Marine Geology	3		Major (12)	Existing
	Total			18
	Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Semester 6:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Lab	Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
1	ENV 236	CMS 602	Coastal ecosystem and Climate Change	3		Major (13)	New
2		MTM 402	Hydrographic Data & Services Management/Hydrography & Navigation	3	–	Distribution (3)	Existing
3		GEO 414	Physical Oceanography & Surveying	3	–	Major (14)	New
4	MTM 120	MOD 606	Ocean Dynamics	3		Natural Sciences (1)	New
5	CHM 105	CMS 604	Marine Geochemistry	2	1	Natural Sciences (2)	New
6		MRM 302	Research Project Writing Method	3	–	Expository Writing (2)	Existing
Total				18
		Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Semester 7:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code		Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code		Course Title	Theory	Lab	Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
1		CMS 701		Environmental Impact Assessment	3	–	Expository Writing (3)	New
2		CMS 702		Marine Geophysics	3		Major (15)	New
3		MTM 401		Coastal Ecotourism Development and Management	3	–	Major (16)	Existing
4		–		ELECTIVE I	3		Distribution (4)	–
5		–		ELECTIVE II	3		Distribution (5)	–
Total					15
			Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Semester 8:

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code		Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
					Theory	Lab
1		–		ELECTIVE III	3		Distribution (6)	–
2		MTM 605		Sea Level Changes and Coastal Zones	3	–	Major (17)	Existing
3	MRM 302	SDW 499		Project/ Thesis	6		Major (18)	Existing
Total					12
			Practical Learning Lab (4 contact hours per week)

Program Summary:

Total Courses	Total Credit Hours
44	135

ELECTIVES

Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours		Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
Sr. #	Pre-Req	Course Code	Course Title	Theory	Lab	Category as per HEC Policy	Remarks (Existing or new course, CHs added, etc.)
1		MTM 603	Natural Hazards and Management	3	–	Major	Existing
2		MTM 604	Coastal and Marine Sedimentology	3	–	Major	Existing
3		CMS 608	Coastal Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction	3	–	Major	New
4		MTM 322	Fisheries Resources & Management	3		Major	E
5		MTM 607	Coastal Land Reclamation	3	–	Major	Existing
6		MTM 608	Mangrove Coastal Forest Management	3	–	Major	Existing
7		CMS 613	Marine Protected Areas Management	3	–	Major	New
8		MTM 610	Ocean Waves, Tides, and Currents	3	–	Major	Existing
9		CMS 402	Marine Microbiology	2	1	Major (8)	New
10		CMS 508	Satellite Oceanography	3		Major	New