BS Geology
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
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| PAK 101 | Pakistan Studies | 2 |
| ISL 101 | Islamic Studies | 2 |
| ENG 103 | English I | 3 |
| MAT 105* | Mathematics | 0 |
| CSC 105 | Introduction to Computers | 3 |
| PHY 101 | Physics | 3 |
| GEO 105 | Physical & General Geology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 16 |
*Academic credit of this course is zero but its contact hours, teaching material and tuition fee are equal to a 3 credit hours course.
Semester – 2
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| CHM 105 | Chemistry | 3 |
| ENG 104 | English -II | 3 |
| MAT 115 | Calculus & Analytical Geometry | 3 |
| GEO 110 | Fundamental of Geography & Geomorphology | 3 |
| GEO 115 | Introduction to Geophysics | 3 |
| GEO 120 | Field Geology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester – 3
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| ENG 232 | Oral Communication | 3 |
| MAT 205 | Statistics | 3 |
| GEO 205 | Structure Geology | 3 |
| CSC 205 | Programming Fundamentals | 3 |
| GEO 210 | Mineralogy & Crystallography | 3 |
| One of the Following | ||
| HSS 111 | Introduction to IR | 3 |
| HSS 115 | Introduction to Media Studies | 3 |
| HSS 201 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| HSS 202 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Note: Students will be offered only one of the HSS subjects.
Semester – 4
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 215 | Sedimentology | 3 |
| GEO 220 | Optical Mineralogy | 3 |
| GEO 225 | Geochemistry | 3 |
| GEO 230 | Geotectonics | 3 |
| MAT 210 | Advance Mathematics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Semester – Summer
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 235 | Geology Field Work & Report-I | 3 |
Semester – 5
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 326 | Computing with Matlab | 3 |
| GEO 325 | Stratigraphy of Pakistan | 3 |
| GEO 315 | Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology | 3 |
| GEO 320 | Marine Geology | 3 |
| GEO 305 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| GEO 310 | Paleontology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 |
Semester – 6
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 340 | Wireline logging | 3 |
| GEO 350 | Geology of Pakistan | 3 |
| GEO 330 | Micropaleontology & Biostratigraphy | 3 |
| GEO 345 | Petroleum Geology | 3 |
| GEO 335 | Earthquake Seismology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Semester – Summer
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 355 | Geology Field Work & Report-II | 3 |
Semester – 7
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 410 | Engineering Geology | 3 |
| GEO 415 | Economic Geology | 3 |
| GEO 425 | Research Methodology | 2 |
| GEO 420 | Hydrogeology | 3 |
| GEO 405 | Petroleum Engineering | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 14 |
Semester – 8
| Course code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 445 | Seismic Stratigraphy | 3 |
| GEO 430 | Geochemical Exploration Technique | 3 |
| GEO 435 | GIS & Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GEO 440 | Thesis | 6 |
| GEO 465 | Comprehensive Viva Voce | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |