MS/M.Phil. Applied Geology

Scheme of Studies/Courses for 2-Year MS Applied Geology Degree Program

(With effect from Fall Semester 2023)

Eligibility Criteria for Admission in MS Applied Geology

As per HEC Graduate Education Policy (GEP-2023).

Scheme of Study for MS Applied Geology
Duration 4–8 Semesters
Course Work 24 Credit Hours
Readings & Conference S/U Basis
Thesis 06 Credit Hours
Comprehensive Oral Examination S/U Basis
Total: 30 Credit Hours
MS Applied Geology 1st Professional Year
1st Semester
Course Code Course Title Lecture Hrs. Lab. Hrs. Credit Hrs.
GEO-711 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 03 03
GEO-712 Neotectonics 03 03
GEO-713 Geoinformatics 03 03
GEO-714 Research Methodology 03 03
Total 12 12
2nd Semester
Course Code Course Title Lecture Hrs. Lab. Hrs. Credit Hrs.
GEO-721 Petroleum Geology of Pakistan 03 03
GEO-722 Advanced Engineering Geology 03 03
GEO-723 Reading and Conference S/U Basis
……… Elective Course-I 03 03
……… Elective Course-II 03 03
Total 12 12
MS Applied Geology 2nd Professional Year
3rd and 4th Semester
Course Code Course Title Lecture Hrs. Lab. Hrs. Credit Hrs.
GEO-798 Comprehensive Oral Examination S/U Basis
GEO-799 Thesis 06 06
Total 06 06
List of Elective Courses for MS Applied Geology
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
GEO-724 Petroleum Engineering 03
GEO-725 Tectonics of Pakistan 03
GEO-726 Seismotectonics 03
GEO-727 Dam Engineering 03
GEO-728 Earthquake Engineering 03
GEO-729 Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering 03
GEO-730 Rock Mechanics 03
GEO-731 Tunneling 03
GEO-732 Slope Stability Analysis 03
GEO-733 Building Material 03
GEO-734 Aggregate of Azad Kashmir and Pakistan 03
GEO-735 Asphalt Technology 03
GEO-736 Environmental Engineering 03
GEO-737 Advanced Geochemistry 03
GEO-738 Igneous Petrogenesis 03
GEO-739 Metamorphic Petrogenesis 03
GEO-740 Sedimentary Petrology 03
GEO-741 Advanced Hydrogeology 03
GEO-742 Groundwater Investigation 03
GEO-743 Hydrochemistry and Groundwater Pollution 03
GEO-744 Ground Water Engineering 03
GEO-745 Ground Water Modeling 03
GEO-746 Computational Modeling Techniques and GIS 03
GEO-747 Advanced Stratigraphy 03
GEO-748 Micropaleontology 03
GEO-749 Invertebrate Paleontology 03
GEO-750 Vertebrate Paleontology 03
GEO-751 Palynology and Paleobotany 03
GEO-752 Biostratigraphy 03
GEO-753 Ore Deposits 03
GEO-754 Mineral Exploration 03
GEO-755 Coal Geology 03
GEO-756 Mining Geology and Mineral Economics 03
GEO-757 Metallogeny and Plate Tectonics 03
GEO-758 Mineral Deposits of Pakistan 03
GEO-759 Sequence Stratigraphy 03
GEO-760 Petroleum Engineering and Geophysical Methods 03
GEO-761 Reservoir Geology 03
GE0-762 Clay Mineralogy 03
GEO-763 Organic Geochemistry 03
GEO-764 Seismic Method and Seismic Stratigraphy 03
GEO-765 Earthquake Seismology 03
GEO-766 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism 03
GEO-767 Radiometric Methods 03
GEO-768 Electrical Methods and Borehole Geophysics 03
GEO-769 Geophysical Data Processing 03
GEO-770 Gravity and Magnetic Methods 03
GEO-771 Clastic Sedimentology 03
GEO-772 Carbonate Sedimentology 03
GEO-773 Basin Analysis 03
GEO-774 Quaternary Geology 03
GEO-775 Sedimentary Environments 03
GEO-776 Geochemical Exploration 03
GEO-777 Isotope Geochemistry 03
GEO-778 High Temperature Geochemistry 03
GEO-779 Low Temperature Geochemistry 03
GEO-780 Industrial Mineralogy 03
GEO-781 Geology and Technology of Industrial Mineral and Rocks 03
GEO-782 Instrumental Techniques 03
GEO-783 Advanced Environmental Geology 03
GEO-784 Soil and Water Resources 03
GEO-785 Environmental Hazards 03
GEO-786 Hydrological System and Environment 03
GEO-787 Environmental Impact Assessment and Management 03
GEO-788 Waste Disposal and Management 03
GEO-789 Metamorphic Structures 03
GEO-790 Applied Structural Techniques 03
GEO-791 Regional Tectonics 03
GEO-792 Advanced Structural Geology 03
GEO-793 Advanced Gemology 03
GEO-794 Multivariate Geostatistics 03
GEO-795 Landslide Hazards and Risk Assessment 03
GEO-796 Disaster Management 03
GEO-797 Exploration Geophysics 03

NOTE: Subjects will be offered subject to availability of resource persons.