BS Geophysics (Road Map)
Academic Roadmap for BS Geophysics
Program Title: BS Geophysics Duration: 4 Years Total Credit Hours: 141
Summary of Credit Hours
| Sr. No. |
Category as per HEC New Curriculum |
Existing BU Roadmap 2025 |
New Proposed BU Roadmap |
| 1 |
General Education (Mandatory) |
35 |
35 |
| 2 |
Major/Disciplinary (Mandatory) |
81 |
81 |
| 3 |
Interdisciplinary (Mandatory) |
12 |
12 |
| 4 |
Electives toward Major (Specializations) |
- |
- |
| 5 |
Non-Credit/Credit Courses (Contact Hours) – Tajweed, Understanding Quran and Seerah |
8 (non-credited) |
3 (non-credited) & 2 (credited) |
| 6 |
Internship (Mandatory) |
- |
- |
| 7 |
Capstone Project (Mandatory) |
3 (Capstone Project) |
3 (Capstone Project) |
| 8 |
Field Experience (Mandatory) |
8 |
8 |
| 9 |
Double Major (Optional) |
- |
- |
| 10 |
Minor (Optional) |
- |
- |
| Total |
|
139 |
141 |
Semester-Wise Roadmap
Semester 1 (19 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| ENG 101 |
Functional English |
3 |
General Education (Functional English) |
| PHY 103 |
Physics |
2 |
General Education (Natural Science) |
| PHL 103 |
Physics Lab |
1 |
General Education (Natural Science) |
| CSC 102 |
Introduction to Computers & Programming |
2 |
General Education (Quantitative Reasoning) |
| CSL 102 |
Introduction to Computers & Programming Lab |
1 |
General Education (Quantitative Reasoning) |
| PAK 105 |
Pakistan Studies |
2 |
General Education (Ideology & Constitution of Pakistan) |
| GEO 105 |
Physical & General Geology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) Requirements |
| ISL 101 |
Islamic Studies |
2 |
General Education (Islamic/Religious Studies) |
| GSC 340 |
Chemistry |
2 |
General Education (Natural Science) |
| GSL 340 |
Chemistry Lab |
1 |
General Education (Natural Science) |
| MAT 105 |
Mathematics |
0 |
Non-credit Course |
| ISL 107 |
Tajweed* |
1 (Contact Hour) |
Non-Credit (Tajweed and Hadith – Compulsory*) |
*Only for Muslim students.
Semester 2 (18 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| HSS 320 |
Technical Writing and Presentation Skills |
3 |
General Education (Expository Writing) |
| GEO 151 |
Geological Field Work-I |
2 |
Field Experience |
| GEO 207 |
Applications of Information and Communication Technologies |
2 |
General Education (ICT) |
| GEL 207 |
Applications of Information and Communication Technologies Lab |
1 |
General Education (ICT) |
| GEO 110 |
Fundamentals of Geography & Geomorphology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 115 |
Introduction to Geophysics |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 120 |
Field Geology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| ISL 203 |
Fehm-e-Quran – I* |
1 |
Compulsory* |
*Only for Muslim students, 1 credit hour with 3 contact hours per week.
Semester 3 (18 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| GEO 201 |
Museology |
2 |
General Education (Arts and Humanities) |
| HSS 219 |
Civics and Community Engagement |
2 |
General Education (Civics and Community Engagement) |
| PSY 102 |
Introduction to Psychology |
2 |
General Education (Social Sciences) |
| GEO 212 |
Geostatistics |
3 |
Interdisciplinary/Allied Courses |
| GEO 205 |
Structural Geology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 210 |
Mineralogy & Crystallography |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 215 |
Sedimentology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
Semester 4 (19 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| PAK 109 |
Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan |
2 |
General Education (Ideology & Constitution) |
| HSS 423 |
Entrepreneurship |
2 |
General Education (Entrepreneurship) |
| GEO 230 |
Geotectonics |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) Requirements |
| MAT 115 |
Calculus & Analytical Geometry |
3 |
General Education (Quantitative Reasoning) |
| GEO 251 |
Geological Field Work-II |
2 |
Field Experience |
| GEO 325 |
Stratigraphy of Pakistan |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 335 |
Earthquake Seismology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| ISL 204 |
Fehm-e-Quran-II* |
1 |
Compulsory* (3 Contact Hours) |
*Only for Muslim students; For Non-Muslims, any University-approved 2 (or more) credit hours of Interdisciplinary Course.
Semester 5 (18 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| GEO 321 |
Computing with Matlab |
2 |
Interdisciplinary/Allied Courses |
| GEL 321 |
Computing with Matlab Lab |
1 |
Interdisciplinary/Allied Courses |
| GEO 315 |
Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 345 |
Petroleum Geology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 350 |
Geology of Pakistan |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 415 |
Economic Geology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 305 |
Environmental Geology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
Semester 6 (17 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| GEO 425 |
Research Methodology |
3 |
Interdisciplinary/Allied Courses |
| GEO 342 |
Wireline Logging |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 347 |
AI & Computational Geology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO xxx |
Elective - I |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO xxx |
Elective - II |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 351 |
Field Work-III |
2 |
Field Experience |
Semester 7 (17 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| GEO 451 |
Geological Field Work-IV |
2 |
Field Experience |
| GEO 405 |
Petroleum Engineering |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 420 |
Hydrogeology |
3 |
Major (Disciplinary) |
| GEO xxx |
Elective - III |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO xxx |
Elective - IV |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO xxx |
Elective - V |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| ISL 113* |
Seerah - I |
0 (1 Contact Hour) |
Compulsory* |
*Only for Muslim students; For Non-Muslims, any University-approved 2 (or more) credit hours of Interdisciplinary Course.
Semester 8 (15 Credit Hours)
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| GEO 437 |
GIS & Remote Sensing |
3 |
Interdisciplinary/Allied Courses |
| GEO xxx |
Elective – VI |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO xxx |
Elective – VII |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO xxx |
Elective – VIII |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 442 |
Thesis |
3 |
Capstone Project |
| ISL 114* |
Seerah - II |
0 (1 Contact Hour) |
Compulsory* |
*Only for Muslim students; For Non-Muslims, any University-approved 2 (or more) credit hours of Interdisciplinary Course.
List of Elective Courses
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Category |
| GEO 240 |
Gravity and Magnetic Exploration Techniques |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 327 |
Environmental Geophysics |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 332 |
Rock Physics |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 367 |
Seismic Data Acquisition & Planning |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 379 |
Introduction to Machine Learning |
2 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEL 379 |
Introduction to Machine Learning Lab |
1 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 368 |
Electrical & Radioactive Exploration Techniques |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 390 |
Borehole Geophysics |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 470 |
Seismic Data Processing |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 311 |
Reservoir Geophysics |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 567 |
Sequence Stratigraphy |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 588 |
Ground Water Investigation |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 445 |
Seismic Stratigraphy |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 477 |
Seismic Data Interpretation |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 479 |
Geospatial Techniques |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 481 |
Mining Geophysics |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 483 |
Applications of Geoscience Software |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| GEO 485 |
Shallow Surface Geophysics |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| ENV 245 |
Introduction to Oceanography |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| MTM 222 |
Introduction to Coastal Zone Management |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| MTM 401 |
Coastal Eco-Tourism Development & Management |
3 |
Elective (Disciplinary) |
| HSS 109 |
Arabic |
2 |
Elective (General Education) |
| HSS 163 |
Chinese |
2 |
Elective (General Education) |
| HSS 164 |
German |
2 |
Elective (General Education) |
| HSS 160 |
French |
2 |
Elective (General Education) |
| HSS 161 |
Russian |
2 |
Elective (General Education) |
| HSS 162 |
Spanish |
2 |
Elective (General Education) |
| HSS 214 |
Turkish |
2 |
Elective (General Education) |
