MS Geophysics (Roadmap)
Academic Roadmap for MS Geophysics
Program Title: MS Geophysics Duration: 2 to 3 Years Total Credit Hours: 32
Summary of Credit Hours
| Sr. No. |
Category of Course |
Existing Roadmap |
Proposed New Roadmap |
| 1 |
Compulsory Courses |
12 |
12 |
| 2 |
Elective Courses |
12 |
12 |
| 3 |
Thesis |
6 |
6 |
| 4 |
Feham-e-Quran |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
|
30 |
32 |
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
- Establishing skillful and knowledgeable graduates in the industrial fields including oil and gas industries as well as higher institutions (PEO1).
- Produce human resources that are able to apply logical, critical, and analytical concepts to exploit, develop, and manage knowledge-based resources (PEO2).
- Developing graduates who are able to lead and contribute effectively (PEO3).
Program Learning Objectives (PLOs)
- PLO1: Apply skills developed in fundamental courses to geophysical problems.
- PLO2: Research, analyze, and synthesize solutions to an original and contemporary geophysics problem.
- PLO3: Work independently and as part of a team to develop and improve geophysics solutions.
- PLO4: Apply written, visual, and oral presentation skills to communicate scientific knowledge.
- PLO5: An in-depth technical understanding of geophysics problems at an advanced level.
Semester-Wise Roadmap
Semester 1 (12 Credit Hours)
| Sr. No. |
Pre-requisite Course Code |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
17 UN-SDGs Alignment |
| 1 |
- |
GEO 761 |
Unconventional Energy Resources |
3 |
7 & 9 |
| 2 |
- |
GEO 748 |
Advanced Seismic Stratigraphy |
3 |
11 |
| 3 |
- |
GEO 781 |
Advanced Seismic Techniques |
3 |
9 & 11 |
| 4 |
- |
ESC 701 |
Research Methodology |
3 |
4 |
Semester 2 (12 Credit Hours)
| Sr. No. |
Pre-requisite Course Code |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
17 UN-SDGs Alignment |
| 1 |
- |
GEO 7XX |
Elective-I |
3 |
- |
| 2 |
- |
GEO 7XX |
Elective-II |
3 |
- |
| 3 |
- |
GEO 7XX |
Elective-III |
3 |
- |
| 4 |
- |
GEO 7XX |
Elective-IV |
3 |
- |
Semester 3 (3 Credit Hours)
| Sr. No. |
Pre-requisite Course Code |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
17 UN-SDGs Alignment |
| 1 |
- |
THS 799 |
MS Thesis |
3 |
- |
Semester 4 (3 Credit Hours)
| Sr. No. |
Pre-requisite Course Code |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
17 UN-SDGs Alignment |
| 1 |
- |
THS 799 |
MS Thesis |
3 |
- |
List of Elective Courses
| Pre-requisite |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
HEC Category |
17 UN-SDGs Alignment |
| N/A |
GEO 741 |
Applications of GIS in Geoscience |
3 |
Elective |
9 & 11 |
| N/A |
GEO 701 |
Global Tectonics |
3 |
Elective |
7 |
| N/A |
GEO 705 |
Sedimentary Petrology |
3 |
Elective |
7 |
| N/A |
GEO 766 |
3D Seismic Data Interpretation |
3 |
Elective |
7 |
| N/A |
GEO 707 |
Basin Analysis |
3 |
Elective |
7, 9 & 11 |
| N/A |
GEO 708 |
Stratigraphic Analysis and Petroleum Prospects |
3 |
Elective |
7, 9 & 11 |
| N/A |
GEO 745 |
Petrophysical Analysis |
3 |
Elective |
7, 9 & 11 |
| N/A |
GEO 747 |
Drilling Operations and Well Site Geology |
3 |
Elective |
7, 9 & 11 |
| N/A |
GEO 710 |
Groundwater Development and Management |
3 |
Elective |
3, 6, 13 & 15 |
| N/A |
GEO 731 |
Techniques in Structural Geology |
3 |
Elective |
9 & 11 |
| N/A |
GEO 717 |
Seismic Data Conditioning and Analysis |
3 |
Elective |
9 & 11 |
| N/A |
GEO 715 |
Advances in Exploration Geophysics |
3 |
Elective |
9, 11 & 15 |
| N/A |
GEO 744 |
Borehole Geophysics |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 713 |
Applied Seismology |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 724 |
Clastic Sedimentology |
3 |
Elective |
9 |
| N/A |
GEO 725 |
Non-Clastic Sedimentology |
3 |
Elective |
9 |
| N/A |
GEO 743 |
Advanced Earthquake Seismology |
3 |
Elective |
11 |
| N/A |
GEO 714 |
Mining Geophysics |
3 |
Elective |
3 & 6 |
| N/A |
GEO 728 |
Groundwater Modeling |
3 |
Elective |
3 & 6 |
| N/A |
GEO 742 |
Geodesy |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 730 |
Advanced Marine Geology |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 734 |
Reservoir Geology |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 763 |
Gravity and Magnetic Exploration Techniques |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 749 |
Near Surface Geophysics |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 757 |
Electrical Exploration Techniques |
3 |
Elective |
11 |
| N/A |
ENV 740 |
Climate Crisis Adaptation and Mitigation |
3 |
Elective |
3, 6, 13 & 15 |
| N/A |
ENV 713 |
Health Safety and Environment |
3 |
Elective |
3, 6, 13 & 15 |
| N/A |
GEO 702 |
Geophysical Exploration Technique |
3 |
Elective |
7 |
| N/A |
GEO 719 |
Coal Geology |
3 |
Elective |
7, 8 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 760 |
Practical Technology Use in the Geoscience |
3 |
Elective |
13 |
| N/A |
GEO 703 |
Advanced Petroleum System Analysis |
3 |
Elective |
11 |
| N/A |
ENV 704 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
3 |
Elective |
13 & 15 |
| N/A |
GEO 716 |
Environmental Geophysics |
3 |
Elective |
3, 6, 13 & 15 |
| N/A |
GEO 771 |
Engineering Geophysics |
3 |
Elective |
11 |
| N/A |
CSC 719 |
Machine Learning |
3 |
Elective |
4, 8 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 770 |
Applications of Geostatistics in Geosciences |
3 |
Elective |
4, 8 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 786 |
Reservoir Geomechanics |
3 |
Elective |
7 & 9 |
| N/A |
GEO 712 |
Mineral Prospecting and Exploration |
3 |
Elective |
9 & 11 |
