PhD Geology (RoadMap)

Academic Roadmap for PhD Geology

Program Title: PhD Geology Duration: 3 to 8 Years Total Credit Hours: 54

Endorsement References: A: Recommendations of DBOS dated 27-Sep-2023 B: Recommendations of FBOS dated 03-Oct-2023

Note: All courses at PhD level must be 800 level. Deficiency courses (6-9 credits) may be allocated by the Admission Committee for candidates from other domains or interdisciplinary backgrounds, selected from 700-level MS Geology courses.

Summary of Credit Hours

Sr. No.	Courses as per HEC New GE Policy 2023	Existing Roadmap	Proposed New Roadmap
1	Major/Disciplinary	9	9
2	Elective Courses	9	9
3	Interdisciplinary Courses	-	-
4	Thesis	36	36
5	Deficiency Courses (if applicable)	-	6-9*
Total		54	54

*Subject to allocation by Admission Committee.

Semester-Wise Revised Roadmap

Semester 1 (9 Credit Hours)

Sr. No.	Pre-requisite Course Code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	17 UN-SDGs Alignment
1	-	GEO 801	Tectonic Evolution of Pakistan	3	9
2	-	GEO 802	Geosciences Seminar	3	4, 9
3	-	GEO 8XX	Elective Course-I	3	-

Semester 2 (9 Credit Hours)

Sr. No.	Pre-requisite Course Code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	17 UN-SDGs Alignment
1	-	GEO 871	Advanced Petroleum Geology	3	8
2	-	GEO 8XX	Elective Course-II	3	-
3	-	GEO 8XX	Elective Course-III	3	-

Semester 3 (3 Credit Hours)

Sr. No.	Pre-requisite Course Code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	17 UN-SDGs Alignment
1	-	THS 900	PhD Thesis	3	4, 8, 9

Semester 4 (3 Credit Hours)

Sr. No.	Pre-requisite Course Code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	17 UN-SDGs Alignment
1	-	THS 900	PhD Thesis	3	4, 8, 9

Semester 5 (3 Credit Hours)

Sr. No.	Pre-requisite Course Code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	17 UN-SDGs Alignment
1	-	THS 900	PhD Thesis	3	4, 8, 9

Semester 6 (3 Credit Hours)

Sr. No.	Pre-requisite Course Code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	17 UN-SDGs Alignment
1	-	THS 900	PhD Thesis	3	4, 8, 9

Note: Thesis credits (THS 900) continue across Semesters 3-18 as needed, totaling 36 credits over the program duration.

List of Elective Courses

Sr. No.	Pre-requisite Course Code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours	17 UN-SDGs Alignment
1	-	GEO 831	Igneous Petrogenesis	3	4, 8
2	-	GEO 832	Stable Isotope Geoscience	3	4, 8
3	-	GEO 833	Ore Mineralogy	3	4, 8
4	-	GEO 834	Geochemical Prospecting	3	4, 8
5	-	GEO 835	Radiogenic Isotopes Geoscience	3	4, 8
6	-	GEO 836	Ore Petrology	3	4, 8
7	-	GEO 837	Applied Mineralogy	3	4, 8
8	-	GEO 838	Fluid Inclusions	3	4, 8
9	-	GEO 839	Gemmology	3	4, 8
10	-	GEO 840	Metamorphic Petrogenesis	3	4, 8
11	-	GEO 841	Advanced Geochemistry	3	4, 8
12	-	GEO 842	Advanced Mineralogy	3	4, 8
13	-	GEO 843	Mineral Prospecting and Exploration	3	4, 8
14	-	GEO 844	Mineral Deposit Evaluation	3	4, 8
15	-	GEO 845	Carbonate Sedimentology	3	4, 8
16	-	GEO 846	Clastic Sedimentology	3	4, 8
17	-	GEO 847	Petroleum Geochemistry	3	4, 8
18	-	GEO 848	Advanced Marine Geology	3	4, 8
19	-	GEO 814	Hydrocarbon Exploration Techniques	3	4, 8
20	-	GEO 850	Advanced Basin Analysis	3	4, 8
21	-	GEO 851	Reservoir Characterization	3	4, 8
22	-	GEO 852	Advanced Micropaleontology	3	4, 8
23	-	GEO 853	Advanced Sequence Stratigraphy	3	4, 8
24	-	GEO 854	Watershed Management	3	3, 4, 6, 15
25	-	GEO 855	Contaminant Hydrogeology	3	3, 4, 6, 15
26	-	GEO 856	Advanced Rock Mechanics	3	4, 11
27	-	GEO 857	Advanced Soil Mechanics	3	4, 11
28	-	GEO 858	Advanced Quantitative Hydrogeology	3	4, 6, 15
29	-	GEO 859	Advanced Engineering Geology	3	4, 11
30	-	GEO 860	Ground Water Modeling (Flow and Transport)	3	4, 6, 15
31	-	GEO 861	Advanced Hydrogeochemistry	3	4, 6, 15
32	-	GEO 862	Desertification	3	4, 13
33	-	GEO 863	Geotechnical Engineering	3	4, 11
34	-	GEO 866	Advanced Instrumentation	3	4, 9
35	-	GEO 867	Glaciology	3	4, 13
36	-	GEO 868	Advanced Structural Geology	3	4, 9
37	-	GEO 829	Advanced Earthquake Seismology	3	11, 15
38	-	GEO 869	Geostatistics	3	4, 7, 12, 13
39	-	GEO 826	Disaster Risk Management	3	4, 11, 15
40	-	GEO 870	Advanced Geoinformatics	3	4, 8, 9
41	-	GEO 810	Petrophysics	3	4, 8
42	-	ESC 801	Research Methods in PhD Studies	3	4

List of Deficiency Courses

Deficiency courses can be selected from 700-level courses of the MS Geology Roadmap, as recommended by the Admission Committee.

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