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King Fahd University of Petroleum &
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGY PROGRAM
The Master of Science in Geology is designed for
students who wish to focus on excellence in research.
Degree Requirements Total credit hours required for the Master of Science in Geology program is 30
credit hours. The distribution of
credit hours is as follows:
The Free Elective courses can be taken from any academic department (including
Earth Sciences Department) provided the courses are 500-level or higher and
approved by the student’s academic advisor. Up to two graduate-level Geology elective
courses can be substituted with 400-level undergraduate Geology courses only
after advisor and department approvals.
No credit will be given for any 400-level courses taken outside the
department. Students are allowed to pursue thesis research in any area of their interest.
However, considering the current industry and academia needs, the department
encourages students, in the Geology option, to specialize/concentrate in any of
the following research areas:
Sedimentology and Petroleum
Geology
Economic Geology and
Geochemistry Hydrogeology,
Environmental and Engineering Geology
Core Courses
The following courses are required for all graduate students in the Geology
option:
Elective Courses
Geology elective
courses, their titles, and credit hours are listed in the following table:
Degree Plan
Students admitted in the
Master of Science in Geology program are required to prepare and submit a
degree plan in consultation with their academic advisors at the first semester
in the program. Students will be barred from registering for any additional
courses in the following semester unless the degree plan is approved.
Students admitted
conditionally into the program must satisfy the imposed conditions at the
earliest available opportunity.
The plan outlined below applies to the Master of Science in Geology program.
Course
Title
LT LB
CR
First Semester GEOL 501 Geology of the GEOL xxx Geology
Elective I
3 0
3 GEOL xxx Geology
Elective II
3
0 3
9
0
9
Second Semester GEOL 502 Advanced
Structural Geology
3
0
3 GEOL xxx Geology
Elective III
3
0
3
XXX xxx Free
Elective I
3
0
3 GEOL 599 Seminar
1
0 0
10
0
9
Third Semester
GEOL 581
Geophyiscal Exploration
3
0
3
XXX xxx Free
Elective II
3
0 3
6
0
6
Fourth Semester GEOL 610 Thesis
0
0 6
0
0
6
Total Credit Hours – 30
MASTER OF GEOLOGY PROGRAM
The Master of Geology program is designed for the professional geoscientists
who wish to focus on excellence in training in geosciences rather than
research.
Degree Requirements Total credit hours required for the Master in Geology program is
42. The distribution of credit hours is as follows:
The Free Elective courses can be taken from any academic
department (including Earth Sciences Department) provided the courses are
500-level or higher and approved by the student’s academic advisor. Up to two graduate-level Geology elective
courses can be substituted with 400-level
undergraduate
Geology courses only after advisor and department approvals. No credit will be given for any 400-level
courses taken outside the department. Students are allowed to pursue thesis research in any area of
their interest. However, considering the current industry and academia needs,
the department encourages students, in the Geology option, to
specialize/concentrate in any of the following research areas:
Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology
Economic Geology and Geochemistry
Hydrogeology, Environmental and Engineering
Geology
Core Courses
The following courses are required for all graduate students in
the Geology option:
Elective
Courses
Geology elective courses, their titles, and credit hours are
listed in the following table:
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