B.S. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Each student majoring in Petroleum Engineering must complete the following courses. He should also maintain a minimum major and cumulative GPA of 2.00 or above at the time of graduation.

A - General Education Requirements (85 credit hours)

COMMUNICATION COURSES

Arabic (IAS 101, 201& 301)

6

English ( ENGL 101, 102 & 214

9

15

SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSES

Social Sciences (ECON 403)

3

3

ENGINEERING COURSES

Transport Phenomena (CHE 204)

3

Fortran Programming (ICS 101)

3

Electric Circuits (EE 204)

3

Thermodynamics (ME 203) and Materials Science (205)

6

Numerical Methods (SE 301)

3

18

SCIENCES

General Chemistry (CHEM 101 & 102)

8

Geology (GEOL 201& 318)

6

Calculus (MATH 101, 102 & 201), Differential Equations ( 202) & Statistics (STAT 319)

17

General Physics (PHYS 101&102)

8

39

ISLAMIC STUDIES COURSES

Islamic Studies ( IAS 111, 211, 311 &  4xx)

8

8

PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSES

Physical Education (PE 101&102)

2

2

B - Major Requirements (45 credit hours)

Reservoir Rock & Fluids Properties (PETE 204 & 205)

6

Drilling Engineering (PETE 203)

4

Formation Evaluation (PETE 303, 306, & 401)

9

Production Engineering (PETE 302 & 404)

7

Reservoir Engineering (PETE 301, 402, 405 & 410)

11

Others (PETE 201, 408, 411)

5

PETE Elective (PETE xxx)

3

C - Technical Elective  (3 credit hours )

 The department's policy for recommending a non-petroleum engineering technical elective course is that it should be consistent with the career objective of the student. A technical elective course should either be a 300 or 400 level course subject to the approval of the Advisor and the Department Chairman.

D - Summer Training (0 credit hours )

Each student must participate in an eight-week program of industrial experience and submit a formal report.

 

Total Program Requirements (133 credit hours)