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Study Plan

Petroleum & Mining Geology Program

Petroleum & Mining Geology Program

Semester 1

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
GES111 Physical Geology 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
BIO131 Biology I 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
CHE111 Organic Chemistry 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
PHY111 Introductory Physics 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
MAT111 Mathematics I 2 0 2 0 4 3 120 6
UC1 University Requirement (1) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4

Semester 2

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
GES112 Mineralogy 1 2 1 0 4 2 120 4
GES119 Laboratory Safety 1 2 1 0 4 2 120 4
CHE141 Physical Chemistry 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
MAT112 Mathematics II 2 0 2 0 4 3 120 6
MAT131 Statistics 1 0 2 0 3 2 90 4
UC2 University Requirement (2) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4
UC3 University Requirement (3) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4

Semester 3

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
GES211 Optical Mineralogy 1 2 1 0 4 2 120 4
PHY211 Electricity and Magnetism 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
CHE221 Inorganic Chemistry 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
BIO241 Biology II 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
UC4 University Requirement (4) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4
UC5 University Requirement (5) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4
UE1 Elective University (1) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4

Semester 4

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
CSE014 Structured Programming 2 3 0 0 5 3 150 6
GES212 Structural Geology and Tectonics 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
GES213 Stratigraphy and Paleontology 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
GES214 Petrology 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
GES221 Principles of Geophysics 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
UC6 University Requirement (6) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4

Semester 5

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
GES311 Petroleum Geology 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
GES315 Ore Mineralogy 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
GES417 Remote sensing and GIS 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
E1 Elective Course (1) 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
UC7 University Requirement (7) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4
UE2 Elective University (2) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4

Semester 6

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
GES312

Economic Geology

 1 2 1 0 4 2 120 4
GES316 Engineering Geology 1 2 0 0 3 3 90 4
GES317 Geological survey and Field Mapping 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
GES321 Petro -physics & Well logging 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
E1 Elective Course (1) 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
UE3 Elective University (3) 2 0 0 0 2 2 60 4

Semester 7

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
GES411 Mining Geology 1 2 0 0 3 2 90 4
GES418 Practical Training 2 4 0 0 6 4 180 8
GES421 Geophysical data Processing 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
GES426 Mineral Exploration 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
E1 Elective Course (3) 2 2 1 0 5 3 150 6
E2 Elective Course (1) 1 2 1 0 4 2 120 4

Semester 8

Code Course Name LCT LAB TUT OTH CNTCT CH SWL ECTS
GES415 Geology of Egypt 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
GES419 Graduation Project 2 4 0 0 6 4 180 8
GES423 Geophysical Exploration 2 2 0 0 4 3 120 6
E1 Elective Course (4) 2 2 0 0 5 3 150 6
E2 Elective Course (2) 1 2 1 0 4 2 120 4
E2 Elective Course (3) 1 2 1 0 4 2 120 4

Elective (E1)

  • BIO101 Botany and medicinal plant
  • BIO132 Developmental Biology
  • BIO231 Vertebrates
  • BIO242 Paleobotany
  • BIO311 Introduction to Biotechnology
  • ENV111 Environmental Biology
  • ENV211 Principles of Ecology
  • CHE231 Quality control and quality assurance in laboratories
  • CHE232 Introduction to analytical chemistry
  • CHE241 Renewable energy and sustainability
  • CHE318 Scientific writing
  • PHY221 Introduction to Nanoscience
  • PHY261 Biophysics
  • GES216 Sedimentary Petrology
  • GES215 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  • GES217 Industrial Rocks and Minerals
  • GES219 Journal Club

Elective (E2)

  • GES313 Subsurface Geology
  • GES314 Hydrogeology
  • GES318 Geochemistry
  • GES322 Reservoir Characterization
  • GES412 Organic Geochemistry
  • GES413 Mineral Technology
  • GES414 Micropaleontology
  • GES416 Basin Analysis
  • GES417 Remote sensing and GIS methods
  • GES422 Geothermal and radio -thermic methods
  • GES424 Geophysical fluid dynamics
  • GES425 Environmental Geo -hazards

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