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	150	6
BIO131	Biology I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
CHE111	Organic Chemistry	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
PHY111	Physics I	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
MAT111	Mathematics I	3	1	0	0	4	3	150	6
UC1	University Requirement (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

Semester 2

Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
GES112	Mineralogy	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
GES119	Laboratory Safety and good laboratory practice	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
CHE141	Physical Chemistry	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
MAT112	Mathematics II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
MAT131	Statistics	1	2	2	0	3	2	105	4
UC2	University Requirement (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
UC3	University Requirement (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

Semester 3

Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
GES211	Optical Mineralogy	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
BIO241	Biology II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
CHE221	Inorganic Chemistry	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
PHY211	Physics II	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
UC4	University Requirement ( 4 )	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
UC5	University Requirement ( 5 )	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
UE1	Elective University (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

Semester 4

Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
CSE014	Computer Programming and Computational Techniques	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
GES212	Structural Geology	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
GES213	Paleontology & Stratigraphy	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
GES214	Petrology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
GES221	Principles of Geophysics	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
UC6	University Requirement ( 6 )	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

Semester 5

Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
GES311	Petroleum Geology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
GES312	Economic Geology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
E1	Elective Course (1)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
E1	Elective Course (1)	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
E2	Elective Course (2)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
UC7	University Requirement (7)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
UE2	Elective University (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

Semester 6

Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
GES315	Ore Petrology	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
GES316	Engineering Geology	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
GES317	Geological survey and Field Mapping	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
GES321	Petro -physics & Well logging	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
E1	Elective Course (1)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
E2	Elective Course (2)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
UE3	Elective University (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

Semester 7

Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
GES411	Mining Geology	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
GES418	Practical Training and Internship	2	4	0	0	6	4	210	8
GES421	Geophysical data processing	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
E1	Elective Course (1)	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
E2	Elective Course (2)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
E2	Elective Course (2)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4

Semester 8

Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
GES415	Geology of Egypt	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
GES419	Graduation Project	2	4	0	0	6	4	210	8
GES423	Geophysical Exploration	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
E1	Elective Course (1)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
E2	Elective Course (2)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4
E3	Elective Course (3)	1	2	0	0	3	2	105	4

Elective (E1)

GES319 Journal club
BIO132 Developmental Biology
BIO231 Vertebrates
BIO242 Paleobotany
ENV111 Environmental Biology
ENV211 Principles of Ecology
CHE231 Quality control
CHE241 Renewable energy and sustainability
CHE318 Scientific writing
PHY221 Introduction to Nanoscience
PHY261 Biophysics

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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