MS Geophysics
Important for all candidates
- Applicant for admission MUST MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS set-forth by Bahria University.
- Candidates are advised to CONFIRM THEIR ELIGIBILITY prior apply.
- In case of annual system, eligibility will be determined on the basis of result in percentages.
- In case of semester system, eligibility will be determined on the basis of CGPA obtained out of 4.00.
- In case the result is shown both in CGPA and percentage, CGPA will be considered.
Program Educational Objectives
- Establishing skillful and knowledgeable graduates in the industrial fields including oil and gas industries as well as higher institutions (PEO1).
- Produce human resources that are able to apply logical, critical and analytical concepts to exploit, develop and manage the knowledge based resources (PEO2).
- Developing graduates who are able to lead and contribute effectively (PEO3).
Program Learning Objectives
- PLO 1. Apply skills developed in fundamental courses to geophysical problems.
- PLO 2. Research, analyze, and synthesize solutions to an original and contemporary geophysics problem.
- PLO 3. Work independently and as part of a team to develop and improve geophysics solutions.
- PLO 4. Apply written, visual, and oral presentation skills to communicate scientific knowledge.
- PLO 5. An in depth technical understanding of geophysics problems at an advanced level.
Eligibility Criteria
- BS degree (16 years of education) in Natural Sciences, or any other relevant discipline from an HEC-recognized institution with minimum CGPA 2.00/4.00 (semester system) or 50% marks (annual system).
- Candidates having non-earth sciences degree may be required to complete up to 6-9 credit hours of deficiency courses, as determined by the Department on case-to-case basis.
| Course Code | Course Title |
| GEO 662 | Seismic Data Planning and Analysis |
| GEO 663 | Geophysical Exploration Methods |
| GEO 664 | Borehole Geophysics and Well Log analysis |
| Semester 1 | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO 761 | Unconventional Energy Resources | 3 |
| ESC 701 | Research Methodology | 3 |
| GEO 748 | Advanced Seismic Stratigraphy | 3 |
| GEO 781 | Advanced Seismic Techniques | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| GEO XXX | Elective-I | 3 |
| GEO XXX | Elective-II | 3 |
| GEO XXX | Elective-III | 3 |
| GEO XXX | Elective-IV | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| THS 799 | MS Thesis | 3 |
| ISL 203 | Fehm-e-Quran-I* | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours | 4 | |
| * Only for Muslim students; For Non-Muslims any University approved 02 (or more) credit hours of Interdisciplinary Course | ||
| Semester 4 | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| THS 799 | MS Thesis | 3 |
| ISL 204 | Fehm-e-Quran-II* | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours | 4 | |
| * Only for Muslim students; For Non-Muslims any University approved 02 (or more) credit hours of Interdisciplinary Course | ||
| List Of Electives | |||
| Sr. No. | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| 1 | GEO 761 | Unconventional energy Resources | 3 |
| 2 | GEO 748 | Advanced Seismic Stratigraphy | 3 |
| 3 | GEO 781 | Advanced Seismic Techniques | 3 |
| 4 | ESC 701 | Research Methodology | 3 |
| 5 | GEO 741 | Applications of GIS in Geoscience | 3 |
| 6 | GEO 701 | Global Tectonics | 3 |
| 7 | GEO 705 | Sedimentary Petrology | 3 |
| 8 | GEO 766 | 3D Seismic Data interpretation | 3 |
| 9 | GEO 707 | Basin Analysis | 3 |
| 10 | GEO 708 | Stratigraphic analysis and Petroleum Prospects | 3 |
| 11 | GEO 745 | Petrophysical Analysis | 3 |
| 12 | GEO 747 | Drilling Operations and Well Site Geology | 3 |
| 13 | GEO 710 | Groundwater development and management | 3 |
| 14 | GEO 731 | Techniques in Structural Geology | 3 |
| 15 | GEO 717 | Seismic Data conditioning and analysis | 3 |
| 16 | GEO 715 | Advances in Exploration Geophysics | 3 |
| 17 | GEO 744 | Borehole Geophysics | 3 |
| 18 | GEO 713 | Applied Seismology | 3 |
| 19 | GEO 724 | Clastic Sedimentology | 3 |
| 20 | GEO 725 | Non clastic Sedimentology | 3 |
| 21 | GEO 743 | Advanced Earthquake Seismology | 3 |
| 22 | GEO 714 | Mining Geophysics | 3 |
| 23 | GEO 728 | Groundwater Modeling | 3 |
| 24 | GEO 742 | Geodesy | 3 |
| 25 | GEO 730 | Advanced Marine Geology | 3 |
| 26 | GEO 734 | Reservoir Geology | 3 |
| 27 | GEO 763 | Gravity and Magnetic Exploration Techniques | 3 |
| 28 | GEO 749 | Near Surface Geophysics | 3 |
| 29 | GEO 757 | Electrical Exploration Techniques | 3 |
| 30 | ENV 740 | Climate Crisis Adaption and Mitigation | 3 |
| 31 | ENV 713 | Health Safety and Environment | 3 |
| 32 | GEO 702 | Geophysical Exploration Technique | 3 |
| 33 | GEO 719 | Coal Geology | 3 |
| 34 | GEO 760 | Practical Technology Use in the Geoscience | 3 |
| 35 | GEO 703 | Advanced petroleum system Analysis | 3 |
| 36 | ENV 704 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| 37 | GEO 716 | Environmental Geophysics | 3 |
| 38 | GEO 771 | Engineering Geophysics | 3 |
| 39 | CSC 719 | Machine Learning | 3 |
| 40 | GEO 770 | Applications of Geostatistics in Geosciences | 3 |
| 41 | GEO 786 | Reservoir Geomechanics | 3 |
| 42 | GEO 712 | Mineral prospecting and Exploration | 3 |