Admission Inputs
To be admitted to the Department of Geology, applicants must hold a high school diploma in the scientific specialization with a minimum average of 75% and select the department among their preferences in the central admission electronic application.
Learning Outcomes
The department awards a Bachelor’s degree in Earth Sciences, requiring 128 credit hours over eight semesters. Upon graduation, students are expected to be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of geology, structures, and resources, and have the ability to discover and evaluate natural resource reserves.
- Apply geological concepts, laws, and theories across various fields, such as structural, historical, economic, applied, petroleum geology, as well as mineralogy, petrology, soil science, hydrology, seismology, volcanology, flood, and landslide studies.
- Skillfully and responsibly handle geological and laboratory equipment, materials, and conduct practical experiments, analyze results, and draw scientific conclusions.
- Use computers and geological and mathematical software to solve problems, tackle equations, simulate scenarios, design projects, and produce and publish academic work.
- Develop critical thinking, creativity, research skills, continuous learning, teamwork, effective communication, and a commitment to scientific and professional ethics.