Courses
The Department offers a three-year BSc Undergraduate Programme
in Geology, the syllabus so designed to cater to novices of the subject. A
student aspiring to become a geologist need not have offered Geology at Std XI
and XII level.
The three years
degree programme has 120 academic and 10 nonacademic Credits. The academic
courses are divided into(I) Foundation courses (II) Core and Elective courses.
(I)
Foundation Courses:Foundation
courses are those that provide basics skills which can be transferred across
disciplines.
Semester
|
Single Major and Major - Minor
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Credits
|
I
|
i.
Academic Writing
ii.
Language (English, Konkani, Marathi, Hindi, French,
Portuguese)
|
04
04
|
II
|
iii.
Cyber Security
iv.
Language (English, Konkani, Marathi, Hindi, French,
Portuguese) Same offered at Semester I
v.
Statistical Methods
|
04
04
04
|
III
|
vi.
Environmental Studies
|
02
|
IV
|
vii.
Research Writing
viii.
Environmental Studies
|
04
02
|
V
|
ix.
Interdisciplinary
|
04
|
V
|
x.
Interdisciplinary
|
04
|
36 Credits
|
(II)
Core and Elective Courses:
Core
Course: The Core
Course is to be compulsorily studied by a student as a core requirement to
complete theProgramme in a said discipline of study.
Elective Courses: Elective course is a course which can be chosen from
a pool of papers.
Semester-wise distribution of Core Courses
(CC) and Elective Courses (EC) in Geology
Semester
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Single Major
|
Major-Minor (Major)
|
Major-Minor(Minor)
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I
|
2 CC
|
08 Credits
|
2 CC
|
08 Credits
|
1 CC
|
04 Credits
|
II
|
2 CC
|
08
|
2 CC
|
08
|
1 CC
|
04
|
III
|
1 CC
3 EC
|
04
12
|
1 CC
1 EC
|
04
04
|
1 CC
|
04
|
IV
|
1 CC
3 EC
|
04
12
|
1 CC
1 EC
|
04
04
|
1 CC
|
04
|
V
|
1 CC
3 EC
Project
|
04
12
02
|
1 CC
2 EC
Project
|
04
08
02
|
1 CC
|
04
|
VI
|
1 CC
3 EC
Project
|
04
12
02
|
1 CC
2 EC
Project
|
04
08
02
|
1 CC
|
04
|
Total
|
8 CC
12 EC
Project
|
32
48
04
84 Credits
|
8 CC
6 EC
Project
|
32
24
04
60 Credits
|
6 CC
|
24 Credits
|
Each
Course is of 4 Credits.
Theory
= 3 Credits = 45 Contact hours
Practical
= 1 Credit = 15 laboratory sessions = 30 Contact hours.
Project = 4 Credits
Semester-wise
Course titles offered in Geology
SEMESTER
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CORE COURSES
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ELECTIVE COURSES
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I
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GEL-I.C-1
Fundamentals of Mineralogy
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GEL-I.C-2A
Earth’s Dynamics and Tectonics
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II
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GEL-II.C-3A
Elementary Petrology
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GEL-II.C-4
Principles of Stratigraphy and Paleontology
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III
|
GEL-III.C-5A
Advanced Mineralogy and Geochemistry
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GEL-III.E-1
Physical Geology
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GEL-III.E-2
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
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GEL-III.E-3A
Ore Genesis
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GEL-III.E-4
Marine Geology
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IV
|
GEL-IV.C-6
Structural Geology
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GEL-IV.E-5A
Engineering Geology
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GEL-IV.E-6A
Optical Mineralogy
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GEL-IV.E-7
Natural Hazards and Management
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GEL-IV.E-8
Geotectonics
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V
|
GEL-V.C-7
Sedimentary
Petrology
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GEL-V.E-9A
Stratigraphy of India – Part I
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GEL-V.E-10
Petroleum Geology
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GEL-V.E-11A
Metamorphic Petrology
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GEL-V.E-12
Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
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GEL-V.CP
Core Project
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VI
|
GEL-VI.C-8A
Igneous Petrology
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GEL-VI.E-13A
Stratigraphy of India – Part II
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GEL-VI.E-14A
Rock Structures
and Deformation Microstructures
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GELVI.E-15
Surveying and Field Geology
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GEL-VI.E-16A
Principles of Geophysical Exploration and Mining
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GEL-VI.CP
Core Project
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* Core Courses for students
offering Geology as Minor
