Master programs in Geology and Geophysics

1) Achieve excellence in higher education in the fields of earth sciences, while working on the quality of students at the undergraduate and graduate levels

2) Developing applied scientific research through projects in the fields of oil and gas, minerals, groundwater, environment and natural hazards.

3) Providing consultations in the field of natural disasters in cooperation with the Seismic Study Center at the university.

4) Ensure the optimal use of resources and modern technology in the fields of earth sciences.

5) Provide a stimulating environment capable of attracting the best students, staff and faculty.

6) Establish partnerships at the local and global levels between academic and industrial/research institutions in the fields of oil and gas, minerals and groundwater exploration, as well as environmental investigations and natural hazards.

Bachelor (V. Good) + IELTS 4.5 + Recs.

M.Sc. in Geology

• GEO 501 – Advanced Geology of Saudi Arabia – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 522 – Advanced Igneous Petrology – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 523 – Advanced Metamorphic Petrology – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 532 – Advanced Stratigraphy – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 533 – Advanced Sedimentary petrology – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 534 – Carbonate Rocks and Evaporites – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 536 – Recent Sediments – 2 Credit Hours

• GEO 542 – Invertebrate Palaeontology (I) – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 543 – Invertebrate Palaeontology (II) – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 544 – Invertebrate Palaeontology (III) – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 547 – Advanced Microfossils – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 548 – Advanced Paleoecology – 2 Credit Hours

• GEO 554 – Mining Geology – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 555 – Advanced Hydrogeology – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 556 – Advanced Petroleum Geology – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 561 – Advanced Geochemistry – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 564 – Geochronology – 2 Credit Hours

• GEO 566 – Mineral Geochemistry – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 572 – Applied Geophysics – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 573 – Interpretation of Well Logging – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 586 – Geodynamics – 3 Credit Hours

• GEO 598 – Seminar Geology – 1 Credit Hour

• GEO 599 – Special Topics – 1 Credit Hour

• GEO 600 – Research Project (M.Sc. Thesis) – 6 Credit Hours