Description
The Department of Geology offers this program to obtain a high degree (Master's) in the field of structural geology within a period of three years (six semesters) during which the student can choose courses according to the time rate that suits his capabilities and abilities.
This program has been developed to be scientifically distinguished (according to the curricula of North American universities) and through which the student learns the details of pressure, jihad and rock deformation - structural analysis - separators - slip faults - slope faults - fold shapes - rock flow - microscopic tissues - overcoming belts and tectonic plates.
This program requires the student to possess (51) study credits.
Objectives
The Department of Geology aims in general to achieve outputs that the graduate is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the educational program through the following:
1. Preparing and qualifying students in the field of oil and gas geology at the master's level through advanced scientific curricula to provide the needs of the labor market in public and private institutions in the country, especially the oil and gas sector.
2. Providing the appropriate scientific climate for master's students through the scientific material of the courses approved theoretically and laboratory and applying them in the field with field work courses in order to refine students academically, scientifically and technically.
3. Benefiting from Libya's important oil wealth scientifically and creating distinguished research projects at the local and international levels.
4. Contribute to environmental studies and research through joint work with the competent authorities to preserve the environment and its safety, track various sources of pollution, reduce the environmental effects resulting from natural disasters and the overexploitation of natural resources.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the educational program, the student should have acquired the skills that enable him to use what he has studied in professional applications in the field of oil and gas, the most important of which are the following:
1. The ability to research and predict natural resources and wealth (oil, gas) and evaluate them quantitatively and qualitatively through the study of geological structures and various geophysical means
2. The ability to measure the dimensions of oil reservoirs and reservoirs, determine their relative ages, and put data in different forms
3. The ability to use laboratories and field equipment safely to collect geological information and harness it to carry out scientific research of local and international interest.
4. The graduate of this program should have the ability to know the means related to the sustainability of natural resources, environmental protection, and natural disaster risk reduction
Certificate Rewarded
Master of Geology (Specialization in Structural Geology)Master of Geology (Specialization in Structural Geology)
Entry Reuirements
Students are admitted to graduate studies in the Department of Geology according to the following requirements and conditions:
1. The student applying to study in the department must have a certificate of completion of the university education stage (bachelor's) or its equivalent in accordance with the procedures and controls issued by the Ministry of Education and in force in Libyan universities.
2. The documents required for admission are determined by the competent scientific committee at the College of Science.
3. The scientific program accepts students transferred from the corresponding departments in other colleges, provided that the transferred student submits documents showing the courses he studied, the scientific content of each of them, the number of units for each course, and a transcript of grades, and the academic file is referred to the coordinator of the academic program in the department to complete the equivalency procedures.
4. The capacity of the department is estimated at twenty new students per semester and can be increased if the appropriate capabilities are available.
5. The ratio of students enrolled in the study to the percentage of students admitted to 100%.
Study Plan
The Master in structural geology prepares students to qualify for Master in structural geology. The student studies several subjects which have been carefully chosen in this major to cover its different aspects.
It comprises 6 Semesters of study, in which the student will study a total of 51 units, which include 0 units of general subjects, and 0 major units
Study plan for this program is shown below:
1st Semester
| Code | Title | Credits | Course Type | Prerequisite |
|---|
| GE611 | Advanced Sedimentology | 03 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successful completion of the course, as follows:· Study of sedimentary facies and their vertical and horizontal changes.· Study of depositional environments.· Study and identify sequences of basic sedimentary rocks in the field and analyze them.
| GE612 | Advanced Stratigraphy | 03 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire when successfully completing the course, as follows:Study the foundations of rock stratigraphy.Study the analysis of basins from a stratified perspective.· Evaluate surface and subsurface information.Study and evaluate local and international examples
| GE615 | Advanced Igneous Petrology | 03 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course, as follows:A quantitative study of the chemical processes controlling the formation of magma.Study the chemical composition of igneous rocks.A study of determining the age of rocks by radioactive elements and fixed isotopes as an indicator of the origin and diversity of igneous rocks.Study of the petrographic composition of the main clans of igneous rocks.
2nd Semester
| Code | Title | Credits | Course Type | Prerequisite |
|---|
| GE616 | Geotectonics | 03 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course, as follows:Study the theoretical and practical foundations of structural geology.Study of rock deformation and its relationship to plate tectonics.Study the emergence and development of oceanic basins and mountain belts in the world.Tectonic study of the formation of sedimentary basins.
| GE617 | Technical Writing | 02 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course, as follows: The ability to organize and coordinate the research program (graduation project).Writing in a smooth and harmonious manner and in a scientific context.Organizing and arranging ideas.Preparing a research proposal and writing scientific reports according to the requirements of the plan.Describe and analyze tables and figuresWriting the graduation project.
| GE618 | Geology of Libya | 03 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course, as follows:A study of the emergence and development of the African continent and the Mediterranean basin.· Studying the tectonic movements affecting the emergence of local sedimentary basins.· Studying the relationship between tectonics and the diversity of stratigraphic sequences vertically and horizontally in the Libyan sedimentary basins.Accumulations of hydrocarbons, water and economic minerals and their relationship to stratification in Libya.
| GE620 | Data Analysis in Geology | 03 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course, as follows:Understanding the foundations of geological data, its sources and classifications.Methods of processing geological data mathematically and statistically. It includes measures and numbers in geology; distribution of geological data; univariate statistic Bivariate statistics and analysis of data with spatial distributionKnow how to use geographical statistics programs such as Excel, Surfer, and others
3rd Semester
| Code | Title | Credits | Course Type | Prerequisite |
|---|
| GE633 | Sedimentation and Tectonics | 03 | Compulsory | + |
Tectonic control on sedimentation, major orogenic events through time, effect of orogenies on the evolution of the sedimentary basins. Sedimentological data base, correlation, mapping, facies models, classification, and evolution of sedimentary basins of Libya. Study of international key examples.
| GE651 | Advanced Structural Geology | 03 | Compulsory | + |
Stress, 3-D Stress tensor, stress functions, continuum Mechanics, Rheology of rocks under stress, analysis of deformation, Mechanics of fracturing, Mohr diagrams and their use. Microstructures associated with deformational and metamorphic events. Thrust Tectonics in orogenic Belts, Introduction to experimental structural geology, and to finite element analysis. Case studies.
| GE652 | Geotectonic II | 03 | Compulsory | + |
This course deals with microtectonics. Microscale structural fabrics in metamorphic rocks. Deciphering structural and metamorphic events from thin-sections. Shear zone tectonics and cataclastic microfabrics, stress quantification. Shock deformation and metamorphism. Microstructural indicators of stress. Chemical changes accompanying deformation.
4th Semester
| Code | Title | Credits | Course Type | Prerequisite |
|---|
| GE653 | Tectonophysics | 03 | Compulsory | + |
Geophysical and the internal composition of the Earth, rheological properties the mantle. Determination of displacements, stress and gravitational potential induced by surface loads, internal mass anomalies and dislocations. Temporal variations of gravity field and applications. Average sea level variations induced by instability in the cryosphere and plate tectonics. Static crustal deformations induced by earthquakes.
| GE654 | Advanced Field Geology | 03 | Compulsory | + |
Advanced field methods applied to large-scale geologically complex area including independent mapping, quantitative analysis of 3-dimensional field data and report writing by the student.
| GE655 | Remote Sensing and GIS | 03 | Compulsory | + |
Principles and use of remote sensing, passive and active systems, multispectral data, image processing, use of remote sensing in geological mapping and exploration. Geoinformatics, projection, spatial models and their structure, spatial databases, data supply and retrieval for GIS, digitizing, geodetic surveying instruments and technique, cartographic techniques, integration of GIS and remote sensing.
| GE656 | Topics in Structural Geology | 03 | Elective | + |
Advanced topics and case studies in structural geology and tectonics based on new developments, case studies and/or specialized topics related to the student's thesis.
5th Semester
| Code | Title | Credits | Course Type | Prerequisite |
|---|
| GE688 | Field Seminar | 04 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course, as follows:Provide comprehensive education in field geology on the basis of research excellence under the supervision of a group of distinguished professors and with the help of technicians, laboratories, as well as field facilities and tools.Enable students to understand the foundations, theories and field methods in the field of geology.Training students to record field information using modern electronic technologies.Writing geological reports.
| GE699 | Thesis | 06 | Compulsory | + |
This course is designed to achieve the general objectives in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course, as follows:Doing the necessary applications to write a master's thesis.The ability to understand the research content in the context of the problem being studied by the student.The ability to identify and define the questions that should be answered through the research results.