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Program Specifications

Bachelor of Geology / Study Plan

  1. University requirement (27)

A.     Obligatory courses: (18) credit hours

 

Course codeCourse name Credit hoursPrerequisites
TheoreticalPractical
2200100

Military Science

 3 -
3400100National Culture 3 -
3400101Learning & Research Skills  3 -
3400102Communication Skills 3 -
3400103Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking  3 -
3400104Human Civilization 3 -
3400105Campus Life and Ethics 

0

 

  

 

B.     Elective courses: (9) credit hours

Course codeCourse name Credit hoursPrerequisites
TheoreticalPractical
0302100Science and the Society 3  
0305100Environment 3  
1000100Democracy 3 -
0401100Islamic Culture 3 -
0402100Islamic System 3 -
1701100Philosophy 3 -
1701102Knowledge Theory 3 -
1702101Arabic Islamic civilization 3 -
1702102Civilization & History of Jordan 3 -
1706100Introduction to Social Psychology 3 -
1703100History of Arts 3 -
1707100Concepts & Economical Systems 3 -

 

2. Faculty requirements:

 

  1. Obligatory courses : (21) credit hours

 

Course codeCourse name Credit hoursPrerequisites
 TheoreticalPractical

0301101

Calculus I

(Math. Department)

 3 -

0301131

Principles of Statistics

(Math. Department)

online3 -

0302101

General Physics I

 3 -

0303101

General Chemistry I

(Chemistry Department)

 3 -

0304101

General Biology I

(Biology Department)

 3 -

0305101

General Geology I

(Geology Department)

 3 -

1901102

Computer Skills for Scientific Faculties

 3 1900100

 

Elective courses: None

 

Course codeCourse name Credit hoursPrerequisites
 TheoreticalPractical
      
      

 

3- Specialty requirements: (84) credit hours

 

Obligatory courses: (66) credit hours

 

Course codeCourse name Credit hoursPrerequisites
TheoreticalPractical
0301102Calculus-2 3-0301101
0303102General Chemistry-2 3-0303101
0345102Principles of Environmental  Geologyblended3-0305101
0335111General Geology Lab -30345102 or simultaneous
0303106General Chemistry Lab 130303102
0345201Stratigraphy and Historical Geology 330305101
0335211Optical Mineralogy Lab -30345221 or simultaneous
0345212Petrology Lab -30335231 or simultaneous
0345221Mineralogy 3-0335111
0335231Petrology 3-0345221
0305271Fundamentals of Geophysicsblended3-0305101, 0301101
0305311Field Techniques -90305341
0305314Instrumental Analyses in Geology -30303106
0355331Applied Sedimentology 130335231
0305341Structural Geology 230335231
0345351Principles of Geochemistry 3-0335231
0335361Principles of Hydrogeology 230335231
0365371Applied Geophysics 130305271
0345381Earth Resources and the Environment 3-0335231
0335391Engineering Geology 3-0305341
0345392Geologic Data Analysis 230345351, 0301131
0335401Geology of Jordan 3-0355331
0305402Earth and environmental sciences teachingblended2-0335231
0345411Graduation Project -60305341*
0335441Remote Sensing techniques 230305341
0365481Environmental Geochemistry 3-0345351

 

* Finishing 90 hours successfully

 

Elective courses: (18) credit hours

 

Course codeCourse name Credit hoursPrerequisites
TheoreticalPractical
0335202Geodesy and surveyingonline3-0305101
0305203Meteorologyonline3-0305101
0305301Invertebrate Paleontology 230345201
0305302Basics of Astronomy 3-0305101
0345312Field Geotechnical Applications -90305311
0305313Geographic Information Systems  Lab -3-
0335332Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 230335231
0335372Seismology 3-0305271
0305382Aqueous Geochemistryblended3-0345351
0335393Soil and Rock Mechanics 3-0335391
0305403Plate tectonics theoryonline3-0305101
0335421Mineral Exploration 3-0345381
0345431Industrial Geomaterials 3-0335331
0345451Biogeochemistryblended3-0345351
0335461Water Resources Management 3-0335361
0365482Environmental  Geophysics 230305271
0345483Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)blended2-0365481
0345491Geology of Dams and Water Reservoirsblended3-0335391
0355492Petroleum Geology 230305341