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CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
4-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMME
  

YEAR 1
Code
SEMESTER 1
Courses
C
Cr
 
YEAR 1
Code
SEMESTER 2
Courses
C
Cr
 
Bahasa Kebangsaan A/B
N
3
 
Co-curriculum
U
1
 
Islamic Studies/Moral Studies
N
3
 
Vector Calculus
C
3
 
Introduction to Oil & Gas Industry
U
2
 
Mineralogy & Petrography
M
4
 
Academic Writing
U
2
 
Geological Mapping Techniques
M
3
 
Differential Equations
C
3
 
Stratigraphy & Palaeontology
M
4
 
Physical Geology
M
3
 
Structural Geology
M
3
Credit Hours
16
Credit Hours
18

 

YEAR 2
Code
SEMESTER 3
Courses
C
Cr
 
YEAR 2
Code
SEMESTER 4
Courses
C
Cr
 
Structured Programming & Database Systems
C
3
 
Co-curriculum
U
1
 
Health, Safety and Environment
C
2
 
Professional Communication Skill
U
3
 
Probability & Statistics
C
3
 
Carbonate Sedimentology & Petrography
M
3
 
Geochemistry
M
3
 
Reservoir Rocks & Fluid Properties
M
3
 
Seismic Methods
M
4
 
Seismic Interpretation
M
4
 
Clastic Sedimentology & Petrography
M
3
 
Well Logging & Formation Evaluation
M
4
Credit Hours
18
Credit Hours
18

 
 

YEAR 3
Code
SEMESTER 5
Courses
C
Cr
 
YEAR 3
Code
SEMESTER 6
Courses
C
Cr
 
Introduction to Management
U
3
 
Industrial Internship
M
14
 
Basin Analysis & Petroleum System
M
3
 
 
 
 
 
Rock Physics & AVO Analysis
M
3
 
 
 
 
 
Seismic Wave & Imaging
M
3
 
 
 
 
 
Reservoir Characterization & Geological Modeling
M
3
 
 
 
 
 
Fieldwork Management & Geo Field Camp
M
4
 
 
 
 
Credit Hours
19
Credit Hours
14

 

YEAR 4
Code
SEMESTER 7
Courses
C
Cr
 
YEAR 4
Code
SEMESTER 8
Courses
C
Cr
 
Drilling & Production Technology
M
2
 
Malaysian Studies
N
3
 
Petroleum Economics
M
3
 
Social Sciences / Humanities
U
3
 
Regional & Petroleum Geology of Malaysia & SEA
M
3
 
Final Year Project (FYP II)
M
4
 
Integrated E&P Opportunity Evaluation
M
3
 
Major Elective II
ME
3
 
Final Year Project (FYP I)
M
2
 
Major Elective III
ME
3
 
Major Elective I
ME
3
 
 
 
 
Credit Hours
16
Credit Hours
16

 
 
 
Major Electives (ME)
 
Choose any of the following sets of Major Elective areas
 

A.
Basin Reservoir Studies
1
Geodynamics & Basin Development
 
 
 
2
Petroleum Geochemistry & Basin Modelling
 
 
 
3
Geomechanics & Fractured Reservoirs
 
 
 

 

B.
Exploration Geophysics
1
Seismic data processing
 
 
 
2
Volume Interpretation & Visualisation
 
 
 
3
Non-seismic methods
 
 
 

 
 
 
Courses Offered by Management and Humanities Programme for 4-year Degree in Petroleum Geoscience.
 

No.
Subjects
Code
Status
Credit Hr
A
National Requirement (N)
1
Islamic Studies
 
N
3
2
Moral Studies
 
N
3
3
Bahasa Kebangsaan A
 
N
3
4
Bahasa Kebangsaan B
 
N
3
5
Malaysian Studies
 
N
3
   
B
University Requirement (U)
1
Academic Writing
 
U
2
2
Professional Communication Skills
 
U
3
 
Social Science and Humanities (Choose 1)
1
Cultural Anthropology
 
U
3
2
Basic Arabic Communication for Non-Arabic Speakers
 
U
3
3
Islamic Knowledge And Sciences
 
U
3
4
Mandarin
 
U
3
5
Corporate Communication
 
U
3
6
French Language I
 
U
3
7
French Language II
 
U
3
8
Technical and Professional Writing
 
U
3
9
Introduction to Social and Political Science
 
U
3
10
General Psychology
 
U
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C
Management Minor (Engineering Programme only)
1
Principles of Finance
 
Em
3
2
Business Accounting
 
Em
3
3
Principles of Marketing
 
Em
3
4
Management & Organizational Behaviour
 
Em
3
5
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
 
Em
3