Graduate Program

Course Credit: 3

The goal of this course is to introduce the basic principles in sequence stratigraphy and show how these principles can be applied to better understand how the sedimentary successions are structured in a temporal-spatial perspective. The course will discuss the basic concepts of surfaces, systems tracts, parasequence, sequence sets and stratigraphic hierarchy, and their definitions. All these concepts will be explained with field examples from seismic, well-log, core, and outcrop data of fluvial, shallow marine, and deep marine depositional settings. In-class exercises will emphasize on the recognition of sequence stratigraphic surfaces and systems tracts on well-log cross-sections, seismic lines, and outcrop profiles. The points of agreement and difference between the various sequence stratigraphic approaches (models) will be discussed, and guidelines for a standardized process-based workflow of sequence stratigraphic analysis will be provided. This will enable students to apply sequence stratigraphy effectively for facies predictions in exploration and production.

Course Credit: 3

The objective of the course is to introduce the students with the different aspects of exploration techniques and their advantages in locating subsurface natural resources. They would gather knowledge on mineral resources and reserves, mineralization in space and time, mining methods, mineral processing stages and economic analysis of the mineral Commodity (Mineral Economics); environmental concerns related with mineral production, taxation and royalty of minerals, application of exploration and exploitation rules & regulations for subsurface natural resource development.

Course Credit: 3

This course provides students with insight in physical processes of coastal environments and geological processes governing delta evolution. The course commences with an overview of coastal and shoreline processes, and the geological processes leading to delta development. It describes the morphology, facies sequences and lobe shifting of deltas. The dynamics and vulnerability of delta systems along with challenges in modern delta systems. A major part of this course will focus on the Delta Processes, Delta Plan and Delta Management of Bangladesh.

Course Credit: 3

The goal of this course is to introduce numerical modeling methods in geosciences and show how mathematical models can be developed and applied to solve and better understand various problems in geology.

Course Credit: 3

This course covers problems solving with different software, e.g., Matlab/R programming, Petrel, Eclipse, Teclog, and Kingdom , SGeMS, Agisoft PhotoScan, LIME, RS and GIS in different fields of geoscience.

Course Credit: 3

Viva voce will be conducted towards the end of the academic session which will be covering the complete syllabus. This will assess the student’s knowledge and understanding during the course of their MS degree programme. In doing so, the main objective of this course is to prepare the students to face interview both at the academic and the professional arenas.

Course Credit: 3

Develop understanding of the concepts of geophysical field surveying. Enable to select proper methodology and investigation tool/s for solving some geological problem. Enable to operate some geophysical instruments. Develop confidence and ability to work alone and solving geological problems using geophysical data. Enable to grasp core-level mathematics in geophysical data processing. Develop competency to process real data using simple rules. Enable to use computer for numerical purposes. Gain an understanding of possible applications of geophysical methods. Evaluate formulation of inverse problem and methods of solving it

Course Credit: 3

This course provides an introduction to geophysical methods for mapping and monitoring the physical properties of the shallow ground materials with a specific focus on environmental, water resources, geohazards and engineering applications. Includes discussion on various geo-environmental and geo-engineering problems and geophysical techniques to address them. Secondary data analysis, processing and interpretation are included to provide experience on geophysical data interpretation and software uses.

Course Credit: 3

Demonstrate understanding of the ambiguity in geophysical data interpretation

Course Credit: 3

This course is designed to introduce students to proper geophysical surveying for solving some specific geological problem and provides students with an in depth practical knowledge in handling and interpreting geophysical data.

Course Credit: 3

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published/secondary data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations.

Course Credit: 6

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations; to provide training in how to formulate a research problem. Therefore, this course would enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation. Thesis/project might involve students working within one of the Department’s established research groups or can work in collaboration with another industrial or academic partner. Wherever is the work, the students will be supervised, throughout the project/thesis duration by a supervisor assigned by the Department. The supervisor will provide advice on the approaches and methods that are best suited to the research problem and on collection/analysis of data and will guide in producing a well-written dissertation.

Course Credit: 3

This course is designed to provide knowledge of environmental and geohazard issues. Clear understanding of the natural and anthropogenic causes of environmental pollution and geohazards. Application of geologic knowledge to identify, remediate, and prevent environmental problems and geohazards.

Course Credit: 3

Disaster risk reduction is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them. Here it has been strongly influenced by the mass of research on vulnerability that has appeared in print since the mid-1970s as well as the mapping of natural disaster risks. Disaster risk reduction is the responsibility of development and relief agencies alike. It should be an integral part of the way such organizations do their work, not an add-on or one-off action. Disaster risk reduction is very wide-ranging: Its scope is much broader and deeper than conventional emergency management. There is potential for Disaster risk reduction initiatives in just about every sector of development and humanitarian work. Disaster risk is an indicator of poor development, so reducing disaster risk requires integrating DRR policy and DRM practice into the sustainable development goals. We need to manage risks, not just disasters.

Course Credit: 3

Environmental assessment (EA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "environmental impact assessment" (EIA) is usually used when applied to actual projects by individuals or companies and the term "strategic environmental assessment" (SEA) applies to policies, plans and programmes most often proposed by organs of state. It is a tool of environmental management forming a part of project approval and decision-making. Environmental assessments may be governed by rules of administrative procedure regarding public participation and documentation of decision making and may be subject to judicial review.

Course Credit: 3

This course is designed for the use of geo-scientists with an interest and need in developing the above courses.

Course Credit: 3

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published/secondary data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations.

Course Credit: 6

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations; to provide training in how to formulate a research problem. Therefore, this course would enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation. Thesis/project might involve students working within one of the Department’s established research groups or can work in collaboration with another industrial or academic partner. Wherever is the work, the students will be supervised, throughout the project/thesis duration by a supervisor assigned by the Department. The supervisor will provide advice on the approaches and methods that are best suited to the research problem and on collection/analysis of data and will guide in producing a well-written dissertation.

Course Credit: 3

Spatial data science lets analysts to extract deeper insight from data using a comprehensive set of analytical methods and spatial algorithms. This course explores the use of spatial data science to uncover hidden patterns and improve predictive modelling. It deals with powerful analytical tools in Esri's ArcGIS software and learn how to integrate popular open data science packages into different analyses.

Course Credit: 3

This course covers the advanced principles of photogrammetry and remote sensing systems, and their analysis and interpretation in the field of geosciences.

Course Credit: 3

This course concerns the observations geo-hazards, mapping of geological structure, phenomenon, mineral resource mapping, and its changes over time through geospatial techniques. However, it is not always easy for geologists to visit a location for field observation. Through the application of remote sensing and GIS, geologists can collect detailed information from all over the world. The course specially involves the Interpretation and visualization of the data that comes from those remote sensors to solve specific geoscience related problems.

Course Credit: 3

This course covers the problems solving with GIS, photogrammetry, UAV, satellite multispectral-hyperspectral- thermal remote sensing systems in the field of geosciences.

Course Credit: 3

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published/secondary data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations.

Course Credit: 6

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations; to provide training in how to formulate a research problem. Therefore, this course would enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation. Thesis/project might involve students working within one of the Department’s established research groups or can work in collaboration with another industrial or academic partner. Wherever is the work, the students will be supervised, throughout the project/thesis duration by a supervisor assigned by the Department. The supervisor will provide advice on the approaches and methods that are best suited to the research problem and on collection/analysis of data and will guide in producing a well-written dissertation.

Course Credit: 3

Water resources systems; Water resources planning and policy; Water conservation and demand management; Integrated water resources management; Water governance and water safety plans; Impacts of climate change on water resources; Water resources of Bangladesh and challenges.

Course Credit: 3

Geochemical processes and evolution of groundwater; Water sampling and analytical procedure; Water chemistry data presentation and interpretation; groundwater contamination and remediation, Solute transport; Isotope geochemistry; Quality and contamination of water resources of Bangladesh

Course Credit: 3

This course provides students an advanced understanding of the methods of groundwater resources evaluation, resource abstraction techniques, as well as risk and vulnerability assessment with special emphasis on the development and use of groundwater model as a decision-making tool.

Course Credit: 3

The course emphasizes state-of-the-art techniques for sediments and groundwater sampling, aquifer testing, and the evaluation of groundwater systems. Integration of a broad range of hydrologic, hydrogeologic, and geochemical methods by application of field and laboratory methods in order to introduce students to a broad range of skills and methods in surface and boreholes geophysics, hydrogeological mapping, water well design, aquifer testing, groundwater sampling and analysis and report writing.

Course Credit: 3

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published/secondary data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations.

Course Credit: 6

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations; to provide training in how to formulate a research problem. Therefore, this course would enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation. Thesis/project might involve students working within one of the Department’s established research groups or can work in collaboration with another industrial or academic partner. Wherever is the work, the students will be supervised, throughout the project/thesis duration by a supervisor assigned by the Department. The supervisor will provide advice on the approaches and methods that are best suited to the research problem and on collection/analysis of data and will guide in producing a well-written dissertation.

Course Credit: 3

The course is designed to comprehend the principles and procedures to make a mine plane for a geologic deposit in a systematic manner.

Course Credit: 3

On completion of the course the learners will be able to know –how to explore Mineral Resources: Regional and detail exploration, Resource and reserve; Relation between resource, reserve and exploration, Methods of reserve estimation. Basics of mining system: Unit operations; Rock breakage; Principles of rock penetration and application, Blasting; zones of detonation, Effective energy release, Blast geometry, Mechanical excavation. finally, to operate a mine skilfully.

Course Credit: 3

The course includes safety management; hazard and risk analyses, safety hazard identification, management techniques, safety audits; statistics; HAZOP management and maintenance of change risk analysis; cost benefit analysis; attitudes to safety in mining; effective training; accident and injury report/recovery; ergonomics and safety engineering; prevention of traumatic injury; work stress; environmental factors; monitoring and protection; personal protective equipment; safety policies and programs; action plans.

Course Credit: 3

Estimation of metallic non-metallic ore reserve based on borehole data of deposit. Engineering calculations of rock support system. Blasting design and calculation of number of boreholes. Calculation of required amount of explosive for production of rock and for development workings. Calculation for amount of air, for total ventilation of mine. Selection of main fan, for ventilation purposes. Designing of haul road in underground mine. Problem related to ultimate slope in open pit mine. Designing of length of long wall face. Problem related to scheduling.

Course Credit: 3

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published/secondary data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations.

Course Credit: 6

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations; to provide training in how to formulate a research problem. Therefore, this course would enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation. Thesis/project might involve students working within one of the Department’s established research groups or can work in collaboration with another industrial or academic partner. Wherever is the work, the students will be supervised, throughout the project/thesis duration by a supervisor assigned by the Department. The supervisor will provide advice on the approaches and methods that are best suited to the research problem and on collection/analysis of data and will guide in producing a well-written dissertation.

Course Credit: 3

Modern micropaleontologists are as likely to be trained in the biological as in the geological sciences. As our studies of the Earth have diversified, so a much greater variety of geological problems needs to be addressed. Furthermore, micro paleontological approaches are now being utilized not only to study past events but also to solve present-day environmental problems. And these are not minor problems, of little import to humankind. The chapters in this subject address the difficult but immediately relevant topics of environmental quality, pollution, and remediation. Four different groups of interest to deal with environmental issues, such as eutrophication, heavy metal pollution, storm frequency, and coral reef vitality, in a wide range of settings from rivers and lakes, through marshes and lagoons, to atolls and reefs. Thus, readers will be able to find much that is relevant to their own particular interests.

Course Credit: 3

Organic-walled microfossils such as pollen, spores, and various organic debris derived from terrestrial plants are especially useful when studying terrestrial deposits. The chapters present the many different groups of organic-walled microfossils, collectively called palynomorphs, and the different methods palynologists use to study and extract them from sediments and rocks. We present a biostratigraphic application, the use of the pollen and spore record across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, which has proven to be one of the most precise and reliable means for pinpointing this major transition within terrestrial deposits. Whether used for biostratigraphy, paleo environmental analysis or characterization of organic contents of rock, palynology has proven to be an essential tool for the study of unoxidized terrestrial sediments and sedimentary rocks. Fossil pollen and spores can be used to reconstruct a picture of past vegetation and can provide information on ancient climates. Furthermore, palynological processing and analysis is cost effective and provides a fast turnaround, in comparison with other analytical techniques.

Course Credit: 3

Fossil fuels will provide most of that energy for at least the next 60 to 80 years. Biostratigraphy has been and will continue to be an integral tool in the search for and production of oil and gas. Thus, there are economic incentives to sustain current industrial paleontology staff and reinvigorate university training programs in stratigraphically oriented paleontology. As we plan for the 21st Century, the most critical role for industrial paleontologists is twofold: 1) to document the value-added to exploration and production projects through integration of paleontologic data in each study, and 2) to communicate effectively to the academic community that the future demand is real for industrial paleontologists. Item 2 can be backed up with industry providing the teaching community with support through materials illustrating application of biostratigraphy to solving geologic problems. As exploration declines there will be increased demand for secondary and tertiary recovery from producing reservoirs. Delineation of reservoir architecture will require better depositional models. Mudstone intervals bounding and within the reservoirs are best calibrated using paleontology, so paleontologists will be needed for these reservoir studies as well as in more traditional roles in exploration of frontier areas.

Course Credit: 3

This course is designed for the use of geo-scientists with an interest and need in developing palaeobiological materials as a potential source of data. To meet this objective, practical procedures have been formatted for use by students with an initial understanding of palaeo biological research aims as a primary source of scientific data. The layout of this manual should be particularly beneficial in the instruction and training of geotechnologists and museum preparators. Graduate students and scientists requiring an outline of a preparation procedure will also be able to use the manual as a reference from which to assess the suitability of a procedure.

Course Credit: 3

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published/secondary data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations.

Course Credit: 6

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations; to provide training in how to formulate a research problem. Therefore, this course would enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation. Thesis/project might involve students working within one of the Department’s established research groups or can work in collaboration with another industrial or academic partner. Wherever is the work, the students will be supervised, throughout the project/thesis duration by a supervisor assigned by the Department. The supervisor will provide advice on the approaches and methods that are best suited to the research problem and on collection/analysis of data and will guide in producing a well-written dissertation.

Course Credit: 3

The course is divided into two parts. The basin analysis part will discuss the theories of basin formation in various types of geotectonic setting, basin infill dynamics, subsidence history and consequences for reservoir and source rock development and the petroleum system. Subjects to be discussed include physical state of lithosphere, mechanisms of sedimentary basin formation by stretching, strike-slip, flexure and compression, effects of mantle dynamics, basin infill mechanisms, changes of reservoir and petrophysical parameters during burial and tectonic processes, and application to the petroleum system, leading towards the play concept. Reservoir geology part will discuss the geologic controls on reservoirs, how textural properties and post depositional diagenesis affect reservoirs. Lectures focusing on various depositional environments will explain the depositional processes, their resultant deposits, and their reservoir quality. Other topics to be covered are impact of reservoir geometry, heterogeneity, and compartmentalization on hydrocarbon production, unconventional resources and their extraction methods.

Course Credit: 3

The purpose of this course is to provide students with information and skills necessary to understand the oil and gas exploration. The course will give students insight into theory and applications of field discovery. The course lectures will introduce the concepts and procedures of petroleum exploration, including the surface and subsurface methods, play development, and prospect assessment. Multiple exercises aiming at the application of these concepts to specific exploration problems will be performed during the coursework. Identification and mapping of structural and stratigraphic traps from seismic data, determination of petrophysical properties from wireline logs, prediction of trap integrity and volume estimation of hydrocarbon accumulations, application of facies models and seismic stratigraphy to the estimation of reservoir geometry and quality are the key components of this course. This course will also introduce the participants to the application of microfossil biostratigraphy to the petroleum industry. Topics for discussion are palynomorphs, spores and pollen, dinoflagellates, benthic and planktonic foraminifera, calcareous nannofossils, biozonation and the role of biostratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration. Integration of technical data with economic principles and risk assessment in making exploration decisions and developing exploration strategies will also be covered in this course.

Course Credit: 3

The aim of the course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of petroleum engineering and its different sub-disciplines. This course will cover petroleum drilling, completions and production, reservoir mechanics, fundamentals of rock and fluid properties, composition and PVT properties of petroleum fluids; basic physical and chemical properties of petroleum reservoir fluids related to reservoir processes and production, reservoir drive mechanisms and enhanced recovery techniques, reservoir modelling and simulation, volume estimation, and production logging. It will also cover the reservoir management processes and surface facilities required for optimum field management.

Course Credit: 3

In this lab course students will learn the principles of geological interpretation of gravity, magnetic, seismic, well logs and, core data, and the integration of these subsurface data for petroleum exploration and development. Special emphasize will be given on interpreting 2D and 3D data in a workstation environment. Hands-on exercises will include structural interpretation, seismic stratigraphy, seismic facies analysis, lithofacies prediction, reconstruction of complex depositional/erosional signals in various environments, integration of seismic and well data, reservoir mapping, and reservoir modelling. Identification of lithology, diagenetic state, provenance, and porosity is also one of the key components of this course.

Course Credit: 3

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published/secondary data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations.

Course Credit: 6

The aims of this course are to assess the student’s ability to provide a critical synthesis of a scientific problem; to enable a student to derive original laboratory or field data, and/or to seek and utilize published data; to train a student to assess those data and draw appropriate conclusions; to learn how to communicate the experimental strategy, results and conclusions effectively with appropriate citations; to provide training in how to formulate a research problem. Therefore, this course would enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation. Thesis/project might involve students working within one of the Department’s established research groups or can work in collaboration with another industrial or academic partner. Wherever is the work, the students will be supervised, throughout the project/thesis duration by a supervisor assigned by the Department. The supervisor will provide advice on the approaches and methods that are best suited to the research problem and on collection/analysis of data and will guide in producing a well-written dissertation.