Prerequisites of Graduate Courses of GEOLOGY | GEOPHYSICS | ENVS

Course Number and Title Prerequisite Remarks

GEOLOGY
1 GEOL 501 Geology of the Middle East GEOL 318 or consent of the instructor.
2 GEOL 502 Advanced Structural Geology GEOL 305 or consent of the instructor.
3 GEOL 521 Advanced Petroleum Geology GEOL 415 or consent of the instructor.
4 GEOL 522 Micropaleontology GEOL 214 or consent of the instructor
5 GEOL 531 Advanced Stratigraphy GEOL 307 or consent of the instructor
6 GEOL 532 Advanced Sedimentology GEOL 307 or consent of the instructor.
7 GEOL 533 Carbonates and Evaporites GEOL 307 or consent of the instructor
8 GEOL 534 Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy (GEOL 307 and GEOP 202) or consent of the
instructor
9 GEOL 535 Quaternary Geology of Saudi Arabia GEOL 307 or consent of the instructor
10 GEOL 541 Advanced Mineralogy GEOL 216 or consent of the instructor.
11 GEOL 542 Advanced Petrology GEOL 320 or consent of the instructor
12 GEOL 543 Ore Mineralogy GEOL 216 or consent of the instructor
13 GEOL 544 Ore Deposits GEOL 456 or consent of the instructor
14 GEOL 545 Advanced Economic Geology GEOL 456 or consent of the instructor
15 GEOL 551 Advanced Geochemistry GEOL 355 or consent of the instructor
16 GEOL 552 Geochemical Prospecting Consent of the instructor.
17 GEOL 561 Advanced Hydrogeology GEOL 423 or equivalent
18 GEOL 562 Groundwater Modeling GEOL 423 or equivalent. Experience in a
programming language is recommended.
19 GEOL 563 Development of Ground-Water Resources GEOL 562 or consent of the instructor
20 GEOL 571 Advanced Engineering Geology GEOL 341 or consent of the instructor
21 GEOL 572 Geo-Environment GEOL 446 or consent of the instructor
22 GEOL 573 Terrain Analysis GEOL 312 or consent of the instructor
23 GEOL 581 Geophysical Exploration GEOP 202 or equivalent
24 GEOL 582 GIS Applications in Geology Consent of the instructor.
25 GEOL 583 Photogeology and Remote Sensing Graduate standing
26 GEOL 584 Applied Geostatistics Graduate standing.
27 GEOL 585 Geological Laboratory Techniques Consent of the instructor
28 GEOL 590 Independent Studies Consent of the instructor.
29 GEOL 592 Special Topics Consent of the instructor.
30 GEOL 599 Seminar Graduate standing.
31 GEOL 600 Geology Master Report Graduate standing.
32 GEOL 610 Thesis None
33 GEOL 601 Carbonate Sedimentology & Diagenesis GEOL 533 (or equivalent) or Consent of the
instructor.
34 GEOL 602 Global & Regional Tectonics GEOL 502 (or equivalents) or Consent of the
instructor.
35 GEOL 615 Advanced Basin Analysis GEOP 530 (or equivalent) or Consent of the
instructor
36 GEOL 620 Advanced Hydrogeochemistry GEOL551 (or equivalent) or Consent of the
instructor.
37 GEOL 630 Advanced Quantitative Hydrogeology GEOL 561 or GEOL562 (or equivalent) or Consent
of the instructor.
38 GEOL 640 Clastic Sedimentology & Diagenesis GEOL 532 (or equivalent) or Consent of the
instructor.
39 GEOL 650 Clay Mineralogy GEOL 541 or GEOL 532 (or equivalent) or Consent
of the instructor.
40 GEOL 660 Depositional Modeling & Reservoir Quality GEOL 521 or GEOP 550 (or equivalent) or Consent
of the instructor.
41 GEOL 670 Eustacy & Sequence Stratigraphy GEOL 534 or GEOP 535 (or equivalent) or Consent
of the instructor
42 GEOL 680 Organic & Petroleum Geochemistry Consent of the instructor
43 GEOL 690 Petrophysics and Well Log Interpretation GEOP 550 (or equivalent) or Consent of the
instructor
44 GEOL 699 Doctoral Seminars on Advanced Issues in Doctoral graduate standing.
Geosciences
45 GEOL 701 Directed Research Prior arrangement with an instructor
46 GEOL 702 Directed Research Prior arrangement with an instructor.
47 GEOL 711 Pre-Dissertation PhD candidacy and GEOL 699
48 GEOL 712 Dissertation GEOL 711
 GEOPHYSICS
1 GEOP 501 Reflection Seismology GEOP 315 or equivalent
2 GEOP 502 Potential Theory Methods GEOP 404 or equivalent
3 GEOP 503 Solid-Earth Geophysics GEOP 202 or equivalent
4 GEOP 504 Applied Environmental Geophysics GEOL 201 and GEOP 202 or equivalent
5 GEOP 505 Advanced Computational Geophysics GEOP 205 or equivalent
6 GEOP 510 Seismic Data Analysis GEOP 320 or equivalent
7 GEOP 515 Geophysical Inversion GEOP 205 or equivalent
8 GEOP 520 Geomagnetism & Paleomagnetism GEOP 202 or equivalent
9 GEOP 525 Electrical Methods GEOP 450 or equivalent
10 GEOP 530 Basin Analysis GEOL 201, and GEOP 202 or equivalent
11 GEOP 535 Seismic & Sequence Stratigraphy Consent of the instructor
12 GEOP 540 Three-Dimensional Seismic Interpretation GEOP 415 or equivalent
13 GEOP 545 Petroleum Data Integration & Management Consent of the instructor
14 GEOP 550 Reservoir Characterization GEOP 415 or equivalent
15 GEOP 590 Independent Study Graduate Standing
16 GEOP 592 Special Topics Graduate Standing
17 GEOP 599 Seminar Graduate Standing
18 GEOP 600 Geophysics Master Report Graduate Standing
19 GEOP 610 Thesis None
20 GEOP 602: Geophysical wave propagation MATH 513
21 GEOP 603: Numerical modeling in geophysics Graduate Standing
22 GEOP 604: Geophysical signal analysis GEOP 510
23 GEOP 613 Multiscale rock physics GEOP 545
24 GEOP 618: Microseismic geophysics GEOP 503
25 GEOP 621 Advanced electromagnetic fields GEOP 525
26 GEOP 625: Advanced petrophysics GEOP 501
27 GEOP 629: Computing in geosciences Graduate standing
28 GEOP 630 Integrative geosciences Graduate standing
29 GEOP 633: Geomechanics and fluid flow GEOP 550
30 GEOP 642: Near-surface field geophysics GEOP 510
31 GEOP 645: Geophysical laboratory techniques GEOP 501 and GEOP 502
32 GEOP 647: Seismic imaging GEOP 510
33 GEOP 690: Special topics in geophysics I Consent of Instructor
34 GEOP 691: Special topics in geophysics II Consent of Instructor
35 GEOP 699: Ph.D. seminar Graduate standing
36 GEOP 701: Directed research I Prior arrangement with an instructor
37 GEOP 702: Directed research II Prior arrangement with an instructor.
38 GEOP 711: Pre-dissertation Ph.D. Candidacy, Co-requisite: GEOP 699
39 GEOP 712: Dissertation GEOP 711.

ENVS
1 ENVS 510 Advanced Environmental Geology Graduate standing
2 ENVS 514 Desertification ENVS 510 or consent of instructor
3 ENVS 515 Environmental Hydrogeology ENVS 510 or consent of instructor
4 ENVS 516 Ground-Water Resources Management ENVS 410 or consent of instructor
5 ENVS 518 Geophysics for Environmental Applications ENVS 510 or consent of instructor
6 ENVS 519Environmental Remote Sensing ENVS 510 or consent of instructor
7 ENVS 522 Environmental Chemistry ENVS 522or consent of the Instructor
8 ENVS 525 Advanced Environmental Pollution Graduate standing
9 ENVS 526 Air Pollution Graduate standing
10 ENVS 528 Environmental Toxicology Graduate standing
11 ENVS 532 Environmental Biology Graduate standing
12 ENVS 533 Advanced Environmental Ecology Graduate Standing
13 ENVS 535 Environmental Biotechnology ENVS 532 or consent of instructor
14 ENVS 536 Environmental Microbiology ENVS 532 or consent of instructor
15 ENVS 538 Marine Pollution ENVS 532 or consent of instructor
16 ENVS 542 Concepts of Environmental Management Graduate standing
17 ENVS 543 Management of Marine Environment ENVS 538 or consent of instructor
18 ENVS 545 Environmental Risk Assessment and Graduate Standing
Modeling
19 ENVS 546 Environmental Impact Assessment Graduate Standing
20 ENVS 548 Industrial Waste Management Graduate standing
21 ENVS 549 Environmental Sustainability Graduate standing
22 ENVS 564 Statistical Methods in Environmental Graduate Standing
Researches
23 ENVS 590 ENVS Special Topics I Graduate Standing
24 ENVS 591 ENVS Special Topics II Graduate Standing
25 ENVS 599 Seminar Graduate standing
26 ENVS 600 Master Report None
27 ENVS 606 Independent Research Graduate standing
28 ENVS 610 M.S. Thesis Graduate standing, ENVS 599