COURSE STRUCTURE

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE STRUCTURE

PG course manual

TABLE 1: Course structure and distribution of credits in M. Tech. Program


Minimum Total Credits

Min. Credit Through Course Work

Min. Credit Through Research

Min. Number of Courses

Min. Duration

Max. Duration

144

 

72

 

72

 

08

 

4 Semesters

 

4 years

 

 

TABLE 2: Course structure and distribution of credits in Ph.D. Program


Academic Program

Min. Credit Requirements

Min. Credit Through Coursework

Min. Credit Through Research work

Minimum Duration

Maximum Duration

Ph.D. with M.Tech

144

36 (4 courses)

108

4 semesters

6 years

Ph.D. with master's degree except M.Tech

180

54 (6 courses)

126

5 semesters

6 years

Ph.D. with bachelor's degree

216

72 (8 courses)

144

6 semesters

7 years



There are two compulsory courses for Ph.D. students:

  • Introduction to profession and communication skills in Earth Sciences.

  • PG Seminar in Earth Sciences.

The Ph.D. students should opt only for PG-level courses.

They may opt for courses in other departments based on the supervisor’s

Ph.D. students must finish with the required course credits and CPI (>7.0) before appearing for the Comprehensive examination.

Note: These are minimum requirements.

Note: One can also opt for S/X mode and/or Audit mode courses.



REGISTRATION FOR COURSES


*A student is required to register for semester-I , Semester –II and Summer term for each academic year.

*The normal semester load is defined as equivalent of 36 credits. For a well merited case the SPGC may permit a student to register for a maximum of 45 credits or a minimum of 27 credits.

*A student is required to register in the summer term for up to a maximum of half the normal semester load (i.e., 18 credits) and a minimum of 9 credits.

Registration involves –

  • Preregistration through PINGALA portal for the courses/thesis credits that he/she intends to pursue in that semester/term.
  • Payment of fees for that semester/term and clearance of any outstanding dues, and signing the registration roll with the office of the Dean of Students Affairs (DOAA).


TABLE 4: Semester wise course distribution for M.Tech degree


Semester I (4x9=36 credits)

C1: Mathematics for Earth Sciences.

C2: Remote Sensing & GIS for Geo-resource evaluation.

C3: Introduction to Profession & Communication Skills in Earth Sciences.

E1: Elective

E2: Elective

Semester II (4x9 = 36 credits)

C4: Geophysical methods.

C5: PG seminar in Earth Sciences.

E3: Elective

E4: Elective

E5: Elective

Semester III (36 credits)

M TECH THESIS (36 credits)

Semester IV (36 credits)

M TECH THESIS (36 credits)



*C: Compulsory Course, E: Elective Course

  • MTech students should register for the course (PG seminar in Earth Sciences) for at least one semester, and Ph.D. students should register for two semesters.


TABLE 5: List of offered Elective Courses


1. Active Tectonics and Paleoseismology

2. Advanced Structural Geology

3. Advance Metamorphic Petrology

4. Applied Hydrogeology

5. Applied sedimentology and Basin Analysis

6. Aqueous Geochemistry

7. Experimental Rock mechanics and Rock physics

8. Geodynamics

9. Geology and Geochemistry of petroleum

10. Instrumentation in Earth Sciences

11. Isotope Geochemistry and Applications

12. Mineral Resource Exploration

13. Natural Hazards

14. Non-Traditional Stable Isotope Geochemistry

15. Physics of Earthquakes

16. Planetary Geomorphology: Processes and Landforms

17. Potential field theory in applied geophysics

18. River Science

19. Rock Magnetism

20. Seismic Exploration & Subsurface Imaging.

21. Solid Earth Geophysics

22. Quaternary Geology and Tectonic Geomorphology



* Ph.D. students can take any courses mentioned above as per their availability in the course schedule.


PLEASE REFER TO IIT KANPUR PG MANUAL FOR ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT