GE Curriculum

Undergraduate Curriculum in Geological Engineering

The purpose of Geological Engineering (GE) Program is to produce highly qualified geological engineers with expertise in Petroleum Geophysics.

Program Educational Objectives

It is expected that within a few years of graduation Geological Engineering graduates will:

  1. Be practical, employable and qualified geological engineers in professional careers as practicing petroleum geophysicists engaged in exploration and development activities associated with the production of oil and gas reserves;
  2. Continue their professional development and become professional managers for enterprises of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, multinational companies, and/or become scientists for research institutes and universities;
  3. Keep their education up to date through self-instruction and other training to meet the challenges of the competitive, modern and dynamic workplace.

Student Outcomes

The student outcomes of our Geological Engineering Program are the same as those required by ABET for any engineering program to receive accreditation. The Geological Engineering graduates will have:

  1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
  5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
  6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Program Requirements (154 Credits)

FRESHMAN YEAR

First Semeter  Second Semeter 
No Course ID Course  Credits  No Course ID Course  Credits 
1 MAT11301  Calculus I  3 1 MAT11302  Calculus II 3
2 CHE11301  General Chemistry 1  3 2 PHY21302  General Physics II 2
3 CHE11301LAB  General Chemistry Lab 1 1 3 PHY21302 General Physics II Lab 1
4 PHY21301  General Physics I  2 4 INC31301 Foundations in Engineering II (+ Lab) 3
5 PHY21301  General Physics I Lab  1 5 GEO11101 Career Orientation Field Trip 1
6 ELE31201  Foundations in Engineering I + Lab  2 6  ENG41301  English I 4
7 PET21201  Introduction to Oil and Gas Industry  2 7 PED11102  Physical Education 2 (1*)  
8 ENG41000  English preparation (120 hrs.)   8 MIE01101 Military Education  
9 PED11101  Physical Education 1 (1*)   9 SOC01205  History of Vietnamese Communist Party 2
10 SOC01301  Philosophy of Marxism and Leninism  3 10 SOC01204 Ho Chi Minh's Ideology  2
11 SOC01202  Political economics of Marxism and Leninism  2 11 SOC01203 Scientific Socialism 2
  Total   19   Total   20

 

SOPHOMORE YEAR

First Semeter  Second Semeter 
No Course ID Course  Credits  No Course ID Course  Credits 
1 MAT12203 Calculus III 2 1 MAT12305 Differential Equations  3
2 CHE12302 General Chemistry 2 (+Lab) 3 2 MAT12206 Probability & Statistics 2
3  MEC32301 Thermodynamics 3 3  GEO12305 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (+Lab) 3
4 ELE32203 Electric Circuit Analysis (+Lab) 3 4 GEO12306 Structural Geology (+Lab) 3
5 GEO12302 Physical Geology 2 5 GEO12343 Geological Data Sciences 3
6 GEO12303 Mineralogy (+Lab) 3 6 GEO12207 Geological Field Camp  2
7 SOC02206 Professional Skills for Engineers 2 7 GEO12304 Selective Elective 1: Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology 2
8  ENG42302 English 2 3 8 GEO13334 Sedimentology 3
9 PED12103 Physical Education 3 (1*)   9 ENG42303 English 2 3
  Total   21   Total   24

 

JUNIO YEAR

First Semeter  Second Semeter 
No Course ID Course  Credits  No Course ID Course  Credits 
1 MAT13207 Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory 2 1   Seismic Data Interpretation (+Lab) 3
2 MAT13208 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations  2 2   Seismic Data Processing (+Lab) 3
3 GEO13437 Geophysical Exploration Methods + Lab 4 3 ECO13301 Petroleum Economics 3
4 GEO13438 Well Logging 3 4 PSE13201 Health, Safety and Environment 2
5 GEO12302 Wel Log Interpertation 1 5 MEC22207 Fluid Mechanics 2
6 GEO13439 Seismology Exploration  2 6 GEO13117  Senior Project 1 1
7 GEO13311 Petroleum Geology 3 7 GEO14241 Selective Elective 2 (Petroleum Reservoir Geology 2
8 ENG43304 English 4 2 8 PET13310 Geomechanics 3
        9 GEO13223  Summer Internship 2
  Total   19   Total   21

 

SENIOR YEAR

First Semeter  Second Semeter 
No Course ID Course  Credits  No Course ID Course  Credits 
1 GEO14428 Applied Geophysics 4 1  GEO14331 Graduation Internship  3
2 GEO14342 Petroleum Exploration Project Design 3 2 GEO14832 Graduation Internship 8
3 PET13244 Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering 2        
4 GEO14327 Geology and Resources in Vietnam 3        
5 GEO14244 Selective Elective  3 (Fundamentals of Transport in Porous Media) 2        
6 PET14233 Selective Elective 4 (Renewable Energy 2        
7 GEO14126 Senior Project 2 1        
  Total   17   Total   11