Distribution of credits in BS-MS Program
| BS PROGRAMME IN EARTH SCIENCES | ||||
| I Semester | II Semester | |||
| S: MTH 101 | 3-1-0-0 (11) | S:MTH 102 | 3-1-0-0 (11) | |
| S: PHY 102/PHY 103 | 3-1-0-0 (11) | S: PHY 103/PHY 102 | 3-1-0-0 (11) | |
| S: PHY 101/CHM 101 (Lab) | 0-0-3-0 (02) | S: CHEM 101/PHY 101 (Lab) | 0-0-3-0 (03) | |
| TA: TA 101 | 2-0-3-0 (09) | ES: ESC 101 | 3-1-3-0 (14) | |
| S: LIF 101 | 2-0-0-0 (06) | S: CHM 102 | 2-1-0-0 (08) | |
| HSS: ENG 112/HSS-1 (Level 1) | 3-1-0-0 (11) | MPCFL: PE 102 | 0-0-3-0 (03) | |
| MPCFL: PE 101 | 0-0-3-0 (03) | |||
| Total | 54 | Total | 50 | |
| III Semester | IV Semester | |||
| ES: ESC 201: Electronics | 3-1-3-0 (14) | HSS: HSS-2 (Level 1) | 3-1-0-0 (11) | |
| ES: SO-1: Introduction to Earth Sciences | 3-0-0-0 (09) | S: SO-2: Probability & Statistics | 3-1-0-0 (11) | |
| ES: ESO-2: Fluid Mechanics | 3-1-0-0 (11) | DC-3: Geomorphology & Earth Surface Processes | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| DC-1: Mineralogy and Crystallography | 3-0-2-0 (11) | DC-4: Fundamentals of Geophysics | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| TA: TA 201 (MSE) | 1-0-3-0 (06) | DC-5: Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology | 3-0-2-0 (11) | |
| MPCFL: Composition (web) | 0-0-2-0 (02) | TA: TA 202 (ME) | 1-0-3-0 (06) | |
| DC-2: Field Geology I | 0-0-3-0 (03) | |||
| Total | 56 | Total | 57 | |
| V Semester | VI Semester | |||
| ES: ESO-3: ESO202: Thermodynamics | 3-1-0-0 (11) | DC-10: Geological Remote Sensing | 2-0-2-0 (08 | |
| DC-6: Structural Geology | 2-0-3-0 (09) | DC-11: Hydrological system analysis/Engineering Hydrology (CE361) | 2-0-0-0 (06) | |
| DC-7: Sedimentary processes & stratigraphic principles | 2-0-2-0 (08) | DC-12: Exploration Geophysics | 2-0-2-0 (08) | |
| DC-8: Geochemistry | 2-0-0-0 (06) | HSS: HSS-3 (Level 2) | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| DC-9: Field Geology II | 0-0-6-0 (06) | OE-1: Open Elective | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| DE-1: Departmental Elective (Eco. Geology) | (08-11) | OE-2 : Open Elective | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| MPCFL: Communication Skill | 0-0-2-0 (02) | |||
| Total | 50-53 | Total | 49 | |
| VII Semester | VIII Semester | |||
| DC-13: Tectonics and Evolution of Indian Plate | 2-0-0-0 (06) | DE-4/UGP-3 | (8-11) | |
| DE- 2: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | OE-5: Open Elective | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| DE -3: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | OE-6: Open Elective | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| OE-3/UGP-2 | 3-0-0-0 (09) | HSS: HSS-5 (Level 2) | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |
| OE-4: Open Elective | 3-0-0-0 (09) | DE-5: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | |
| HSS: HSS-4 (Level 2) | 3-0-0-0 (09) | |||
| DC-14: Field Geology III | 0-0-4-0 (04) | |||
| Total | 53-59 | Total | 43-49 | |
| MS PROGRAMME IN EARTH SCIENCES | ||||
| IX Semester | X semester | |||
| DE-6: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | MS Thesis | (63) | |
| DE-7: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | |||
| DE-8: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | |||
| DE-9: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | |||
| DE-10: Departmental Elective | (08-11) | |||
| MS Thesis | (09) | |||
| Total | 49-64 | Total | 63 | |
Notes: A student will be allowed UGP-3 only if he has done UGP-2.
Distribution of courses and credits (BS PROGRAMME)
| Course Group | Group Code | Total credits (Min) |
% of total credits | ARC recommendation (% of total credits) |
| HSS (excluding Management, comm. skills etc) | HSS | 49 | 11.9 | 10 |
| Science (including electives)1 | S | 75 | 18.2 | 20 |
| Engineering Science (Esc, ESO etc.) | ES | 59 | 14.3 | 10 |
| Technical Arts | TA | 21 | 5.1 | 5 |
| Management + PE + Communication Skills + Foreign Language | MPCFL | 10 | 2.4 | 5 |
| Core courses (Mandatory) | DC | 104 | 25.2 | 25 |
| Electives2 | DE | 40 | 9.7 | 10 |
| Open Electives2 | OE | 54 | 13.1 | 15 |
| Total | 412 | 100 | 100 |
1. Minimum credits; may increase depending on the courses chosen by the student.
List of departmental electives and specializations (BS-MS PROGRAMME)
| (a) Applied Geology | Structure | Credits |
| Geology of Fuels | 2-0-2-0 | 08 |
| Economic Geology (DE-1) | 3-1-0-0 | 11 |
| Mineral Exploration Methods | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
| Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology | 2-0-2-0 | 08 |
| (b) Water and climate | ||
| Ecohydrology (CE619) | ||
| Earth, Life and Sustainability | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
| Global Climate Change (ES646) | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
| Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry (EEM613) | ||
| (c) Applied Geophysics | ||
| Geophysical Field Theory | 2-1-0-0 | 08 |
| Seismic Exploration & Subsurface Imaging | 2-1-0-0 | 08 |
| Inverse Theory & Data Assimilation | 2-1-0-0 | 08 |
| Well logging | 2-1-0-0 | 08 |
| (d) Solid Earth Geology | ||
| Rheology of Earth | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
| Analytical methods in Earth Science | 2-0-3-0 | 09 |
| Isotope geochemistry | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
| Geodynamics | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
| (e) Natural Hazards | ||
| Quaternary geology and tectonic geomorphology | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
| Disaster Mental Health (PSY 794) | ||
| GPS and Geodesy (CE674) | ||
| Disaster Management and Risk Mitigation | 3-0-0-0 | 09 |
In addition, the students will be encouraged to take electives from outside the department as and when available.