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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal

BS-MS (Dual Degree) CURRICULUM

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Earth and Environmental Sciences
V Semester
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 301 Mineralogy 3 0 0 6 3
EES 303 Geochemistry 3 0 0 6 3
EES 305 Atmospheric Sciences 3 0 0 6 3
EES 307 Sedimentology and Principles of Stratigraphy 3 0 0 6 3
EES 309 Geohydrology 3 0 0 6 3
EES 311 Mineralogy Laboratory 0 3 0 0 1
EES 313 Sedimentology Laboratory 0 3 0 0 1
*** *** Open Elective - I 3       3/4
Total 18       20/21
VI Semester
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 302 Igneous Petrology 3 0 0 6 3
EES 304 Metamorphic Petrology 3 0 0 6 3
EES 306 Solid Earth Geophysics 3 0 0 6 3
EES 308 Oceanography 3 0 0 6 3
EES 312 Igneous Petrology Laboratory 0 3 0 0 1
EES 314 Metamorphic Petrology Laboratory 0 3 0 0 1
EES 318 Basic Field Geology 1 week field work 2
*** *** Open Elective - II 3 0 0 6/9 3/4
Total 15       19/20
VII Semester
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 401 Earth Surface Processes 30 0 6 3
EES 403 Structural Geology 3 0 0 6 3
EES 405 Remote Sensing and GIS 3 0 0 6 3
EES 407 Data Analyses and Statistics for Geosciences 3 0 0 6 3
EES 409 Structural Geology Laboratory 0 3 0 0 1
EES 413 Environmental Chemistry 3 0 0 6 3
EES 415 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory 0 3 0 0 1
*** *** Open Elective - III 3 0 0 6/9 3/4
Total 18       20/21
VIII Semester
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 402 Geodynamics#* 3 0 0 6 3
EES 404 Global Climate Change#** 3 0 0 6 3
EES 408 Geodynamics Laboratory* 0 3 0 0 1
EES 410 Global Climate Change Laboratory** 0 3 0 0 1
EES 412 Advanced Field Geology$ 10-15 days of field work 2
EES 414 Field Work in Environmental Sciences$ 10-15 days of field work 2
EES *** Departmental Elective - I 3 0 0 9 4
EES *** Departmental Elective - II 3 0 0 9 4
*** *** Open Elective - IV 3 0 0 6/9 3/4
Total 12       17/18
# Students should register for either one of these two courses
$ Students should register for either one of these two courses
Students should register for either both * courses or both ** courses
IX Semester
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 501 Project Work         14
EES *** Departmental Elective - III 3 0 0 9 4
EES *** Departmental Elective - IV 3 0 0 9 4
HSS 503 Law Relating to Intellectual Property and Patents* 1 0 0 2 1
Total 7       23
* Students can credit this course anytime during their BS-MS study, as and when offered.
X Semester
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 501 Project Work         14
EES 502 Contemporary Environmental Issues 3 0 0 9 4
EES *** Departmental Elective - V 3 0 0 9 4
Total 6       22
Elective Courses for Earth Sciences
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 320/321 Introduction to Paleontology 3 0 0 9 4
EES 322/323 Economic Geology 3 0 0 9 4
EES 324/325 Geology of Fuels 3 0 0 9 4
EES 422/423 Marine Biogeochemical Cycles 3 0 0 9 4
EES 510/511 Isotope Geochemistry 3 0 0 9 4
EES 512/513 Mineral Thermodynamics 3 0 0 9 4
EES 615 Reconstructing Quaternary Continental Environments and Climates of South Asia 3 0 0 9 4
EES 629 Advanced Mineraloty 3 0 0 9 4
EES 643 Advanced Structural Geology 3 0 0 9 4
EES 645 Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS 3 0 0 9 4
EES 650 Instrumental Techniques and Recent Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciencs 3 0 0 9 4
Elective Courses for Environmental Sciences
Course No. Course Name Lec Hr Lab Hr Tut Hr SS Hr Credit
EES 420/421 Science of Sustainability 3 0 0 9 4
EES 422/423 Marine Biogeochemical Cycles 3 0 0 9 4
EES 424/425 Aerosol Science 3 0 0 9 4
EES 426/427/631 Greenhouse Gas Budgets and Climate Change 3 0 0 9 4
EES 510/511 Isotope Geochemistry 3 0 0 9 4
EES 514/515 Indian Monsoon and its Variability 3 0 0 9 4
EES 628 Introduction to Climate and Climate Change 3 0 0 9 4
EES 630 Climate Change and Extreme Events 3 0 0 9 4
EES 645 Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS 3 0 0 9 4
EES 650 Instrumental Techniques and Recent Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciencs 3 0 0 9 4

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