Programme

Practical aspects

Admission requirements

Professional employment

i) BSc Physical Geology Major and Minor, BSc

The main objective of this programme is to build capacity through training and research in exploration, exploitation and management of earth resources.

• 1-day Kampala region field geology class;
• 3-day Mityana regional field geology class;
• 2-week field geology mapping project of Gayaza, Isingiro district and field geology excurssion of SW Uganda;
• 5-day field geology excursion of Eastern Uganda;

Essential subjects - Maths and one better done of Physics or Chemistry;

Relevant subjects - Next better done of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Geography;

Desirable subjects – General Paper, Computer studies;

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Ministry of Lands and Environment, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Ministry of Internal Affairs, NEMA, Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum and the Materials laboratories. Mining companies, cement processing companies, private and NGOs developing water resources, operating mines and quarries, civil engineering works, and environmental impact assessment (EIA) and response to natural disasters.

CODE

NAME

L

P

CH

CU

YEAR 1

SEMESTER I

GLO 1101

External Earth Processes

15

30

30

2

GLO 1102

Internal Earth Processes

30

0

30

2

GLO 1103

Crystallography and Mineralogy

30

30

45

3

GLO 1104

Exogenic Natural Hazards& their mitigation

30

0

30

2

CSK1101

Communication Skills

45

0

45

3

Total CU = 9 + (3)

SEMESTER  II

GLO 1201

Palaeontology

30

30

45

3

GLO 12O2

Introduction to Petrology

30

30

45

3

PGP 1203

Geology of Uganda

30

0

30

2

GLO 1204

Petroleum Geology and well logging

30

15

45

2

Total CU = 10

YEAR 2

SEMESTER III

GLO 2101

Optical Mineralogy

30

30

45

3

GLO 2102

Structural Geology & Geotectonics

30

30

45

3

GLO 2103

Geophysics

15

30

30

2

GLO 2104

Geostastics

30

30

45

3

DES 1108

Development Studies

45

0

45

3

Electives   Choose only one

GLO 2105

Endogenic Natural Hazards and their Mitigation

15

30

30

2

GLO 2106

Genesis of gemstones and their significance

15

30

30

2

Total CU

SEMESTER IV

GLO 2201

Field Geology & Surveying

15

30

30

2

CODE

NAME

L

P

CH

CU

GLO 2202

Sedimentary Petrology

30

30

45

3

GLO 2203

Stratigraphy

30

0

30

2

GLO 2204

Hydrogeology

15

30

30

2

GLO 2205

Geochemistry

15

30

30

2

Electives  Choose only one

GLO 2206

Engineering Geology

15

30

30

2

GLO 2207

Photogeology and Remote Sensing.

15

30

30

2

GLO 2208

Endogenic Natural Hazards & their  Mitigation

15

30

30

2

Total CU = 13

RECESS TERM

GLO 3104

Field Attachment

0

90

45

3

YEAR 3

SEMESTER V

GLO 3101

Igneous Petrology

30

30

45

3

GLO 3102

Economic Geology

30

30

45

3

GLO 3103

Seminar Presentation

15

30

30

2

GLO 3104

Sedimentology

15

30

30

2

Electives (Choose only one)

GLO 3105

Environmental Geology

30

0

30

2

GLO 3106

Prospecting and Mining Geology

30

0

30

2

GLO 3107

Geomorphology

30

0

30

2

Total CU = 12

SEMESTER VI

GLO 3201

Metamorphic Petrology

30

30

45

3

GLO 3202

Geology of East Africa

30

0

30

2

GLO 3203

 Research Project

30

90

75

5

Electives (Choose only one)

GLO 3204

Ore Microscopy

15

30

30

2

GRM 3203

Water Quality & Instrumentation

15

30

30

2

Total = CU 12

SEMESTER III

CODE

NAME

L

P

CH

CU

GLO 2101

Optical Mineralogy

30

60

60

4

GLO 2103

Geophysics

15

30

30

2

SEMESTER IV

GLO 2206

Engineering Geology

15

30

30

2

GLO 2204

Hydrogeology

15

30

30

2

GLO 2205

Geochemistry

30

30

45

3

SEMESTER V

GLO 3101

Igneous Petrology

30

30

45

3

GLO 3102

Economic Geology

30

30

45

3

SEMESTER VI

GLO 3201

Metamorphic Petrology

30

30

45

3

GLO 3202

Geology of East Africa

30

0

30

2