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Courses

Our courses provide the multidisciplinary training required in today’s resource industries. Courses develop the skills required to interpret geological, geophysical and engineering datasets. We also emphasize soft skills: professional presentations, report writing and teamwork.

Required

Core courses

All five core courses are required of every student in the program.

IPG 510

Rock Properties, Petrophysics, Well Log Analysis

IPG 512

Seismic Interpretation

IPG 514

Sedimentary Basin Analysis

IPG 516

Petroleum Production (Introduction to Reservoir Engineering)

IPG 518

Geological Reservoir Analysis

Electives

Optional courses

Students select five optional courses. Additional options exist in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Physics and Civil Engineering. Course selections require approval of the IEG program director.

EAS 520A
Petroleum Structural Geology · intensive module
EAS 520B
Geothermics · intensive module
EAS 520C
Hydrological Modeling · intensive module
EAS 520D
Coupled Reactive Transport Modeling · intensive module
EAS 536
Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry
EAS 541
Topics in Tectonics
EAS 562
Advanced Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Basins
EAS 565
Advanced Sedimentology
EAS 585
Advanced Digital Remote Sensing
GEOPH 524
Electromagnetic and Gravity Fields
GEOPH 526
Signal Processing
GEOPH 531
Migration and Inversion of Seismic Data
GEOPH 538
Seismic Data Processing

Course approval

Course selections require approval of the IEG program director. Detailed course descriptions are found in the University Calendar.

Delivery

How courses are scheduled

Fall and winter terms

Courses are offered as regular term courses across the fall and winter terms of the first year.

Spring and summer modules

The EAS 520 series runs as two-week intensive modules in the spring and summer terms.

Capstone term

The final 5.5 months are dedicated to the capstone project, with 3 credits registered in the last term.

Ready to start?

Review the entrance requirements and the application package before you apply to the IEG program.