INTRODUCTION

The Department offers a 4-year degree programme leading to the award of the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Geology. The Department seeks to foster the intellectual and professional development of each student by providing strong undergraduate training that emphasis field techniques and independent research. The geology course provides in-depth study of the basic principle and, in accordance with the University motto “Knowledge and Power”, stresses their application in the solution of the problem of our society.

PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES

The degree programme is sufficiently flexible allowing each student, during the first two years of study, to select a background of related science courses appropriate to his subsequent professional needs. In the final year of the degree programme, students are required to undertake an independent research projects in a selected area of geology. The pursuit of Geologist though seldom publicized provides the material resources of modern civilization. The search for and winning of new mineral and energy resources, the discovery of underground water, foundation studies in relation to or location of engineering projects, and geological hazard control, and mitigation; are some of the areas in which geologists contribute to the well-being of man.