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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

STRP-PETGE v.1 Basin Analysis and Petroleum Geology Stream (MSc Geol)


Major/Stream Overview

This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.


The Basin Analysis Petroleum Geology Stream provides specialised technical and professional training for graduates in geology or closely related disciplines. It is designed for those with a particular interest in the petroleum industry and all students undertake a supervised project on a petroleum related topic, often in collaboration with industry or government partners.



Major/Minor/Stream Organisation


Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
PEEN6004 v.1   Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering 4.0 25.0
PEEN6003 v.1   Formation Evaluation 3.5 25.0
ERTH5000 v.1   Geoscience Professional Practice 4.0 25.0
GEOL5021 v.1   Applied Sedimentology and Stratigraphy 4.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
GEOP4002 v.1   Seismic Interpretation 5.0 25.0
GEOL5019 v.1   Applied Structural Geology 4.0 25.0
GEOL5020 v.1   Petroleum Systems 4.0 25.0
GEOP4003 v.1   Borehole Geophysics 4.0 25.0
  OR  
GEOP6005 v.1   Geophysical Data Processing 6.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 2 Semester 1
GEOL6003 v.1   Geology Masters Project A 8.0 50.0
GEOL6004 v.1   Geology Masters Project B 8.0 50.0
  100.0




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