Qualification Awarded

Geological Engineer, PhD

Specific Admission Requirements

Having an ALES grade of at least 55 Having a YDS or equal exam grade of at least 60. To be able to pass the science exam which is made before acceptance Having an MSc. title.

Qualification Requirements

Having completed 90 AKTS course schedule, having et least 3.00 GPA over 4.00 and having an accepted PhD thesis.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Students are accepted with respect to transfer programs and academic achievement states.

History

Mugla Sitki Kocman University - Department of Geological Engineering PhD program (English) has accepted its first students in 2015-2016 education year.

Profile of the Programme

Our program accepts PhD students in different amounts varying through years with respect to demand. Furthermore, student exchange programs such as ERASMUS (abroad) and FARABİ (national) provide students to experience other graduate programs.

Program Outcomes

1-	Ability to apply mathematical, scientific and engineering knowledge in geological engineering field.

2-	Ability to design and perform experiments, to analyze and understand experiment outcomes .

3-	Ability to design a system or a compound of the system within required needs.

4-	Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams

5-	Ability to determine, descirbe, evaluate and solve geology related engineering problems.

6-	To have professional and ethical responsibility and to use this in geological purposes.

7-	Ability to have effective verbal and literary communication skills.

8-	To have basic education to understand global and social scale effects of geology related engineering solutions.

9-	To have consciousness of life long learning and having the ability to perform it.

10-	To have knowledge in actual and modern subjects.

11-	Ability to use related techniques, skills and modern engineering devices for geological engineering applications.

12-	Ability to use English language to follow geological news and communicate with foreign colleagues(“European Language Portfolio Global Scale”, Level B1).

13-	Ability to use geology related information techniques, software programs and communicative technologies (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level).

Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading

Exams, homework, projects, applications, presentations, thesis

Graduation Requirements

To successfully complete 90.0 ECTS lessons of Geological Engineering Graduate Program having GPA 3.00 from 4.00. Acceptance of PhD thesis

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Our graduates conveniently have the opportunity of finding jobs which needs speciality on their study area.

Access to Further Studies

Students having earned a PhD title can apply to postdoc research programs in other institutes both in Turkey and abroad.

Mode of Study

PhD

Programme Director

Associate Prof.Dr. Sena Akçer Ön

ECTS Coordinator

Prof.Dr. Fikret KAÇAROĞLU

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

1. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
FBE5080	Research Methods and Scientific Ethics **	Required	2	0	2
FBE5550	Project Development and Management	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5501	Advanced Geochemical Thermodynamics	Elective	3	0	4
GEOE5503	Geochemical Prospecting	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5505	Mineral Economics	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5507	Advanced Igneous Petrography	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5509	Igneous Petrogenesis	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5510	Volcanology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5511	Pyroclastic Rocks	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5513	The Investigation Techniques for Sedimentary Rocks	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5517	Stability of Rock Slopes in Engineering Practice	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5525	Groundwater Modeling	Elective	2	2	6
GEOE5527	Marine Micropaleontology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5529	Paleoclimatology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5531	Radiogenetic Isotope Geology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5535	Geothermal Energy Utilization	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5537	Karst Hydrogeology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5539	Selected Topics in Earthquake Geology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5541	Introduction to Geology of Clays	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5545	Selected Topics in Environmental Mineralogy	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5547	Sample Preparation and Analytical Methods in Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5551	Advanced Magmatic Petrology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5553	Entrepreneurship	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5555	Geotechnical Engineering Of Dams I	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5557	Groundwater Investıgation and Development	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5559	Holocene climate variability at western Anatolia comparison with Middle East and Europe	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5561	Selected Topics in Tephra Studies	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5563	Medical Geology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5565	Tectonic Geomorphology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5569	Advanced Structural Geology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5571	Porphyry Copper Deposits	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5573	Geology of Clays	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5581	Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	Elective	3	0	4
GEOE5583	Geothermal Drilling	Elective	3	0	4
GEOE5585	Soils of the Past	Elective	3	0	4
GEOE5587	Depositional Environments of Sedimentary Rocks	Elective	3	0	4
GEOE5589	Shallow Foundations in Engineering Geology	Elective	3	0	4
GEOE6001	Engineering Properties of Soils	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6003	Basin Analysis	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6005	Tethys Concept in the Geology of Türkiye and Models of the Related Magmatic/Metamorphic Rocks	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6007	Thermodynamics in Mineral Sciences	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6721	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6

1. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
GEOE5502	Granite Tectonics	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5506	Advanced Mining Geology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5508	Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5512	Coastal Geology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5514	Carbonate Rock Petrography	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5516	Clastic Rock Petrography	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5518	Mechanical Behaviour of Earth Materials	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5520	Site Investigation	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5524	Engineering Geology Case Studies	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5528	Soft Computing Methods	Elective	2	2	6
GEOE5532	Metamorphic Petrogenesis	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5536	Groundwater Contamination	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5538	Isotope Hydrogeology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5542	Selected Topics in Active Tectonics	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5544	Ophiolite Concept	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5552	Advanced Metamorphic Petrology	Elective	3	2	6
GEOE5554	Silicate Geochemistry And Petrogenesis	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5556	Environmental Geochemistry	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5558	Geotechnical Engineering of Dams II	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5560	Introduction to Mıne Hydrogeology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5562	Paleoseismology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5564	Selected Topics in Palaeoceanography	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5566	Tracers in Hydrogeology	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5568	Tectonic and Sedimentation	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5570	Sedimentation in Deep Sea Environments	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5574	Epithermal Gold Deposits	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5576	Advanced Stable Isotope Science	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5578	Quaternary Dating Methods	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE5580	Selected Topics in Isotope Geochemistry	Elective	3	0	6
GEOE6002	Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6004	Engineering Properties of Rocks	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6006	Advanced Remote Sensing	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6008	Clay Mineralogy	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6010	Quaternary Environmental Change	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6012	Geothermal Sites of Türkiye	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6014	Cenozoic Volcanism in Türkiye and Surrounding Regions	Required	3	0	6
GEOE6722	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6
GEOE6790	Seminar	Required	0	2	6

2. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
GEOE6723	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6
GEOE6820	Preparation for Qualifying Exam	Required	0	0	24

2. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
GEOE6724	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6
GEOE6821	Ph.D. Thesis Proposal	Required	0	0	24

3. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
GEOE6725	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6
GEOE6822	Ph.D.Thesis (1. TİK)	Required	0	0	24

3. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
GEOE6726	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6
GEOE6823	Ph.D.Thesis (2. TİK)	Required	0	0	24

4. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
GEOE6727	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6
GEOE6824	Ph.D.Thesis (3. TİK)	Required	0	0	24

4. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
GEOE6728	Special Studies	Required	4	0	6
GEOE6825	Ph.D.Thesis (Thesis Defence)	Required	0	0	24

Evaluation Questionnaires

Course & Program Outcomes Matrix