About the program

The department aims to prepare qualified human energies in the field of various engineering and environmental applications in order to spread awareness of the importance of environmental risks and engineering foundations in construction and reconstruction, and to harness all the capabilities available in the department to serve community members and achieve continuous support of information in achieving the goals of development plans and the Kingdom’s vision 2030. The department aims to prepare competencies Scientific and skilled in the field of engineering and environmental geology serving the community and the Kingdom's trends in the field of environmental preservation and attention to urban development. During the four-year stage, the student studies various courses and obtains extensive training in the field of engineering and environmental geology, after which he graduates to engage in the labor market in one of the governmental or private agencies. The bachelor program in the department is internationally accredited.

Program objectives

1. Students will learn the basics of engineering geology, geological locations, earth materials, various geological processes, selection of suitable sites for construction and reconstruction, geological resources and the effects of engineering projects on the environment.
2. The student will learn about the types of natural hazards: such as earthquakes, volcanic activities, plate tectonics, flood hazards, erosion and cavities processes and the causes of their occurrence and ways to deal with them.
3. The student will develop his concept of types and conditions of foundation construction, theories of bearing capacity in shallow foundations, behavior of cohesive and loose soils, deep foundations, earth pressures and lateral supports, seepage analysis and slope stability, and field applications.
4. The student will learn about the types of rock masses, stress-strain relationships, methods of identifying strong rocks and discontinuous surfaces, in addition to the physical and mechanical properties of rocks and the nature and engineering properties of discontinuous surfaces.
5. The student will understand engineering geological considerations, describe soil and rock masses, classify rock masses for engineering purposes, engineering geological maps and their applications, and will also learn about ways to improve rocks and soil such as filling, drains and soil strengthening.
6. The student will learn the study methods of engineering sites, drilling and bore equipment and their applications in soil and rocks, taking disturbed and undisturbed samples, performing on-site tests to determine the strength of soil or rocks, in addition to laboratory tests of samples collected from sites, writing reports, and interpreting the engineering geological characteristics of the sites.
7. The student will become familiar with engineering geological considerations when examining highways, bridges, slopes, dams, tunnels, rivers, beaches, marshes, sand dunes, and selected urban sites. Methods for analyzing and displaying engineering geological data. Writing engineering geological reports and case studies reports.

Program admission requirement (general conditions)

Students must complete 72 credit units of university and faculty requirements to place a request for admission to the program. When students successfully finish the 6th semester (equivalent to 98 credit units) their application is processed. Students are admitted to the program if their GPA is 3.0/5.0 or more.

Program completion and graduation requirements

Students graduates from the proagram after successfully completing all courses prescribed by the plan and completing 207 credit hours and passing KAU Exit Exam.

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About the program

The Faculty of Earth Sciences at King Abdulaziz University has introduced the Executive Master’s Program in Crisis and Disaster Management, targeting the segment working in the field of crisis and disaster management, in addition to meeting the necessary and urgent needs in finding and qualifying national cadres specialized in this field. The study began in the program at the beginning of the first semester of the academic year 1435/1436 AH, and one of the most important features that is unique to the program is that it is presented in cooperation with different scientific faculties at the university in addition to cooperation with Naif University for Security Sciences in an effort to present all the various courses and topics of the program in a comprehensive systematic way, which provides an advanced model for the quality of the inter-programs in the field of studies upper.

Program educational paths:

1. Environmental Path: Management of crises and environmental disasters from the environmental aspects, which include crises and natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, rock and mud collapses, hurricanes, sudden cracks in the earth’s crust, environmental pollution resulting from fires, oil spills and chemicals, studying how to deal with their devastating effects and ways to overcome them, reduce losses resulting from them, and deal with Its results and the study of the means that prevent or reduce the chances of some of them occurring by using modern scientific methods and the development and application of hypotheses and electronic similarity models for those crises and disasters to study and learn the best means to overcome them.
2. Security Path: Crisis management and security disasters, such as fires, major road accidents for vehicles and trains, the fall and hijacking of planes, armed robbery, hostage-taking, and the stampede of human crowds, identifying the types of threats that threaten the security and safety of the state, protecting processions and dignitaries, and studying how to deal with their effects and ways to overcome them and reduce the losses resulting from them. Dealing with its results and studying the means that prevent or reduce the chances of some of them occurring by using modern methodological scientific methods and developing and applying hypotheses and electronic similarity models for those crises and disasters to study and learn the best means to overcome them.
3. Healthy Path: Managing crises and medical disasters resulting from the occurrence of crises and environmental and security disasters, in addition to the most effective means of dealing with crises and disasters of outbreaks of deadly diseases and epidemics that affect the health and safety of the individual and society, studying how to deal with their effects and ways to overcome them and reduce losses resulting from them and dealing with their results and studying the means Which prevent or reduce the chances of some of them occurring by using modern methodological scientific methods and developing and applying hypotheses and electronic similarity models for those crises and disasters to study and learn the best ways to overcome them.

Duration of study in the program:

Two academic years divided into 6 semesters, during which the student studies a set of courses with a total number of 63 credit hours. His work, if possible, or similar to the same environment and conditions existing in his work.

Study system in the program

The study is held on Friday and Saturday during the weekend, according to a trading system, so that the lectures are held on the weekend and stop in the following week, and so on until the end of the semester.

Program credits and degree title

1. The program obtained accreditation and approval by the King Abdulaziz University Council.
2. Crisis management and security disasters, such as fires, major road accidents for vehicles and trains, and falls Hijacking aircraft, armed robbery, hostage-taking, stampede crowds, and identifying types of Threats that threaten the security and safety of the state, protect convoys and dignitaries, and study how to deal with Its effects and ways to overcome them, reduce losses resulting from them, deal with their results, and study the means by which Prevent or reduce the chances of some of them occurring by using modern scientific methods and developing and applying hypotheses and models An electronic analogy of those crises and disasters to study and learn the best ways to overcome them.
3. The program has been classified by the Ministry of Civil Service and has been added to the Ministry's Job Classification Manual.

Academic degree title:

The graduate obtains a master’s degree under the title ((Master of Science - Executive from the Faculty of Earth Sciences in the specialization of Crisis and Disaster Management - Path ………….))

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About the program

The scientific department offers a distinct group of graduate programs that focus on providing students with skills Necessary to integrate into the labor market and provide geologists who have the necessary ingredients to support the Kingdom's 2030 vision. The department offers these programs so that it is keen to provide content in which the scientific aspect is compatible with the applied aspect according to Modern scientific methods.

Admission requirements for Master's programs

1. The applicant should be a Saudi, or an official scholarship for postgraduate studies if he is a non-Saudi.
2. The applicant must have a university degree from a Saudi university or another recognized university.
3. To be of good conduct and behavior and medically fit.
4. To submit two scientific recommendations from professors who have taught him previously.
5. The approval of his reference to the study if he is an employee.
6. A good average at least a bachelor's degree.
7. Obtaining a score of 65 in the general aptitude test for university students.
8. A score of 3.5 on the IELTS test.

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Program study plan (Courses and Research Project - Engineering Geology Track).

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Program study plan (Courses and Research Project - Enviromental Geology Track).

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About the program

The scientific department offers a distinct group of graduate programs that focus on providing students with skills Necessary to integrate into the labor market and provide geologists who have the necessary ingredients to support the Kingdom's 2030 vision. The department offers these programs so that it is keen to provide content in which the scientific aspect is compatible with the applied aspect according to Modern scientific methods.

Admission requirements for PhD program

1. The applicant should be a Saudi, or an official scholarship for postgraduate studies if he is a non-Saudi.
2. The applicant must have a university degree from a Saudi university or another recognized university.
3. To be of good conduct and behavior and medically fit.
4. To submit two scientific recommendations from professors who have taught him previously.
5. The approval of his reference to the study if he is an employee.
6. The origin of the PhD study is full-time, and the University Council may make an exception from this whenever the need arises.
7. A good average at least a bachelor's degree.
8. Obtaining a score of 65 in the general aptitude test for university students.
9. A score of 5 on the IELTS test.

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