DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

General Description

History

Marine Geology and Geophysics Ph.D. Program was established in 1975 when the Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology was founded. Within the scope of the program, studies are carried out in fields of marine energy sources such as oil, gas hydrate and natural gas by using geological and geophysical methods, depth measurements in the marine environment, marine geo-engineering studies, geochemical and paleoclimatic researches.

Qualification Awarded

Ph.D. in Marine geology and Geophysics

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) diploma; minimum 80/100 or 3/4 Cumulative Grade Point Average, minimum score of 60 from the National Central Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field; a minimum score of 70 from the graduate school entrance exam; a minimum score of 55 from the nation-wide Foreign Language Exam (YDS) or equivalent score from an exam accredited by YÖK.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

For Marine Geology and Geophysics Program, training of specialists qualified to manage a team of trained experts who can obtain a unique and original research by using collected information from all the territorial water surrounding Turkey and the exclusive economic zone in international waters, scientific and engineering data collection on the potential of marine resources that the country needs.
Aims of program;
* To investigate all non-living marine resources by geological and geophysical methods, particularly, continental shelf seas around our country and seas of the world
* Create maps of the sea-lake depth by depth measurements of single and multi-beam.
* To make the engineering studies for the pre-construction of marine structures,
* To make magnetic field measurements in the marine scientific and engineering purposes,
* Seismicity studies for Investigation of submarine faults and determination of young tectonic structures,
* To study tsunami by investigating existing and potential landslides under the sea,
* Modeling of coastal development by revealing the dynamics of coastal sediment,
* Geochemical studies on the sediment samples for marine pollution.
* According to future climatic estimates, collect data on behalf of policy formulation for legislators energy, water, fisheries and agriculture by determining the causes and consequences of changes in palaeoclimatic on the sediment samples.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Ability to do research for natural marine resources in the territorial waters of Turkey and the world with both geological and geophysical methods,
2   Ability to collect single and multibeam bathymetry data at sea and lakes and produce depth maps, also could manage this kind of researches
3   Ability to train and to do engineering studies for underwater constructionss
4   Ability to do scientific and engineering studies in magnetic field at sea
5   Ability to interpret marine gravity studies and to do modeling studies, to create original results from these findings
6   Ability to do seismological researches by the determination of faults and young tectonic structures and to produce genuine results
7   Ability to do tsunami researches by the investigation of existing and potential underwater landslides and to produce genuine results
8   Ability to create coastal developing model by revealing coastal sediment dynamics and to produce original results from these findings
9   Ability to do research on marine pollution from geochemical analysis applied to core sediments and to advise local governments
10   Ability to determine the causes for paleoclimatic changes from core sediments and to comment on forthcoming changes and to determine energy, water and agricultural politics
11   Ability to develop existing equipment and software for RD (Research and Development) and to produce genuine results
12   Ability to do original studies and coordinate by using existing equipment, software and information technology
13   Ability to work as specialists in the marine research institutions and to have the capacity of being administrator

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Students graduated from the Marine Geology and Geophysics Ph.D. Program can work at Marine Sciences institutions as well as geology and geophysics departments of the universities, at public institutions such as Turkish Petroleum AO, Mineral Research and Exploration Directorate, DLH, and in private companies operating in the fields of marine exploration.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

In addition to the compulsory courses of the programme, students register to elective courses appropriate for their thesis topic, on the consent of their supervisor. If necessary, on the consent of their supervisor, they can also register to courses from other programmes (from DEU or other universities). It is obligatory to register MAT5101 Applied Mathematics (3 0 0) or MAT5102 Numerical and Approximate Methods (3 0 0) or MAT5141 Mathematical Mehods (3 0 0) with approval of the supervisor. In the case of one of these courses taken during the M.Sc. education, these are not obligatory. The registration must be noticed to the Institute during course registration period by the supervisor.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
 
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 30
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 FBE 6666 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 2 DEN 6098 PH.D. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
3 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 DEN 6094 PH.D. SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 3 0 5
G 2 DEN 6098 PH.D. RESEARCH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 9
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
4 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 DEN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
5 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 DEN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
6 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 DEN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
7 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
G 1 DEN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
8 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
B 1 DEN 6099 PH.D. THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
FLEXIBLE ELECTIVE COURSE ACCORDING TO ECTS
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Course Unit Type T P L ECTS
Z 1 DJJ 5029 MARINE GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 2 DJJ 5049 SIDE SCAN SONAR TECHNICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 3 MAT 5101 APPLIED MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 4 DJJ 5041 DATA ANALYSIS IN MARINE GEOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 5 DJJ 5055 MARINE GEOTECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 6 DJJ 5039 BATHYMETRY AND SAMPLING SURVEYS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6
Z 7 DJJ 5027 MARINE GEOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 8 DJJ 5053 PALAEOCLIMATIC CHANGES OF THE CENOZOIC TIME AND PALAEOVEGETATION IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 1 0 6
Z 9 DJJ 6007 ABSORPTION IN MARINE SEDIMENTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 10 DJJ 5051 DATA PROCESSING IN MARINE SEISMIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
Z 11 DJJ 5043 MARINE ENVIROMENTAL GEOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8
Z 12 DJJ 5045 DEEP SEISMIC STUDIES IN MARINE GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 13 DJJ 6013 INVERSION METHOD IN GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5
Z 14 DJJ 5013 INSTRUMENTAL METHODS IN MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 15 MAT 5141 MATHEMATICAL METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 16 MAT 5102 NUMERICAL AND APPROXIMATE METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 17 DJJ 5057 MARINE FACIES ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 18 DJJ 5056 SEAFLOOR IMAGING AND MAPPING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7
Z 19 DJJ 5054 PALAEOECOLOGY OF LAKE AND DELTA ENVIRONMENT OF THE QUATERNARY IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
Z 20 DJJ 5050 ATTRIBUTES IN MARINE SEISMIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9
Z 21 DJJ 6016 EVOLUTION AND GEODYNAMICS OF OCEANS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8
Z 22 DJJ 5046 MARINE CRUSTAL STRUCTURES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 23 DJJ 5042 WORLD'S OCEANS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 9
Z 24 DJJ 6004 SEISMIC SOURCE THEORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7
Z 25 DJJ 5058 ISOTOPE ANALYSIS IN MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 2 8
Z 26 DJJ 5018 SIGNAL ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8
 

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylül University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades.
The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Third Cycle (Doctor of Philosophy) Programme is comprised of courses (at least 67 ECTS),Ph.D.Seminar (5 ECTS), Ph. D. Research (18 ECTS) / Ph. D. Thesis (150 ECTS) courses, thesis proposal, doctoral qualifying examination and thesis examination with a total credit of 240 ECTS. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Prof. Dr. Şermin AÇIKÇINAR
Bakü Bul. No:100 35430 İnciraltı-İzmir
Tel: (232) 278 5565 / 5272 / 6515 / 6525 / 5085 / 5083
Faks: (232) 278 5082
E-Posta: imst@deu.edu.tr