Dokuz Eylül University Information Package / Courses Catalog

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 Degree in the same or in related disciplines. Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first or second cycle (with thesis) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. However, ALES requirement is waived for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs as well as for the admissions to the graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

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 Türkiye 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

Semester	No	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Unit Type	T	P	L	ECTS
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:
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 5013	INSTRUMENTAL METHODS IN MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	2	DJJ 5027	MARINE GEOLOGY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	3	MAT 5141	MATHEMATICAL METHODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	4	MAT 5101	APPLIED MATHEMATICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	5	DJJ 5055	MARINE GEOTECHNOLOGY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	6	DJJ 5053	PALAEOCLIMATIC CHANGES OF THE CENOZOIC TIME AND PALAEOVEGETATION IN TüRKIYE	ELECTIVE	2	1	0	6
Z	7	DJJ 5051	DATA PROCESSING IN MARINE SEISMIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8
Z	8	DJJ 5049	SIDE SCAN SONAR TECHNICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	9	DJJ 5029	MARINE GEOPHYSICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	10	DJJ 6007	ABSORPTION IN MARINE SEDIMENTS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	11	DJJ 5039	BATHYMETRY AND SAMPLING SURVEYS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	6
Z	12	DJJ 5041	DATA ANALYSIS IN MARINE GEOLOGY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7
Z	13	DJJ 5043	MARINE ENVIROMENTAL GEOLOGY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
Z	14	DJJ 6013	INVERSION METHOD IN GEOPHYSICS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5
Z	15	DJJ 5050	ATTRIBUTES IN MARINE SEISMIC	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9
Z	16	DJJ 5056	SEAFLOOR IMAGING AND MAPPING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	17	DJJ 5054	PALAEOECOLOGY OF LAKE AND DELTA ENVIRONMENT OF THE QUATERNARY IN TüRKIYE	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6
Z	18	DJJ 5042	WORLD'S OCEANS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	9
Z	19	DJJ 6016	EVOLUTION AND GEODYNAMICS OF OCEANS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8
Z	20	DJJ 5057	MARINE FACIES ANALYSIS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7
Z	21	MAT 5102	NUMERICAL AND APPROXIMATE METHODS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9

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. Nil KULA
Bakü Bul. No:100 35430 İnciraltı-İzmir
Tel: (232) 278 5565 / 5272 / 6515 / 6525 / 5085 / 5083
Fax: (232) 278 5082
E-mail: imst@deu.edu.tr

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