Graduate students in the GeoSystems Initiative take a common core curriculum, which introduces seismic processing, fluid flow, evaluation of oil- and gas-producing properties, and reservoir geosystems. In addition, students have depth-training within their discipline of petroleum engineering, geology, or geophysics. Finally, the petroleum engineers take cross-training courses in geosciences and the geoscientists take cross-training courses in engineering.

Following is a breakdown of specific courses.


Disciplinary Depth Courses
for Geoscientists

Common Courses

 

Multichannel Seismic Processing and Interpretation (4)

Well Test Analysis (3)

Applied Financial And Investment Analysis (3)

GeoSystems Finance Lab (1)

Reservoir GeoSystems (3)

Field Stratigraphy (3)
Disciplinary Depth Courses
for Engineers

For Geologists:
Advanced Stratigraphy (3)

Adv. Structural Geology (3)

Petroleum Geology (3)


For Geophysicists:
Seismology (4)

Signal Processing (3)

Fundamentals of Acoustics (3)
Reservoir Engineering Series
(select one) (3)

Flow in Porous Media Series
(select one) (3)

Drilling and Production Series
(select one) (3)

Phase Relations in Reservoir Engineering (3)

Cross-Training Courses
Engineering for Geoscientists
(2 of 3)

Cross-Training Courses
Geosciences for Engineers
(1 of 2)
Drilling Design and Production Engineering (with lab) (4)

Applied Reservoir Engineering (3)

Rock and Fluid Properties
(with lab) (3)		 Principles of Stratigraphy (3)

Structural Geology (3)

 
 
 

GeoSystems Initiative, 305 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-7072, Fax: 814-863-7823, Email: geosystem@geosc.psu.edu