BS (COASTAL AND MARINE SCIENCES)
Semester 1:
| Sr.No. | Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | Sustainable Development Goals |
| 1 | ENG 101 | Functional English | 3 | Functional English General 1 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 2 | MAT 105 |
Mathematics | 3 | Quantitative Reasoning
General 2 |
Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 3 | ITC 101 | IT Skill | 2+1 | Applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
General3 |
Related topics will be covered in the existing course to strengthen the content according to HEC guidelines- Existing | SDG 9 | |
| 4 | MTM 120 | Introduction to Meteorology & Oceanography | 3 | Disciplinary/Major1 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 5 | PHY 101 | Physics | 3 | Natural Sciences (2+1)
General4 |
New course (Already being taught in the other departments at BU. Same course outline will be used) | SDG 4, 13 | |
| 6 | MGT 211 | Self-Management | 3 | Arts and Humanities (2 credit hours)
General5 |
Enabling critical examination of one’s self, promoting mutual respect and tolerance (Existing) | SDG 4,11 | |
| ISL 107 | Tajveed | 0 | Quran & Seerah | SDG 4 | |||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-1 | 18 | ||||||
Semester 2:
| Sr.No. | Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | SDG |
| 1 | ISL
101 |
Islamic Studies/ Ethics | 3 | Islamic Studies- General6 | No change in credit hours is proposed – Existing | SDG 4,10 | |
| 2 | ENG 101 | ENG 214 | Business Communication Skills | 3 | Expository Writing -General7 | No change is suggested as the existing course is sufficient to improve students’ academic writing.
including technical and report writing skills etc. – Existing |
SDG 4 |
| 3 | CMS
303 |
Marine Ecology and Ecosystems | 3 | Disciplinary/Major2 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 4 | MTM 224 | Marine Pollution & Control | 3 | Disciplinary/Major3 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 5 | HSS 202 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | Civic and Community Engagement –
General8 |
Existing | SDG 11 | |
| 6 | MTM 403 | Maritime Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 3 | Entrepreneurship –
General9 |
Existing | SDG 8 | |
| ISL
108 |
Tafseer 1 | 0 | Quran & Seerah | SDG 4 | |||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-2 | 18 | ||||||
Semester 3:
Sr.No. |
Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | SDG |
| 1 | MTM 230 | Introduction to Maritime Law and International Maritime Convention | 3 | Disciplinary/Major4 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 2 | PAK
101 |
Pakistan Studies | 3 | Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan –
General10 |
Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 3 | CMS
304 |
Coastal Engineering | 3 | Disciplinary/Major5 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 4 | CMS 401 |
Marine Resources | 3 | Disciplinary/Major6 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 5 | MAC
401 |
Marine Acoustic | 3 | Disciplinary/Major7 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 6 | CMS
301 |
Introduction to Marine Science | 3 | Disciplinary/Major8 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| ISL
109 |
Tafseer 2 | 0 | Quran & Seerah | SDG 4 | |||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-3 | 18 | ||||||
Semester 4:
| Sr.No. | Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | SDG |
| 1 | MTM
222 |
Introduction to Coastal Zone Management | 3 | Disciplinary/Major9 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 2 | MTM 101 | Introduction to Maritime Industry | 3 | Disciplinary/Major10 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 3 | MAT
205 |
Statistics | 3 | Quantitative Reasoning –
General11 |
Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 4 | CMS
614 |
Socio-Ecological Fundamentals of Coastal Zones | 3 | Disciplinary/Major11 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 5 | HSS 225 | Psychological & Emotional Development | 3 | Social Science –
General12 |
Existing | SDG 4,11 | |
| 6 | ENV 236 | Introduction to Climate Change | 3 | Disciplinary/Major12 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| ISL 110 | Tafseer 3 | 0 | Quran & Seerah | ||||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-4 | 18 | ||||||
Semester 5:
| Sr.No. | Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | SDG |
| 1 | GEO 437 | GIS & Remote Sensing | 3 | Disciplinary/Major13 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 2 | MTM 603 | Natural Hazards and Management | 3 | Disciplinary/Major14 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 3 | CMS
505 |
Marine Biodiversity | 3 | Disciplinary/Major15 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 4 | CMS
403 |
Marine Biotechnology | 3 | Disciplinary/Major16 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 5 | MTM 402 | Hydrographic Data & Services Management/Hydrography & Navigation | 3 | Disciplinary/Major17 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 6 | MTM 504 | Maritime Management: Concept and Applications | 3 | Inter-disciplinary1 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| ISL 111 | Tafseer 4 | 0 | Quran & Seerah | SDG 4 | |||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-5 | 18 | ||||||
Semester 6:
| Sr.No. | Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | |
| SDG | |||||||
| 1 | CMS 613 | Marine Protected Areas Management | 3 | Inter-disciplinary2 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 2 | GEO 320 | Marine Geology | 3 | Disciplinary/Major18 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 3 | MOD 606 | Ocean Dynamics | 3 | Inter-disciplinary3 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 4 | GEO 311 | Marine Geochemistry | 3 | Inter-disciplinary4 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 5 | MRM
302 |
Research Project Writing Method | 3 | Disciplinary/Major19 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 6 | SDW 898 | Internship | 3 | SDG4 | |||
| ISL 112 | Tafseer 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-6 | 18 | ||||||
Semester 7:
| Sr.No. | Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | |
| SDG | |||||||
| 1 | CMS 604 |
Environmental ImpactAssessment |
3 | Disciplinary/Major20 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 2 | CMS
605 |
Marine Geophysics | 3 | Disciplinary/Major21 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 3 | MTM 401 | Coastal Ecotourism Development and Management | 3 | Disciplinary/Major22
|
Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 4 | – | ELECTIVE I | 3 | Disciplinary/Major23 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 5 | – | ELECTIVE II | 3 | Disciplinary/Major24 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 6 | CMS
502 |
Coastal Ecosystem and Climate Change | 3 | Disciplinary/Major25 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| ISL 113 | Seerah 1 | 0 | Quran & Seerah | SDG 4 | |||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-7 | 18 | ||||||
Semester 8:
| Sr.No. | Pre-requisite course code | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Category as per HEC Policy 2023 | Remarks (Existing or New course, CH added etc.) | |
| SDG | |||||||
| 1 | – | ELECTIVE III | 3 | Disciplinary/Major26 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 2 | MTM 605 | Sea Level Changes and Coastal Zones | 3 | Disciplinary/Major27 | Existing | SDG 4 | |
| 3 | MRM 302 | SDW 499 | Capstone Project / Thesis | 3 | The new HEC Policy suggests a Capstone Project of 3 Credit Hours.
Capstone project |
Existing | SDG 4 |
| ISL 114 | Seerah 2 | 0 | Quran & Seerah | SDG 4 | |||
| Total Credit Hours in Semester-8 | 9 | ||||||
ELECTIVES
| Sr. # | Pre-Req | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Remarks (Existing or new course, C.H.s added, etc.) | ||
| Theory | Lab | SDG | |||||
| 1 | MTM
603 |
Natural Hazards and Management | 3 | – | Existing | SDG 11 | |
| 2 | MTM
604 |
Coastal and Marine Sedimentology | 3 | – | Existing | SDG 13,14 | |
| 3 | CMS
608 |
Coastal Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction | 3 | – | New | SDG 11,14 | |
| 4 | CMS
408 |
Introduction to Aquaculture | 3 | New | SDG 8 | ||
| 5 | MTM 607 | Coastal Land Reclamation | 3 | – | Existing | SDG 14 | |
| 6 | MTM 608 | Mangrove Coastal Forest Management | 3 | – | Existing | SDG 14 | |
| 7 | CMS
613 |
Marine Protected Areas Management | 3 | – | New | SDG 14,17 | |
| 8 | MTM 610 | Ocean Waves, Tides, and Currents | 3 | – | Existing | SDG 14,13 | |
| 9 | CMS 507 | Coastal Processes | 3 | – | New | SDG 4,8 | |
*Quran and Seerah program is optional for the Non-Muslim students.