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Entry Requirements


Description
Passes in at least five (5) different subjects at the CSEC/CXC, Grade 1 and 11, (and Grade 111 from 1998 onwards), or grades A to C at the IGCSE/GCE 'O' level Examinations or any equivalent qualification. The subjects must include English Language, Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry or Integrated Science (SA).
The Guyana Technical Education Examination Technician Certificate (G.T.E.E.) Parts I and II.
The G.T.E.E. Diploma (Credit) in Science (Physics or Chemistry).
The G.T.E.E. Technician Diploma in (Land Surveying, Electrical, Mechanical, Building or Civil).
The G.T.E.E. Technician Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
Mature applicants (21 years or older), who do not possess any of the academic qualification set out in 1 to 5 above may be considered for admission, provided they possess relevant technical qualifications and experience. Such applicants will be required to pass the University of Guyana Entrance Examination.
Any other equivalent qualifications.
Applicants who do not have the required pass grade in either English or Science or Maths, but who have five (5) other subjects which are acceptable for admission to the University of Guyana, may apply. Such applicants must successfully complete the relevant foundation course (English or Maths or Chemistry or Physics) being offered by the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) or pass the relevant qualifying examination for entrance to the Faculty of Technology

Courses

First Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
EMT1100 Engineering Mathematics I 3
CHM1102 Introduction to General Chemistry 3
GEM1101 General Geology 4
GEM1103L Mineralogy Laboratory 1
PHY1104 Fundamentals of Physics 4
CHM1103 Chemistry Laboratory I 1
GEM1103 Mineralogy 3
EMT1106 Engineering Mathematics I 4 This course replaces EMT1100 with effect from academic year 2024/2025
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
GEM1205 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 3
EMT1200 Engineering Mathematics II 3
ENG1203 Technical Communication 4
GEM1201 General Geology II 4
GEM1205L Petrology Laboratory I 1
PHY1205 Introduction to Electricity & Magnetism 3
EMT1206 Engineering Mathematics II 4 This course replaces EMT1200 with effect from academic year 2024/2025

Second Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
GEM2105 Sedimentary Petrology and Stratigraphy 3
GEM2109 Structural Geology and Map Interpretation 3
GEM2110 Economic Geology I 4
GEM2101L Engineering Geology Laboratory 1
GEM2105L Petrology Lab II 1
GEM2101 Engineering Geology 3
GEM2111 Introduction to Geophysics 4
PHY1191 Physics Laboratory I 1
GEM2109L Structural Geology and Geological Mapping Lab 1
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
MST2202 Applied Statistical Methods 4
GEM2211 Geological Field Mapping 4
GEM2213 Paleontology 4
GEM2208 Environmental Geology 4
GEM2212 Introduction to Energy & Petroleum 4
Annual Attachment
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
IPD2000 Industrial Exposure and Professional Development