Rock characteristics, significance in petroleum reservoirs, and applications -- Fundamentals of reservoir fluid properties, phase behavior, and applications -- Fundamentals of fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs and applications -- Transient well pressure analysis and applications -- Fundamentals of data acquisition, analysis, management, and applications -- Integration of geosciences and engineering models -- Evaluation of primary reservoir performance -- Volumetric methods in petroleum reservoir analysis and applications -- Empirical methods for reservoir performance analysis and applications -- Decline curve analysis and applications -- Material balance methods and applications -- Reservoir simulation fundamentals -- Reservoir simulation model applications -- Improved recovery processes : fundamentals of waterflooding and applications -- Improved recovery processes : enhanced oil recovery and applications -- Fundamentals of petroleum economics, integrated modeling, and risk and uncertainty analysis -- Operational issues in reservoir development and management -- Class projects.