Course list for the Mining Engineering Single Major

Information valid for students commencing 2010

Mining Engineering

Students must complete for the BE (Mining Engineering Plan code: MININX2001), #64 comprising -

  1. One of the following -
    • a major - #50, comprising all compulsory courses listed in Part A of the Mining Engineering list; or
    • an extended major - #60, comprising a major, plus an additional #10 as set out in Part B Electives under Extended Major; or
    • a major and a minor - #60, comprising a major, plus an additional #10 as set out in Part B Electives under the approved minor fields; and

  2. balance from electives -
    • with a maximum of #8 of level one courses;
    • students are encouraged to seek academic advice for courses chosen that are not listed in Part B Electives. Selection of courses which are not in the BE List require the approval of the Executive Dean.

Part A - Compulsory

Year 1, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1000 2 Introduction to Professional Engineering [1]

Year 1, Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1010 2 Applied Mechanics
MATE1000 2 Physics & Engineering of Materials
MATH1051 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra I [2]

Year 1, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
MATH1052 2 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ERTH1501 2 Earth Processes & Geological Materials for Engineers
MATH2000 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II
MECH2301 1 Structural Mechanics
MINE2105 2 Introduction to Mining
STAT2201 1 Analysis of Engineering & Scientific Data [3] [4]

Year 2, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
MINE2101 2 Fluid Mechanics
MINE2106 2 Resource Geology & Mine Surveying
MINE2201 2 Physical & Chemical Processing of Minerals

Year 3, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
MINE3120 2 Resource Estimation
MINE3121 2 Mining Geomechanics
MINE3122 2 Mining Systems
MINE3127 2 Socio-Environmental Aspects of Mining

Year 3, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
MINE3123 2 Mine Planning
MINE3124 2 Mine Ventilation I
MINE3125 2 Rock Breakage

Year 4, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
MINE4120 2 Mine Geotechnical Engineering
MINE4122 2 Mining Research Project I
MINE4124 2 Hard Rock Mine Design & Feasibility

Year 4, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
MINE4121 2 Mine Management
MINE4123 2 Mining Research Project II
MINE4125 2 Coal Mine Design and Feasibility

Part B Electives

B1 - Introductory Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM1020 2 Chemistry - Energetics & Reactivity
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering I
ELEC1000 2 Introduction to Electrical Engineering
ENGG1050 2 Engineering Thermodynamics
MATH1050 2 Mathematical Foundations [5]
PHYS1002 2 Electromagnetism, Optics, Relativity & Quantum Physics I

B2 - Advanced Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE3005 2 Reaction Engineering
CHEE3205 2 Metallurgical Process Modelling
CIVL3210 2 Geotechnical Engineering
ENGG4103 2 Engineering Asset Management
ERTH3203 2 Energy Resources
ERTH3301 2 Ore Body Modelling
MECH4480 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics
MINE3106 2 Minerals Industry Visit
MINE3108 1 Special Topics in Mining I
MINE3109 2 Special Topics in Mining II
MINE3126 2 Underground Mining Systems
MINE3128 2 Surface Mining Systems
MINE3208 2 Mineral Processing II
MINE3209 1 Mineral Processing I
MINE4107 2 Advanced Mine Ventilation
MINE4209 2 Advanced Mineral Processing

Extended major

Students enrolled in the extended major are required to obtain the major, plus an additional #10 from the courses listed below -

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL3210 2 Geotechnical Engineering
ENGG1050 2 Engineering Thermodynamics
ENGG4103 2 Engineering Asset Management
MINE3106 2 Minerals Industry Visit
MINE3109 2 Special Topics in Mining II
MINE3126 2 Underground Mining Systems
MINE3128 2 Surface Mining Systems
MINE4107 2 Advanced Mine Ventilation



Minors
Students enrolled in a minor field of study are required to obtain the major, plus an additional #10 as set out below for the minor.

Geomechanics

Students enrolled in the Geomechanics Minor are required to complete the Mining Engineering Major including MINE4122 under a geomechanics topic, plus #10 from the courses listed below -

Course Code Units Course Title
CIVL3210 2 Geotechnical Engineering
CIVL4230 2 Advanced Soil Mechanics
CIVL4250 2 Numerical Methods in Engineering
ERTH2004 2 Structural Geology
ERTH2050 2 Field Geology
ERTH3020 2 Introduction to Geophysics
MINE3126 2 Underground Mining Systems
MINE3128 2 Surface Mining Systems
MINE4000 2 Mine Waste Management & Landform Design

Minerals Processing

Students enrolled in the Minerals Processing minor are required to obtain #10 as set out below -

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE2001 2 Process Principles
CHEE3005 2 Reaction Engineering
CHEE3205 2 Metallurgical Process Modelling
ERTH3502 1 Ore Deposit Geology & Mineralogy
MINE3208 2 Mineral Processing II
MINE3209 1 Mineral Processing I
MINE4203 2 Flotation
MINE4209 2 Advanced Mineral Processing

Software Engineering

Students enrolled in the Software Engineering Minor are reuqired to obtain #10 with no more than #6 from level one courses, comprising #4 from Group A, and #6 from Group B.

Group A
#4 from:

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering I
CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large

Group B
#6 from:

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2303 2 Network & Operating Systems Principles
COMP2304 2 Programming for Engineering Systems
COMP2506 2 Human-Computer Interaction
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
CSSE1000 2 Introduction to Computer Systems
CSSE2003 2 Software Engineering Studio
CSSE3002 2 The Software Process
INFS1200 2 Introduction to Information Systems [6]
MATH1061 2 Discrete Mathematics

End notes

  • [1] BE/BSc students must complete ENGG1000 and are exempt from SCIE1000.
  • [2] Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are strongly recommended to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  • [3] BE/BSc students required to complete STAT2201 and/or STAT2202 under the engineering course list must not complete STAT1201 under the Science course list. These students are exempt from STAT1201.
  • [4] BE/BBusMan, BE/BCom and BE/BEcon students required to complete STAT2201 towards the engineering major must not enrol in ,and cannot gain credit for, ECON1310. A student undertaking STAT2201 is exempted from ECON1310 and must complete #2 for an ECON course approved by the BEL Executive Dean.
  • [5] MATH1050 is not available for students with a High Achievement or higher in Senior Maths C.
  • [6] BE/BBusMan and BE/BCom students required to complete INFS1200 for the engineering program must not enrol in, and cannot gain credit for, MGTS1201. A student undertaking INFS1200 is exempted from MGTS1201 and must complete #2 from courses approved by the BEL Executive Dean.