Graduate Course Offerings
Note: Advanced Undergraduate MinE Courses can also be taken for graduate credit.
MinE 5015-16 Advanced Mining Engineering
Selected concepts and principles in the discipline, including
factors in pillar design, contiguous bed mining, and technical
problems in deep mining, mineral beneficiation, coal technology,
hydrometallurgical, and pyrometallurgical processes. Pre: 3014,
4074; (3H,3C).
MinE 5025-26 Advanced Mining Design
Selected advanced design problems in mining, including roof
control, shafts, material handling, transportation, drainage
and ventilation. Advanced work in creative quantitative design
of ore milling and coal preparation plants. Pre: 3014, 4014,
4025, 4064; (3H,3C).
MinE 5035-36 Advanced Ground Control
Recent developments in ground control are considered from theoretical
and practical viewpoints. Various integrated support systems
are compared operationally, structurally and economically to
optimize their individual contributions. Pre: 4184; (3H,3C).
MinE 5045-46 Advanced Mineral Processing
The theory of reactions in flotation systems and application
of physical chemistry to mineral beneficiation. Advanced studies
in electrostatic and magnetic separation. Theory and application
of differential gravity separations. Advanced studies in comminution,
grinding systems, and coal preparation plant design, simulation
and control. Pre: 4026; (3H,3C). I,II.
MinE 5055-56 Quantitative Decision Making in Mining
Application of quantitative decision-making techniques to problems
in mining industries. Identification of problems, formulation
and solution methodologies. (3H,3C).
MinE 5065-66 Mineral Resources and Economics
The interrelation of legal, financial, economic, environmental,
political and physical components of the resource exploitation
environment. Market and non-market determinants of resources
to reserve conversions. Domestic and international impact of
the mining industry. Pre: 4114, 4046; (3H,3C).
MinE 5084 Stability of Rock Slopes
Factors affecting the stability and stabilization of rock slopes,
geological site studies, mechanical properties of joints, calculations,
influence of ground water, geometry, seismic effects and case
histories. Pre: 3014, GEOL 4414; (2H,3L,3C).
MinE 5094 Particulate Process Modeling
Statistical and mechanistic approaches to modeling of mineral
processing and other particulate systems. Population balance
modeling of particulate systems. Representation of particle
distributions. Numerical simulation techniques using the digital
computer. Pre: 4026; (3H,3C). II.
MinE 5904 Project and Report
Variable credit course
MinE 5944 Seminar
Two written or oral presentations to be made by all graduate
students on their thesis topics, and participation in all other
presentations given by graduate students, visiting lecturers
and faculty members. Required of all students for graduation.
All graduate students in the department are required to enroll
in the seminar for two semesters and to attend all the seminars.
(1H,1C).
MinE 5974 Independent Study
Pass/fail only. Variable credit course
MinE 5984 Special Study
Variable credit course
MinE 5994 Research and Thesis
Variable credit course
MinE 6015-16 Advanced Rock Mechanics
Applications of continuum mechanics to underground opening design;
concepts of rock testing and failure; dynamic stresses in drilling,
blasting and protective construction; model testing, underground
instrumentation, observations and case studies. Pre: 4154, ESM
5014, GEOL 4414; (3H,3C).
MinE 6034 Chemistry of Flotation
Surface and colloid chemistry as applied to the technology of
froth flotation; surface energetics, thermodynamics of absorption,
electrification of interfaces, chemistry of surfactants, oxidation
and reduction of sulfide minerals, electrochemistry of sulfide
flotation systems and hydrodynamics of bubble-particle adhesion.
Pre: 4025; (3H,3C).
MinE 6044 Advanced Mining Analysis
Advanced study of decision-making problems with critical applications
of quantitative techniques in mineral industries. Pre: 5055;
(3H,3C).
MinE 7994 Research and Dissertation
Variable credit course.