Second Year Common Core - 2023-2024
Course List Code | Title | Units |
APSC 200 | Engineering Design & Practice II | 4.00 |
APSC 293 | Engineering Communications 2 | 1.00 |
CHEE 209 | Analysis of Process Data | 3.50 |
CIVL 230 | Solid Mechanics I | 4.25 |
MINE 201 | Introduction to Mining and Mineral Processing | 4.00 |
MECH 229 | Kinematics and Dynamics | 3.50 |
MTHE 225 | Ordinary Differential Equations | 3.50 |
CHEE 210 | Thermodynamics of Energy Conversion Systems | 3.50 |
CIVL 222 | Numerical Methods | 5.00 |
MECH 210 | Electronic Circuits and Motors for Mechatronics | 4.50 |
MINE 267 | Applied Chemistry for Mining | 3.50 |
MINE 268 | Analytical Methods in Mining | 1.00 |
MINE 272 | Applied Data Science | 4.50 |
Total Units | 45.75 |
Third Year Common Core - 2024-2025
Course List Code | Title | Units |
MINE 321 | Drilling & Blasting | 4.50 |
1 | 4.50 |
MINE 326 | Operations Research | 4.50 |
MINE 330 | Mineral Industry Economics | 3.50 |
MINE 331 | Methods Of Mineral Separation | 4.50 |
GEOE 262 | Aspects Mineral Deposits | 3.75 |
MINE 341 | Open Pit Mining | 4.50 |
MINE 344 | Underground Mining | 4.00 |
MREN 241 | Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power | 3.75 |
Total Units | 37.50 |
Mining Option N1
Course List Code | Title | Units |
| 37.50 |
MINE 339 | Mine Ventilation | 4.50 |
| 3.00 |
| 3.00 |
Total Units | 48.00 |
Minerals Processing Environmental Option N2
Course List Code | Title | Units |
| 37.50 |
CHEE 319 | Process Dynamics and Control | 3.50 |
CHEE 321 | Chemical Reaction Engineering | 3.50 |
| 3.00 |
Total Units | 47.50 |
Mine-Mechanical Option N3
Course List Code | Title | Units |
| 37.50 |
MECH 328 | Dynamics And Vibration | 3.50 |
MECH 323 | Machine Design I | 4.50 |
MECH 350 | Automatic Control | 3.50 |
Total Units | 49.00 |
Fourth Year Common Core - 2025-2026
Course List Code | Title | Units |
MINE 422 | Mining And Sustainability | 4.00 |
MINE 431 | Life-Cycle Assessment for Green Technologies | 3.50 |
MINE 459 | Risk and Reliability Analysis for Industrial Asset Management, Health & Safety | 4.00 |
| 3.00 |
| 3.00 |
| 3.00 |
Total Units | 20.50 |
Mining Option N1
Course List Code | Title | Units |
| 20.50 |
MINE 467 | Geostatistics and Orebody Modelling | 4.50 |
MINE 445 | Open Pit Mine Design | 5.50 |
MINE 448 | Underground Design | 5.50 |
| 3.00 |
Total Units | 39.00 |
Minerals Processing Environmental Option N2
Course List Code | Title | Units |
| 20.50 |
MINE 451 | Chemical Extraction Of Metals | 4.00 |
MINE 455 | Design, Analysis and Operation of Mineral Processes | 4.50 |
MINE 458 | Process Investigations | 4.00 |
| 3.00 |
| 3.00 |
Total Units | 39.00 |
Mine-Mechanical Option N3
Course List Code | Title | Units |
| 20.50 |
MINE 339 | Mine Ventilation | 4.50 |
MINE 471 | Mine-Mechanical Design Project | 5.50 |
| 3.00 |
| 3.00 |
| 3.00 |
Total Units | 39.50 |
Elective Requirements
Students in all options (N1-Mine-Mine, N2-Mineral Processing Environmental, N3-Mine-Mechanical) must take a minimum of 12 units from the approved Elective lists.
Mining Engineering: Electives
Complementary Studies
Refer to the Complementary Studies section of this calendar for details regarding the requirements for all Engineering programs. For the Mining Program, the Engineering Economics course is MINE 330 Mineral Industry Economics Mineral Industry Economics. The Communications course is APSC 293 Engineering Communications Engineering Communications. Included in the core Mining program is an additional 93 units of Professional Issues (equivalent to Complementary Studies List B) in MINE 422 Mining And Sustainability, MINE 431 Life-Cycle Assessment for Green Technologies, and MINE 459 Risk and Reliability Analysis for Industrial Asset Management, Health & Safety. In addition to this core content, Mining students must take at least 6 additional credits of Complementary Studies, of which at least 3 credits must be from List A and the remaining 3 credits can be from List A or B.